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Research provides new view of the way young children think

For parents who have found themselves repeating the same warnings or directions to their toddler over and over to no avail, new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder offers them an answer as to why their toddlers ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Apple brings iPad features to the Mac

Apple released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system on Thursday, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.

Technology / Software

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Online game maker Zynga prices IPO at $10 a share

Zynga is poised to harvest some cold hard cash in its initial public offering. Who knew that selling virtual cows and digital corn on Facebook would create a $7 billion company?

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

1.29 million customers' data stolen from Sega (Update)

Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said Sunday, in a theft via a website of its European unit.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Mobile gaming dominates Game Developers Conference

(AP) -- With retail video game sales smacked down by the rough economy and ever-growing competition in the crowded social and mobile game marketplace, it seemed like attendees at this week's annual Game Developers ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google 'building social network rival to Facebook'

Google is holding talks with online game developers as part of its bid to build a social-networking service that could compete with Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Innovation on display at Games Conference

(AP) -- Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 13, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Understanding interaction in virtual worlds

New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out — a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Hardware-accelerated global illumination by image space photon mapping

Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

'Fallout 3' crowned videogame of the year

Post-apocalyptic adventure "Fallout 3" has been crowned Game of the Year at a major gathering of videogame makers in San Francisco.

Technology / Software

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 11

Streaming games could be bane or boon for ISPs

(AP) -- Parents might get a new reason to yell at their kids for playing video games too much: In the future, it could rack up their Internet bills.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No disks needed for startup's streamed video games

(AP) -- Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games? A startup founded by technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman says it has developed a technology to deliver video games on demand, an idea ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Conference will offer a sneak peek at future of video games

The video game business has come a long way from the original Atari console or even the original PlayStation of a decade ago.

Technology / Software

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Several iOS developers welcome Apple's larger-screen iPhone

The sixth-generation iPhone is expected to have a larger screen, and several iOS developers say they would receive that change with a warm welcome.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Rovio to launch new game after 'Angry Birds' success

Finnish entertainment media company Rovio, creator of the global hit game "Angry Birds", said Friday it will launch successor "Amazing Alex", a remake of an existing idea, this year.

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1