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Comment: This is hilarious (Score 3, Interesting) 81

by Klatoo55 (#31454202) Attached to: University of Wyoming Studies Video Games
I was actually a classmate of one of the two guys doing this (Aaron Perell) and I distinctly recall being incredulous when he described a project he was working on as "playing a lot of video games." It's funny to see this get thrown on to the CSM, since I got the impression that it was a minor exercise to keep bored college IT folk occupied. Hopefully this ends up producing some interesting research so we can justify further studies of this nature - to the delight of grad students everywhere.
Input Devices

SPAM: Use your cellphone as a 3-D mouse 1

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes "In recent years, we've started to use our cellphones not only for placing calls or exchanging messages. Now, we take pictures, read our e-mails, listen to music or watch TV. But, according to New Scientist, UK researchers are going further with a prototype software that turns your cellphone into a 3-D mouse. The phone is connected to your computer via Bluetooth. And you control the image on the screen by rotating or moving your phone. As says one of the researchers, "it feels like a much more natural way to interact and exchange data." The technology might first be used in shopping malls to buy movie tickets or to interact with advertising displays. But read more for additional details and a picture showing how a researcher is using his cellphone to control what appears on his screen."
Google

Google's Market Cap Spells Doom->

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Anti-Luddite
Anti-Luddite writes "On the recently launched site, Internet Evolution, Scott Raynovich evaluates Google's market capitalization and compares it to some other big name technology companies such as Boeing and GE. Playing what he calls the "Google Market Cap game," Raynovich quizzes the reader on which of the listed companies or combination of companies add up to more than Google's total market capitalization. His overall conclusion is that Google is headed for trouble with its $200 million market cap as its revenue and profit growth will eventually start to slow down. Interestingly enough, Raynovich humbly points out that he's usually wrong with regard to his market predictions."
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Movies

Producer Thanks Pirates for Stealing his Film->

Submitted by Klatoo55
Klatoo55 writes "Eric Wilkinson, producer of the late Jerome Bixby's "The Man From Earth", wrote an email to Releaselog thanking them for the free publicity spurred by their review of a ripped screener of his film.

Wilkinson writes: "Our independent movie had next to no advertising budget and very little going for it until somebody ripped one of the DVD screeners and put the movie online for all to download. After that happened, people were watching it and started posting mostly all positive reviews... ...People like our movie and are talking about it, all thanks to piracy on the net!"

Wilkinson is, however, asking for people who enjoyed the pirated release to consider contributing via PayPal on his MySpace."
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The Courts

Canadian Cops won't target music/movie downloaders->

Submitted by rdoherty
rdoherty writes "Canadian police will stop targeting people who download copyrighted material for personal use. Polce will focus on organized crime and copyright theft that affects the health and safety of consumers instead of the cash flow of large corporations. It is inefficient to track down individuals who download music or movies off the Internet, and the police do not have the time nor the resources to go after filesharers. Article: Torrentfreak Original article en francais: Le Devoir"
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AMD

AMD hit by birth defects lawsuit

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Chip giant AMD was yesterday slapped with a lawsuit from a former worker who claims that exposure to hazardous chemicals during pregnancy had caused multiple birth defects in her son.
                                                    Maria Ruiz worked in AMD's "Fab 14" clean room from 1988 to 2002 where she claims in the lawsuit, which was filed at the Travis County District Court in Texas, she was exposed to a host of toxic chemicals including ethylene glycol monethyl ether acetate and 2-ethoxyethyl acetate."
Announcements

Get your hands on an OLPC->

Submitted by hitautodestruct
hitautodestruct writes "Here's a chance for anyone who has been dying to get their hands on the so called cheapest laptop on the planet. Buy one XO for any developing countrys' child and get the second one sent to you, for your developing child. The price tag is set at a 400$ donation. Although you can donate as many as you want."
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Media

Clinton Campaign Pulls a FEMA

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theodp
theodp writes "Two weeks after FEMA apologized for faking a news briefing, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's campaign admitted that it planted the global warming question asked at an Iowa town hall meeting to discuss clean energy, adding that it would not happen again. 'It's usually young people that ask me about global warming,' replied Hillary to the specific question a Clinton staffer told a Grinnell College student to ask at the biodiesel plant where Clinton's new energy plan was laid out. The Clinton campaign has also confirmed to ABC News that a minister was asked to pose a specific question about Iraq war funding to Hillary at another Iowa campaign stop last spring."

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