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Zynga Gains Design Maven in Brian Reynolds Jul 06, 2009 18:23:55 GMTIn the build-up to July 4th, VirtualWorldsNews missed a significant news item on the people front: that Brian Reynolds, one of the traditional game industry's most respected game designers, had signed on as chief designer with social gaming juggernaut Zynga....
Birthdays in the News: USA, WWW? Jul 02, 2009 21:07:00 GMTAs a nation, we commemorate the "birthday" of the United States during the first week of July, reflecting on events occurring in Philadelphia in 1776. But what of the less-defined territory of cyberspace, the Web, of virtual worlds, and of...
Chinese Game Stocks Tumble on Virtual Currency Regulation Jul 02, 2009 20:22:22 GMTIn the three-day period since the announcement of China's new laws regulating virtual currency, stock prices for major Chinese online game operators have crumbled, plunging by as much as 10% according to a report from Seeking Alpha. Affected companies are...
QuickStat: Mafia Wars Hits 4M User Milestone Jul 02, 2009 19:41:25 GMTToday social game publisher Zynga announced its Mafia Wars game now serves four million daily active users. This number has doubled in the past three months and comes as Mafia Wars celebrates its one-year anniversary. Zynga calls Mafia Wars "social...
Sony Hints at Tweaks to Home Jul 02, 2009 15:26:57 GMTA survey sent to members of the PlayStation Network hints at changes afoot at the company's online social gaming service/Virtual World, PlayStation Home. Survey recipients are asked to rate (possible) future in-Home options including music sharing, video sharing, voice chat...
Second Life Blog
A Zindra Update: More Land on the way! Jul 03, 2009 18:01:46 GMTFirst of all a big thanks to those residents who have already filed move request tickets; since the doors opened we have had 700 requests for a move to Zindra and have been working hard to process those as fast as we can. In light of the feedback we've had so far we're going to be making some change
Second Life Birthday News & Review Jul 01, 2009 17:14:11 GMTIn this post:—Second Life Birthday Survey Released—Thanks to you all—Some Event Statistics—Teens Crash-Land New Region at SL6B—Gates Remain Open til July 6th— We have a short survey online where you can tell us what you thought of the Second Life 6th Birthday celebration. It's only 10 qu
Zindra: An Update Jun 26, 2009 17:29:27 GMTLast Monday the new adult continent known as Zindra was officially opened to the public. After a week of comments and feedback, we'd like to take this opportunity to update the community to some small changes we hope will make the transition from the mainland and the migration to Zindra a bit easier
KB2Wiki Pilot Launch!!! Jun 25, 2009 18:45:08 GMTIt’s here! The Knowledge Base to Wiki Pilot is up and running!! For those of you that missed our previous news, this is a pilot which will be testing the Second Life Wiki as the new home for our current Knowledge Base. Our plans are to use the Wiki as a place where you, the Resident, will not only
New Scientist Space - Space
Interplanetary internet gets permanent home in space Jul 06, 2009 17:18:00 GMTA new protocol which could one day handle deep-space communications is now being tested aboard the International Space Station
Cosmic 'whips' may have left their mark Jul 04, 2009 13:37:00 GMTCosmic strings may have broken into pieces in the early universe – but, if so, they should have left traces that we could observe, say researchers
Lunar uranium and Martian sand traps: the week in space Jul 02, 2009 23:18:08 GMTThis week, a new lunar orbiter sent back its first images and engineers prepared a mock Mars rover to help free Spirit, which is stuck in a sand trap on the Red Planet
Brain scanner for astronauts passes 'vomit comet' test Jul 02, 2009 18:30:00 GMTA device designed to study astronauts' brain activity has been tested in zero gravity for the first time – one day it could be used to monitor mission-compromising depression
X-rays are smoking gun for middleweight black holes Jul 01, 2009 17:00:00 GMTAstronomers have found the best evidence yet of an elusive intermediate-mass black hole
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Solar Blimp Takes to French Skies Jul 06, 2009 17:06:00 GMTFrench engineers want to fly with true zero emissions, and have just the vehicle to do it.
Celebrity-Shielding Flashgun Handbag Defeats Paparazzi Jul 06, 2009 15:42:00 GMTAdam Harvey’s Anti-Paparazzi Clutch Bag is a slave flash, an extra-bright LED light with a light detector. When it sees the flashgun pop on the photographer’s camera it fires a burst of its own, right back in the moron’s face and lens, flaring out the picture and in theory erasing the defender
Five Great Interactive Museums to Visit this Summer Jul 06, 2009 13:18:00 GMTThe days of “look, but don’t touch” are being cast aside as museums strive to compete with theme parks. And in a time of shrinking entertainment budgets, they offer great alternatives to cartoon characters, long lines and sticky roller coaster seats.
Wired: Multimedia
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Capable Thinkpad, Smart Kettle, Solid Slider Phone Jun 25, 2009 04:00:00 GMT: The T400s has performance that is simply outstanding: While graphics are a tad weak due to the lack of a video card, the high-end CPU (the newest Core 2 Duo SP9600, running at 2.53 GHz), 2 GB of RAM and 128-GB solid-state drive give the T400s plenty of juice to power through general apps, running
Playlist: Spherical Ice, Day-Glo Brothers, Maru the Cat, and More Jun 24, 2009 04:00:00 GMT: The carefully hand-carved orb of ice used to chill our last Yamazaki single malt in Tokyo wasn't just for show. As master bartenders there know, a 2-inch diameter ball of cold has a lower surface-area-to-volume ratio than a typical cube. That means it melts more slowly, preventing vintage hooch fr
Artifacts From the Future: Birth Control Jun 22, 2009 04:00:00 GMT:
Click on the thumbnails below for a closer look at this birth control inhalation system from 2029.
We'll continue to create a new artifact from the future in every issue of Wired magazine, but we'd like to see your prognostications, too. What do you think our world will look like in 10, 20, or 1
Wired: Cars 2.0
Probing the future of transportation, sustainable energy and green tech.
Solar Blimp Takes to French Skies Jul 06, 2009 17:06:00 GMTFrench engineers want to fly with true zero emissions, and have just the vehicle to do it.
Solar Racing Champs Roll Out New Car Jul 02, 2009 19:14:00 GMTDelft University is back, ready to take a fifth consecutive title with Nuna 5.
We Drive BMW's Electric Mini E Jul 02, 2009 18:28:00 GMTSticking a battery and a motor in the Mini makes it a sweet little EV we could live with if it weren't for the stratospheric price tag.
Wired: Culture
News, reviews and opinion from the digital realm.
Five Great Interactive Museums to Visit this Summer Jul 06, 2009 13:18:00 GMTThe days of “look, but don’t touch” are being cast aside as museums strive to compete with theme parks. And in a time of shrinking entertainment budgets, they offer great alternatives to cartoon characters, long lines and sticky roller coaster seats.
Crash Could Free Up Wall Street's Grip on Bright Young Minds Jul 06, 2009 04:00:00 GMTPacking It In: Why the Foam Noodle Couldn't Cut It in the Protection Racket Jul 01, 2009 04:00:00 GMT
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TechCrunch is a group-edited blog that profiles the companies, products and events defining and transforming the new web.
Marc Andreessen’s Burgeoning Blogging Empire: Invests In Talking Points Memo Jul 06, 2009 18:46:18 GMTMore news about Marc Andreessen making venture investments this morning after the launch of his new $300 million fund, Andreessen Horowitz: he is leading a round of financing for TPM Media, better known as the TalkingPointsMemo blog.
TPM founder Josh Marshall confirmed the pending investment today b
Paypal Looks to Crush Amazon’s Fledgling Payment Service With A New, Secret API Jul 06, 2009 17:57:37 GMT
It looks like PayPal is rolling out a more flexible payments API called Adaptive Payments. We’ve obtained a confidential document, which is embedded below, explaining the details of the new system. Basically the API is designed to give developers full access to PayPal’s features, allowing
The TechCrunch Europas Awards: The Nominees Are… Jul 06, 2009 17:42:36 GMTThe Europas, the TechCrunch Europe Awards 2009 for European and EMEA tech companies, will be held on July 9 in London and with over 300 people coming from across Europe’s startup scene, it should be pretty fun.
Over 400 entrants were voted on by the industry - we had over 50,000 votes in aggr
TalkCrunch
The podcast from TechCrunch about new Web 2.0 companies
Erick Schonfeld Discusses MySpace Music On WNYC’s Soundcheck Oct 08, 2008 18:48:24 GMTListen as TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld discusses the significance of MySpace Music and free, ad-supported music in general on WYNC's Soundcheck, a program produced daily by New York Public Radio.
Interview With Mayor Cory Booker About Community Eye Aug 02, 2008 16:43:11 GMTNewark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker talks about Community Eye, the city's new video surveillance and gunshot detection system being used to fight crime in an eight-square mile area. More details and the transcript at TechCrunch.
Interview With Barney Pell and Ramez Naam About Microsoft’s Powerset Acquisition Jul 02, 2008 08:17:21 GMTI spoke to Powerset CEO and cofounder Barney Pell and Microsoft Live Search Group Program Manager Ramez Naam today about the Powerser/Microsoft acquisition. Total talk time is around 35 minutes, and the full transcript is at TechCrunch.
CrunchGear
Gadgets, gear and computer hardware.
Video: iPhone time lapse video Jul 06, 2009 19:30:48 GMT
By using the Timelapse iPhone App, a Tyrolean photographer took a time-lapse video of the Wattens near Innsbruck.
It’s quite striking footage mostly because of the setting and the delicate way the clouds gather and dissipate. I’m impressed but as Hannibal Lecter once said our generatio
Garmin announces the BMW Motorrad Navigator IV GPS Jul 06, 2009 19:00:27 GMTGPS’s are mostly uninteresting to me since I have little use for one in NYC, so this post is mostly for my brother and his BMW.
It’s unclear what the “expanded relationship” is between Garmin and BMW Motorrad, but I’m pretty sure the announcement of the BMW Motorrad Navigator IV GPS is th
Review: Suunto t6c training watch Jul 06, 2009 18:30:19 GMT
I’ve been testing quite a few training watches of late. Mostly it’s because I’ve been trying to get into shape and the only thing that has really succeeded was getting huge stomach cramps and going on an IV in the ER (lost 8 pounds! Thanks Oprah!). Sickness is the ultimate weight
MobileCrunch
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Sony Ericsson time travels to 1997, returns with “Twiggy” Jul 06, 2009 17:54:12 GMT
Do you miss the good ol’ days of mobile phones? There was none of this touchscreen nonsense going on, and getting applications onto your phone was like solving Section 4 of Kryptos. Better yet, the number pads on many candy bar phones came shrouded by a plastic cover, allowing you all the ben
Prepare Yourself For iPod Video Jul 06, 2009 15:21:54 GMT
Like most people who've had an iPhone 3GS in their hands, we've been extremely impressed with the video capabilities of this little device. Not only Does it take near-HD video, it has excellent basic editing software and video can be uploaded to YouTube over Wifi or the cell networks. Among other t
Japanese cell phones for all: NEC and Panasonic plot overseas sales plans Jul 06, 2009 15:08:44 GMT
Japan, the world’s second largest economy with the third biggest Internet population, and the many, many early adopters of technology inhabiting this nation could be heaven for the domestic cell phone industry. And it was for years, until sales started slowing dangerously (minus 30% last fisc
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