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OnLive Remote Gaming Service Launches In June

adeelarshad82 writes "After eight years of development, remote gaming service OnLive is scheduled to roll out on June 17 for Windows and Mac. The company also announced its service pricing: users will need...

Google Opens Apps Marketplace

snydeq writes "Google has launched the Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google's own online applications. The program enables integrations with such applications as Google Gmail, Documents, Sites,...

Digitizing and Geocoding Old Maps?

alobar72 writes "I have quite a few old maps (several hundreds; 100+ years old, some are already damaged – so time is not on my side). What I want to do is...

Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Protein ... and Now Fat

ral writes "The human tongue can taste more than sweet, sour, salty, bitter and protein. Researchers have added fat to that list. Dr. Russell Keast, an exercise and nutrition sciences professor at Deakin...

The Lost Film That Accompanied Empire Strikes Back

An anonymous reader writes "'Alien' and 'Star Wars' art director Roger Christian was given £25,000 by George Lucas in 1979 to make a 25-minute medieval B-feature called 'Black Angel.' This spiritual tale of...

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The Olympic volunteer club

I had a personal interest in interviewing the super volunteers for my article on people who like to work at the Olympics so much that they do it over and over.  I...

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An Onslaught of Tablets Coming This Year

You think the iPad will be the only tablet we’ll talk about in 2010? Not even close. According to Arm’s worldwide...

Tweet Defense – Fight Zombies With the Power of Twitter

We’ve seen many, many iterations of the popular tower defense games over the years, but this one has a ...

MySpace Co-Presidents Reveal Company’s Plan for the Future [INTERVIEW]

We had a chance to step into MySpace HQ for a chat with new Co-Presidents Jason Hirschhorn and Mike Jones, who...