News tagged with game of the year

"Skyrim" and "Portal" stars at game conference

Sweeping medieval fantasy game "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" and addictive puzzle play in "Portal 2" won accolades at the world's largest gathering of game makers that wraps up Friday in San Francisco.

Technology / Software

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Skyrim' videogame sales eclipse $600 million

Sales of epic medieval videogame "Skyrim" have soared to about $650 million, with rave reviews pegging the title as game of the year.

Technology / Software

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

'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.

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




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Mobile Internet to shine despite dim Facebook IPO

Silicon Valley stars on Wednesday argued that the mobile-focused Internet startups will shine despite the dim stock market debut by leading social network Facebook.

Technology / Business

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DNA strands create tiniest Smileys

Harvard University scientists on Wednesday said they had created Smileys, Chinese characters and card-game symbols at scales of billionths of a metre using strands of DNA.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New math model can help computers avoid communication breakdowns

Language is so much more than a string of words. To understand what someone means, you need context.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery

Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Facebook deflates any thought of new tech bubble

The horrendous stock market debut for Facebook suggests investors are not ready to jump in and create another tech bubble despite big expectations for social media, analysts say.

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NHK shows downsized Super Hi-Vision video camera

(Phys.org) -- NHK this week placed on exhibit a shoulder-mount camera, developed in cooperation with Hitachi, capable of shooting what NHK calls super high vision (SHV) video in 7680×4320 resolution. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

A wake-up call for manufacturing

(Phys.org) -- U.S. factories produce about 75 percent of what the country consumes, but the right decisions by both business and political leaders could push that to 95 percent, say University of Michigan researchers.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Young alum creates iPad user experience improvement (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- When Daniel Hooper became frustrated with editing text on his iPad, he wrote an application that could revolutionize the way users select and arrange their words on tablets. 

Technology / Software

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists invent revolutionary chipset for high-speed wireless data transfer

Here is a new microchip that can transfer data the size of 80 MP3 song files (or 250 megabytes) wirelessly between mobile devices, in the flick of a second. Or how about transferring a typical 2-hour, 8-gigabyte DVD movie ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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