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Submission + - Big Business loves the computer gaming industry (businessweek.com)

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David Greenspan

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @11:46AM

David Greenspan writes: "Video games are no longer exclusive to a consumer market. Business Week has an article on big business willing to pay millions for custom made games. "Everyone knows video gaming is a growth industry. What's less well known is how Web 2.0 and big business are contributing to that growth" -Business Week "

Submission + - 'Overwhelmingly likely' that life began in space (scienceblog.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @11:32AM

An anonymous reader writes: Using data from recent comet-probing space missions, British scientists are reporting today that the odds of life starting on Earth rather than inside a comet are one trillion trillion (10 to the power of 24) to one against. Radiation in the comets could keep water in liquid form for millions of years, they say, which along with the clay and organic molecules found on-board would provide an ideal incubator.

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