New Internet Poker Features Deliver At-Home
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a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today introduced two unique features to its Internet poker software line-up: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customize their own settings for cash games and tournaments. Starting today, the new [...]
The Internet, Not Gay Bishops Will Kill Off The Churches
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It would seem that, finally, a new religion is challenging all churches. This religion is information and communication technology (ICT) in the form of the Internet, mobile phones, iPods, and video games.
Even in the most religiously conservative societies, more people are spending more time on the Internet and with their mobile phones, than they do [...]
Children Spend Their Summer Holidays In Internet Cafes
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As soon as the summer holidays start, thousands of children and teenagers finally have plenty of time to spare, for instance, in developing their abilities and learning new skills.
Since the internet is the medium of this era, helping civilizations to understand and communicate with each other, the number of internet and computer users continues to [...]
Why PlayStation 3 Players Are Chasing After ‘Trophies’
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Instead, check out their videogame consoles. Today, Sony is releasing a highly anticipated new feature for the PlayStation 3 called trophies. (The feature arrives on consoles as part of a software update beamed over the Internet; it also includes in-game XMB (XrossMediaBar) and a Google search bar.)
Essentially a game-rewards program, the trophies work on a [...]
Teaching Summer Safety
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Teaching Summer Safety It’s summertime! Most likely your child’s favorite time of year. Lazy afternoons at the beach, hanging out with friends, sun, fun and Internet Games… danger. Sure, there is danger drowning or injury from summertime activities, but, you see, summer is also the favorite season for someone else: the child predator.
Whether little Johnny [...]
“We welcome this news. NAVTEQ will play a key role in our Internet services strategy with world-leading maps and navigation industry expertise, a strong customer base and industry-leading map data and technology platform offering the broadest geographical coverage,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO, Nokia.
“We are pleased that the Commission has reached the same conclusion [...]
Nc House Bill Bars Video-Game Style Sweepstakes
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The proposal, approved Tuesday, seeks to clarify the legality of the games, which supporters defend as just another contest that rewards people for purchasing certain merchandise - in this case, phone or Internet service cards.
But several lawmakers said the prohibition should apply to these new games, which are showing up at truck stops and convenience [...]
Curse Of The Fuwa Fulfilled By Chinese Floods
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Floods sweeping southern China seem to have fulfilled the final stanza of an Internet curse involving Beijing’s Olympic mascots, but censors have been quick to remove postings that might fuel the superstition.
After a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan province last month, Internet users tied four of the five “Fuwa” mascots to the calamities that have struck [...]
The Shootout Over Hidden Meanings In A Video Game
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It’s been just over a week since the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the latest chapter in the popular video game series about a covert military agent named Solid Snake. And already, fans are exchanging rhetorical fusillades on the Internet, teasing out what the underlying political and philosophical messages of [...]
Wimbledon Fears Match-Fixing Scandal In Massive Betting Scam
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The dossier identifies sudden spikes in the sums wagered. More than £450m was bet on Wimbledon matches last year through just one British internet site, Betfair. Many suspect matches show huge rises in the money pledged, compared with similar games.
All the losers singled out from last year’s Wimbledon are alleged to have been involved in [...]