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| Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:48 AM PST  10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:1. Learning the Art of Creating Computer Games Can Boot Student Skills Computer games have a broad appeal that transcends gender, culture, age and socio-economic status. Now, computer scientists in the US think that creating computer games, rather than just playing them could boost students' critical and creative thinking skills as well as broaden their participation in computing.More @ ScienceDaily 2. NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools. More @ CIO.com 3. Understanding the web to make search more relevant Last year at our second Searchology event, we announced Google Squared and Rich Snippets, two approaches to improve search by better understanding the web. Today, we're kicking off the new year with two improvements based on those technologies. More @ Googleblog 4. SpiderBot prompts laser envy 5. How the space race changed computing Getting into space requires more than just rockets. With both lives and huge amounts of money on the line, NASA has had to advance not only computer hardware but also the techniques and technologies required for working on the cutting edge. More @ TechRadar 6. Bad at video games? Your brain structure may be at fault I am on the old side of the generation that grew up with video games as a ubiquitous presence in their life. I clearly recall the world's worst Atari port of one of the greatest game of all time—PacMan—and I even remember playing what is widely considered to be the worst game of all time, the Atari 2600's E.T. (I still clearly recall how hard it was). More @ ArsTechnica 7. Inside the multitouch FingerWorks tech in Apple's tablet The hyped anticipation surrounding the Apple Event later this week is looking for clues as to exactly what the company might deliver. One element of the anticipated new tablet's software side is related to Apple's 2005 acquisition of multitouch technology and expertise from FingerWorks. More @ AppleInsider 8. Leica MP Golden Camera celebrates 60th anniversary of Chinese republic 9. Beware the Botnets The cyber attacks against Google, Adobe and a raft of other top U.S. corporations late last year were by most accounts sophisticated and targeted attempts to steal proprietary data. More @ PCWorld 10. 15 Fascinating Planets Outside Our Solar System Exoplanets or "extrasolar planets" are planets found outside our solar system. They are designated by affixing a lowercase letter, starting from "b" towards "z" depending on order of discovery, to their parent star's Flamsteed designation or catalogue numbers. More @ Listverse  |
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