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Submission + - GameTap's New Indie Games Label, IGF Award

Submitted by

nz17

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @11:29PM

nz17 writes: "Gamasutra is carrying the story about GameTap's new indie games program. From the article:

By enlisting in the program, GameTap assumes non-exclusive responsibility for the digital distribution of each selected game. In addition to being promoted alongside GameTap titles, GameTap Indies will be showcased in a special Independent Games content area within the service.
GameTap also plans to give out its own award at the Independent Games Festival to three recipients. These selected three will receive $5000 — $10000 for a non-exclusive five-year distribution contract through the GameTap service."

Feed Gore's Own Inconvenient Truth (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @11:12PM

The green crusader's mansion uses 10 times more power than typical Nashville homeowners, prompting calls of hypocrisy from conservatives. By the Associated Press.

Submission + - Stock Market Drop Blamed on Computer Error

Submitted by

WebHostingGuy

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @08:51PM

WebHostingGuy writes: "Today the Dow Jones Industrial Index dropped a little over 3% in value. Stock market swings come and go but it is interesting that the sudden drop in the stock market is the result of a computer glitch. According to MSNBC, the computers running were not properly calculating trades. This led to the switch to a backup system which led to several seconds delay which impacted the Dow. Even now after the close of the market spokesmen for the NYSE Group Inc. could not confirm if all closing share prices were even valid."

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