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Submission + - Girl gamers more hard core than guys (scientificamerican.com)

Submitted by TheClockworkSoul
TheClockworkSoul writes: Scientific American reports on a study published this month in the Journal of Communication, which found that women who engage in a role-playing game online actually commit more time on average than the guy players do. The authors surveyed 7,000 logged in to EverQuest II, and found that the average age of the gamers surveyed was 31, and that playing time tended to increase with age. Interestingly, however, the female gamers not only tended to log more time online (29 hours a week, versus 25 for the males), but were more likely to lie about how much they really play.

Submission + - AT&T Wins Gizmodo 3G Bandwidth Test (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by ink
ink writes: Gizmodo has completed a 12-city test of 3G cellular bandwidth speed. Verizon won four of the twelve, however AT&T scored higher with six:

Let's get this straight right away: We didn't test dropped voice calls, we didn't test customer service, and we didn't test map coverage by wandering around in the boonies. We tested the ability of the networks to deliver 3G data in and around cities, including both concrete canyons and picket-fenced 'burbs. And while every 3G network gave us troubles on occasion, AT&T's wasn't measurably more or less reliable than Verizon's.
The Internet

Submission + - SPAM: Firefox for mobiles will be launched shortly

Submitted by Cytalk
Cytalk writes: (BBC) The first mobile phone version of the popular web browser Firefox is “days away” from launch, the head of the project has told the BBC.
The browser, codenamed Fennec, will initially be available for Nokia’s N900 phone, followed by other handsets.
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The Courts

Submission + - woman ordered to provide facebook history to court (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by innocent_white_lamb
innocent_white_lamb writes: A woman who is suing for her inability to return to work as an administrative clerk after a traffic accident has been ordered to provide her Facebook history to "possibly provid[e] a window into what physical capacity the plaintiff has to keyboard, access the internet and communicate with family friends and associates on Facebook and thus what capacity she may have to work."

Comment Re:Could have made it a link (Score 1) 241

by LtCol Burrito (#30533836) Attached to: Target.com's Aggressive SEO Tactic Spams Google
What you saw were the "sponsored links" that usually appear above the actual search results. The reason Target didn't appear in the sponsored links is because they obviously didn't pay enough to Google to target (forgive pun) that particular combination of words. If you go down about 3 links, you should see the Target links.
Technology

Submission + - GM rolls the last big block V-8 off the line (buffalonews.com)

Submitted by
DesScorp
DesScorp writes: "It's the end of an era in auto technology, as the very last big block V-8 engine from GM has rolled off the production line. The L18 engine was the last variant of an engine that had been in continuous production for over 50 years. The big blocks powered everything from the classic muscle cars of the 60's and 70's, to heavy duty trucks today. News last June triggered a rush of orders for the engine. The Buffalo News reported "When GM said last June the L18 would be eliminated by year’s end, the announcement triggered another show of devotion to the product. Some customers ordered two years’ worth of L18s, to put on the shelf for future use". More than 5 million big blocks have been produced over the engine's history."
Apple

Submission + - Time to end the Steve Jobs Delusion? (newstatesman.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: British current affairs weekly runs blog attacking the lord and master Steve Jobs. Valid points though?
"Apple believes its products are always the best, its strategy always spot on, its rivals fools. That strategy has worked for the company in recent years, with only a few bumps in the road to give it pause for thought... Jobs apologised, but found it hard to do so unconditionally. He told disgruntled early adopters they would realise if they had been "In technology for 30+ years", like him, that the "technology road is bumpy".

Comment Re:Predicting humans (Score 1) 181

by LtCol Burrito (#30499662) Attached to: Insurgent Attacks Follow Mathematical Pattern
I agree with you both, but I think you're missing my point. The disciplines of both psychology and advertising are based on the assumption that while we are all individuals and have free will, we also as a group have patterns and tendencies. Hence the Forer effect (a.k.a, Barnum statements) which are used by the folks writing horoscopes. We have free will, but we have numerous undetected forces acting to influence us.

Comment Re:Location? (Score 1) 181

by LtCol Burrito (#30498614) Attached to: Insurgent Attacks Follow Mathematical Pattern
Hmmm...useless might be an overstatement. I'm assuming they're talking about large scale trends here, not "the enemy will attack at precisely 12:07 pm on Dec 23rd". If so, it would indeed help with planning a troop surge. In fact, I wonder if you could even break the pattern by knowing the cycle? If you knew that in 6 months there was going to be a surge, and you brought in boatloads of troops, might it discourage the enemy?

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