A new study analysing interactions between players in a virtual universe game has for the first time provided large-scale evidence to prove an 80 year old psychological theory called Structural Balance Theory. The research, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2010
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Facebook signed a deal with a Malaysian company on Thursday allowing a virtual currency for online games and services to be sold at retail shops across Asia for the first time.
Internet
Jul 8, 2010
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Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is expanding his farm. Zynga's ultrapopular Facebook game FarmVille, which has 70 million active monthly players, has launched a mobile app for Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad touch-screen tablet.
Software
Jul 5, 2010
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Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute have developed new machine learning methods to study conflict. Their work appears in PLOS Computational Biology on May 13.
Mathematics
May 13, 2010
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Research conducted in a computerized microworld by scientists at Arizona State University and Indiana University, including Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom, show how common-pool resources - such as fisheries, forests, water ...
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2010
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(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.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 13, 2010
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After struggling in recent years to adjust to its last revolution, the video game industry is now being shaken by another one.
Software
Mar 10, 2010
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MySpace on Wednesday began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks.
Internet
Mar 10, 2010
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Microblogging service Twitter is getting into the Olympic spirit and has created a list of winter athletes who "tweet."
Internet
Feb 11, 2010
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A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.
Internet
Dec 9, 2009
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