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Worlds.com launches Virtual World Patent Suit

Deborah Neville
February 24, 2009 18:32

Economic hardtimes foster wrangling. In a wrinkle uniquely "new millenium, ensuring a distinction of the current downturn as compared with earlier troughs, litigators wrangle realtime over virtual gaming worlds. Virtual worlds developer Worlds.com (provider of custom virtual environments for...

Twitter awards

Deborah Neville
February 11, 2009 16:44

140 characters in search of authors. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123435724633872715.html...140 characters in search of authors. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123435724633872715.html

Color Matters in Some Cognitive Tasks Says Study of 600

Deborah Neville
February 05, 2009 22:55

Color shown to affect work performance One should check the cohort sizes supporting the various conclusions. Here is the link to the study. As with most "hot headlines" in science, it makes interesting chatty conversation, but it pays to... Color shown to affect work performance One should check...

Is Google culpable for Cell Phone hate speech?

Deborah Neville
February 05, 2009 18:05

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/google-executives-face-jail-time-for-italian-video/ For some reason, this scenario reminds me of Shirley Jackson's short story, The Lottery....http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/google-executives-face-jail-time-for-italian-video/ For some reason, this...

Stanford, Hadron and Protein Yawns

Deborah Neville
January 26, 2009 22:04

Forget the Mall. Forget tinsel. A great story is what pushes back the dark. Particle physics is a riveting tale. A crowd filled the Panofsky auditorium last night at SLAC SLAC. Kids, teenagers mingled in the exhibits parents and grandparents...Forget the Mall. Forget tinsel. A great story is what...

cell phone novels

Deborah Neville
January 21, 2009 06:29

Cell Phone Novels In 2007, cell phone novels held four of the top five spots on the literary best seller list. And now I can't text while driving in California. Darn- how am I going to get my cell phone...Cell Phone Novels In 2007, cell phone novels held four of the top five spots on the literary...

Freshman Science is not a spectator sport

Deborah Neville
January 18, 2009 00:32

Submitted by LA based contributor, Bob Coleman: According to the New York Times, top American universities are changing the way they teach freshman science—especially physics. check here Reasoning from the fundamental truth that most of us learn by doing, MIT's...Submitted by LA based contributor,...

Too Long for Twitter

Deborah Neville
January 17, 2009 18:17

The link for a Lehrer News Hour interview with Neil Henry is too long for Twiiter, so here it is.... FauxNeme types again :)...

YouTube for FREE WHEELS?

Deborah Neville
January 14, 2009 16:18

Will YouTube for Free Wheels....You can, too! Ford's offering 6 months' everything-free usage of their new Fiesta (small car) to 100 people who create 2-minute YouTube videos explaining why they deserve one. Contestants need a web presence and the ability...Will YouTube for Free Wheels....You can,...

Holiday Despair: Gateway Emotion

Deborah Neville
December 23, 2008 17:29

Deep debt and despair transformed into enduring secular story (original column appears in the Christian Science Monitor). FYI Project Gutenberg has audio version of "A Christmas Carol" for easy listening..... 'A Christmas Carol' was not just a book but rather...Deep debt and despair transformed...