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Submission + - Videogame success not reliant on plot or graphics (newscientist.com)

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on Saturday September 12, 2009 @01:04PM

proslack writes: "In a study presented at the Human-Computer Interaction conference in Cambridge, England, British researchers Beale and Bond found that plot and graphics are not critical to the success of video games; price and the inclusion of social aspects (e.g. multiplayer or chat) were found to be more important."

Submission + - New iPods will supposedly incorporate cameras 1

Submitted by proslack on Tuesday September 08, 2009 @10:39PM

proslack writes: Blogger John Gruber has discovered that both the iPod nano and touch will incorporate cameras.

Submission + - Sixty-year lightbulbs

Submitted by proslack on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @07:50PM

proslack writes: New gallium nitride lights for home and office being developed with a 60-year lifespan may reduce electrical lighting consumption by 75%.

Submission + - What if the Apollo program had continued? (newscientist.com)

Submitted by proslack on Thursday July 16, 2009 @10:38AM

proslack writes: The die had been cast years before Apollo 11 had even reached the moon. In the late 1960s, the Vietnam war was straining US finances. A fatal fire on the Apollo launch pad in January 1967 had blotted NASA's copybook. The Soviet moon effort seemed to be going nowhere. In the budget debates during the summer of 1967, Congress refused NASA's request to fund an extended moon programme. What if things had been different that summer? Suppose Congress had granted NASA's wish, then fast-forward 40-odd years..."

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