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<title><![CDATA[Report: Apple using Nuance voice tech in data center]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 07:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Voice Control on the iPhone.(Credit:Apple)The goings-on within Apple's new North Carolina data center remain largely unknown, though a new report suggests Apple is using at least part of the facilities to power an enhanced voice services platform that will be unveiled early next month.In a report this afternoon, TechCrunch claims that Apple is running voice software, and &quot;possibly&quot; even hardware from communications company Nuance in its data center. The end result is said to be improved voice technologies in the next major version of Apple's iOS, which is expected to be unveiled at next month's Worldwide Developers Conference. Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance is the maker of Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software, as well as Nuance Recognizer, a recognition tool for businesses that the company claims is the industry leader in recognition accuracy. Nuance has four voice-powered apps on Apple's platform, including one that lets users do speech to text dictation to send out as social-networking status updates. During an interview last November, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak incorrectly let loose that Apple acquired Nuance, before correcting the mention in a follow-up interview. As Reuters noted at the time, an acquisition by Apple would mean competitors who were using Nuance's technology would drop it and go elsewhere, potentially giving Apple a competitive edge, though squashing Nuance as a business. Citing an anonymous source, TechCrunch adds that on the road to making the deal with Nuance, Microsoft was &quot;pushing&quot; Apple to use its own voice recognition technology in iOS. &quot;That attempt was rebuffed, apparently,&quot; the outlet said. Microsoft uses its own speech recognition services, which are powered by TellMe (a company Microsoft acquired in 2007), in itsWindows Phone 7 OS. Apple's had speech recognition and voice control in iOS since theiPhone 3GS. Since then, it's been expanded onto theiPod Touch, though not the iPad. Apple's current implementation has users searching for songs, contacts, and managing music playback controls using their voice, but over the years the feature set has remained unchanged. By comparison, competitor Google has built voice-powered Web search, application launching, and transcription tools into its Android OS. Seven months prior to the Wozniak incident, Apple had purchased virtual assistant tool Siri. A report from March (also from TechCrunch) said that Apple was currently in the middle of &quot;deeply integrating&quot; the voice technology from that acquisition into iOS in an attempt to make a voice platform for developers to build voice recognition tools into their games and apps. During Apple's annual shareholders meeting earlier this year, the company said its North Carolina data center was on track to go live in the &quot;spring&quot; and would be used to support its iTunes and MobileMe services. The expectations remains that Apple will bolster both of those efforts to offer features like a storage locker for music and an enhanced suite of Web apps and services.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask Maggie: Net neutrality, Verizon iPhones on Sprint, and more]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission adopted this week new rules intended to protect consumers from nefarious broadband providers who in the future may monkey with rivals' network traffic to boost usage of their own services.But what do these so-called Net neutrality rules mean for consumers In this week's Ask Maggie column, I try to answer a reader's question about what protections the new rules provide for certain applications, such as Skype and Netflix.I also break the bad news to another reader that he will not be able to use a VerizoniPhone, when it's eventually released, on Sprint Nextel's network. And finally, I advise another reader to buy a new prepaid phone for her father.Ask Maggie is a weekly advice column that answers readers' questions about issues related to wireless and broadband. If you've got a question, please send me an e-mail, at maggie dot reardon at cbs dot com. And please put &quot;Ask Maggie&quot; in the subject header. Deciphering Net neutrality rulesDear Maggie,I caught the remaining seconds of your National Public Radio interview this week about Net neutrality, and I wanted to ask you for a little clarity on two specific applications (which will likely shed light on similar apps) and on future challenges to the FCC rulings:Skype: Does Net neutrality protect consumers on both wireless- and fixed-broadband connections without restrictionsNetflix: Do the Net neutrality rules protect consumers' access to Netflix on both fixed-broadband and wireless networksThe tone of your article gives the impression that the FCC's authority will likely be challenged once again, like it was in the Comcast case. What's the likelihood the FCC will be found to lack authority over the Internet in regard to these recent rulingsI know what has been proposed isn't perfect, but it's a starting point, from my perspective.Thank you for your consideration in responding.BradDear Brad,As I explained in my article earlier this week, after the rules were adopted, and in my interview with Robert Siegel on NPR's &quot;All Things Considered&quot;, the rules just adopted by the FCC are preventative. They have no effect on consumers today, but they protect them from hypothetical scenarios that could take place in the future.In a nutshell, the purpose of the rules is to make sure fixed-broadband and wireless-broadband service providers do not favor their own traffic and services over a competitors' traffic and services.Though the FCC set out to draft a simple set of Internet &quot;rules of the road,&quot; what it ended up with is a somewhat complex set of regulations in a 194-page document. What makes the rules confusing from a consumer's point of view is the fact that they apply differently to services and applications on fixed-broadband networks versus wireless networks.In other words, in some cases, even though the applications may be exactly the same, they could be treated differently on a fixed-broadband connection versus wireless.The examples you chose are good ones to illustrate how the application of these rules may differ depending on which network is used.In the case of Skype, neither your fixed-broadband provider nor your wireless-phone carrier will be able to block Skype or services like Skype. Skype is a voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, application that uses a broadband Internet connection to let consumers make free or low-cost phone calls over the Net. While fixed-broadband providers haven't done anything in the past to specifically block or degrade Skype traffic on their networks, wireless-service providers have resisted Skype and other VoIP applications.For example, in early 2009, an AT&amp;amp'T executive told USA Today that his company has the right to prevent Skype from being used on the iPhone and other smartphones because Skype is a service that competes with AT&amp;amp'T's voice service. AT&amp;amp'T eventually relented and said it would support VoIP services starting in October 2009. But there was also a dustup over the use of Google Voice on the iPhone. AT&amp;amp'T and Apple were pointing the finger at each other to explain why the application wasn't being approved for the iPhone's App Store. Google Voice appeared in the App Store only last month.The FCC looked into both of these matters. And in the new rules it adopted, sided with Skype and other VoIP providers, specifically stating that mobile wireless providers can't block &quot;applications that compete with the provider's&quot; own voice or video telephony services.So in the case of Skype, because it's an application that competes against a wireless operator's voice telephony service, it's treated the same as the service offered over your home cable modem setup. Operators can't block or degrade the traffic.The situation is slightly different for Netflix. According to the new FCC rules, Netflix could be treated differently by the broadband provider depending on whether a fixed or wireless connection is used.On a fixed network, the Net neutrality rules protect all legal streaming video services, such as Netflix--broadband providers are prohibited from blocking or degrading these services. Fixed-broadband providers are also prohibited from unreasonable traffic discrimination on their networks. So again, the Netflix service is protected.This isn't the case on a wireless network. For one, the nondiscrimination clause doesn't apply to wireless broadband networks at all. And two, the way I understand these rules, wireless operators are prohibited only from blocking voice and video telephony services. Netflix is a video service, but it's not a video chat service. Therefore, a carrier could refuse to allow such a service or application on its network.The FCC made a clear distinction in its rules between fixed-broadband and wireless networks. It said it recognized that the two types of networks are different and that wireless networks are more constrained in terms of bandwidth. Therefore, under the new rules, a narrower set of applications is offered protection on wireless networks.Wireless operators have already banned certain streaming video services from their networks. Apple offers a Netflix app for the iPhone andiPad in its App Store, but for several months it refused to allow the Slingbox service into the store. Slingbox redirects broadcast TV signals onto the Internet. Eventually, Slingbox worked with AT&amp;amp'T, and Apple and came up with a mobile app for the iPhone that both Apple and AT&amp;amp'T found acceptable.Though AT&amp;amp'T and other wireless operators allow Slingbox and Netflix applications on their networks today, there's nothing in the FCC rules that could stop them from refusing to offer these streaming video services tomorrow.As for your final question, about the FCC's authority being questioned, I simply don't know the answer yet. I'm fairly certain there will be legal challenges to these new rules at some point. When it will happen is uncertain. My guess is that the cases, when and if they are filed, could take years to resolve.In the meantime, Congress may step in to clarify the FCC's authority. But that would also be a lengthy process. The agency has also not closed the door entirely on reclassifying broadband networks so that some traditional telephony regulations apply.FCC supporters argue that the federal court's ruling in the Comcast case was based on a narrow set of facts specific to that case. They claim that the court was not trying to strip the FCC of its authority, but to simply state that in this particular case the commission did not have the authority to do what it did.One thing is clear, the final FCC vote may be over, but the issue is very much alive and will continue to be debated for some time. Will a Verizon iPhone be compatible with SprintDear Maggie,If Verizon does get the iPhone, will I be able to use it on Sprint because both Sprint and Verizon are CDMA networksThanks,TreyDear Trey,I responded to a similar question a couple of weeks ago. The short answer is no. When the iPhone eventually comes to Verizon Wireless, it will work only on Verizon's network. You're correct that Verizon and Sprint Nextel are both CDMA carriers, but Verizon CDMA phones can't be used on Sprint's network, and vice versa.It is confusing because the AT&amp;amp'T iPhone can be unlocked and used on a different GSM network. The reason this can be done on a GSM network is because these phones use SIM cards. The SIM provides the service from a particular carrier, and when you want to use a different carrier you can simply swap out the card on an unlocked phone and replace it with a SIM card from a different carrier.Unfortunately, CDMA phones don't use SIM cards. Instead, even though they use the same cellular technology, the phones used on these networks are programmed for that specific network.So the only way to use the cellular radio on an iPhone on the Sprint network is if Sprint strikes a deal to offer the iPhone.Replacing a prepaid AT&amp;amp'T GoPhoneDear Maggie,I bought my father an AT&amp;amp'T GoPhone prepaid phone three years ago for Christmas. He doesn't use the phone often, so I can put $100 worth of service on the phone for him and it lasts him practically the whole year. He is very pleased with the service and would like to continue using it. But now he is having problems with his phone. The &quot;6&quot; isn't working anymore. I want to get him a new phone this year for Christmas, but he wants to keep his existing GoPhone number. Can I buy him a new phone for the prepaid service without losing his number And how can I transfer all his contacts from the old phone to the new phoneThanks and Merry Christmas,MichelleDear Michelle,You're in luck. Getting your dad a new phone for his prepaid service is easy. Because AT&amp;amp'T is a GSM carrier that uses SIM cards, you can put his GoPhone SIM card in any AT&amp;amp'T phone, and his existing prepaid account--including the phone number and minutes on that account--should be activated.If all you need is another basic phone, I'd suggest getting another GoPhone. You could get him any AT&amp;amp'T phone, but because he isn't signing a two-year contract with AT&amp;amp'T, he will have to pay full retail price for the phone. The GoPhones are usually priced very inexpensively: $50 and less for the most basic devices. Phones offered as part of a two-year contract are generally priced at $100 or more retail.As for transferring his contacts to the new phone, this process is also very easy. The reason is simple: contacts can be stored on the SIM card, which means all he has to do is swap out the new SIM card and replace it with the SIM from the old phone, and his contacts should be accessible. If his address book and contacts are already saved to his SIM card, this is a piece of cake. If the contacts are not already saved on the SIM, it's easy to go into the setting menu and copy them to the SIM card. I hope this helps and Happy Holidays to you and everyone else reading the Ask Maggie column.        Marguerite Reardon     Full Profile E-mail Marguerite Reardon   E-mail Marguerite Reardon If you have a question or comment for Marguerite Reardon, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Marguerite Reardon has been a CNET News reporter since 2004, covering cell phone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate, as well as the ongoing consolidation of the phone companies.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Apple invests in Toshiba LCD plant]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=report-apple-invests-in-toshiba-lcd-plant</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Will Toshiba be supplying the display for future generations of the iPhone(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)Toshiba's building a $1.2 billion LCD plant, but it's reportedly not alone in footing the bill.Nikkei, a Japanese business news outlet, today reported that Apple will be investing in the factory, which will be cranking out small mobile phone displays for future iPhones, according to Reuters.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The factory is set to be built starting early next year in Ishikawa Prefecture, an area on the west side of the country about 200 miles from Tokyo. The plant will be run by Toshiba Mobile Display, an arm of Toshiba that makes low-temperature polysilicon LCD panels at another factory in the same region. Once the new factory is up and running at capacity, it should double the current plant's production of 8.5 million panels per month. Apple uses many different suppliers for the myriad parts that go into constructing itsiPhone. In the past, Sharp and Sanyo Epson have been said to have supplied LCD panels for the smartphone. Apple isn't shy about switching suppliers to get the best deal--and is in fact known for the great component pricing it is able to wrangle from suppliers--but investing in the factory hasn't been standard practice for the Cupertino, Calif., company.Still, it's not a surprising turn of events, if the report is indeed true. Apple is sitting on an enormous pile of cash (rather controversially too, if you ask some investors), and is moving toward a model where it has a lot of leverage over the production of its flagship products.Just in the last few years, Apple has bought up chip design firms Intrinsity and PA Semi, has invested in Imagination Technologies, a mobile graphics chip designer, has laid out huge sums of cash to buy up LG Display's future production of displays presumably for iPads and Macs, has created its own battery technology for theiPad, and designed its own custom unibody construction process to create its MacBook line.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers fret over Comcast-NBCU deal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=lawmakers-fret-over-comcast-nbcu-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two members of Congress are having some doubts about the proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal.Representatives Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote letters to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, citing potential issues that could affect competition in the television market, as well as with how consumers are presented with content.The Washington Post first reported on the letters.&quot;The proposed Comcast-NBCU transaction would allow Comcast to acquire an unprecedented concentration of national programming assets,&quot; Congressman Markey wrote to the FCC. &quot;The joint venture would give Comcast the power, should it choose to exercise it, to deny programming to its cable, satellite, or online competitors or charge inflated prices for it.&quot;Markey went on to say that he would like to see the FCC, if it approves the merger, require &quot;arbitration and standstill mechanisms for Comcast-NBCU's broadcast and national programming.&quot; Arbitration would be used if the newly formed company faced arguments with third parties over its programming availability.Markey went on to say that he was concerned that the combined company could &quot;harm independent networks, particularly those that compete against Comcast-owned channels, by refusing to carry them on reasonable terms or by affording them channel placement that seriously impedes their ability to attract an audience.&quot; Markey urged the FCC to &quot;adopt general conditions to safeguard independent programmers&quot; from that possibility.But Markey wasn't done. He said that post-merger, there would be a greater &quot;likelihood&quot; of Comcast raising the price for standalone broadband service in order to push consumers to choose its cable-broadband bundle. He said that such a plan would potentially make &quot;cutting the cord&quot; and watching NBC Universal content online &quot;less financially attractive to consumers, undermining competition and choice.&quot; He asked the FCC to prohibit the company &quot;from favoring or blocking access to lawful content&quot; on the Web.Waxman expressed similar concerns. In his letter to Genachowski, Waxman said that the approved merger could &quot;trigger significant changes in the way consumers access video programming, in the way independent programmers distribute their works, and in the way all video distributors compete for customers.&quot;Comcast first announced its intention to acquire a controlling stake in NBC Universal last December. The deal is estimated at approximately $37 billion.Since then, Comcast has been facing scrutiny from several parties over the deal.In February, Senate and House subcommittees traded shots with Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker. Lawmakers expressed concern that the merger could have hurt competitors and consumers, while allowing Comcast and NBC Universal to benefit.&quot;I worked for NBC for many years,&quot; Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) said during the hearing. &quot;And what I know from my previous career has given me reason to be concerned--let me rephrase that, very concerned--about the potential merger of Comcast and NBC Universal.&quot;Those hearings were followed up by Rep. Rick Boucher, writing a letter to the FCC in August urging the agency to ensure that the merger reflects the best interests of consumers. He was especially concerned about the possibility of Comcast moving NBC content that's already freely available online to its TV Everywhere service, which is available exclusively to its subscribers.However, Boucher, like Waxman, believes the merger should be approved by the FCC this year.Comcast did not immediately respond to request for comment.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon CEO says LTE plans for phones still in development]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=verizon-ceo-says-lte-plans-for-phones-still-in-development</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Though much of the wireless world is gathering this week in San Francisco at D: Dive into Mobile in San Francisco, it's not the only industry gathering this week. Yesterday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, execs from AT&amp;T and Verizon Wireless discussed the ever-changing topic of data plans for smartphones.VerizonVerizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg spoke only a day after the carrier activated its LTE network for laptop customers. Though Verizon also introduced new LTE plans for its USB modem users--5GB of data for $50 per month or 10GB of data for $80 a month--Seidenberg said Big Red has not yet decided on data plans for its upcoming LTE-capable phones. In the meantime, however, he said the carrier will &quot;get some experience and learn&quot; from the plans currently in place. And according to Fierce Wireless, he said that the $80 per month plan &quot;looks to me like a floor of what people will do.&quot; So could prices go down after customers grow used to LTE While competition could dictate a different scenario, Seidenberg added that he is against lowering prices too quickly. &quot;We have to hold firm as best we can until the entire environment is mature enough where we have devices and services so that people can see the value,&quot; he said.AT&amp;TLater in the day, AT&amp;T CFO Rick Linder took the stage to discuss the carrier's recent move to usage-based data pricing. Linder said the carrier now has 7 million customers on the new plans, which he characterized as a success. &quot;It gives us a model where we can increase data usage and data revenues with that usage over time, and add additional tiers over time as warranted,&quot; he said.Though some carriers have opted for the $15-per-month plan that delivers 200MB of data, Linder said most subscribers have chosen to get $2GB of data for $25 per month.As Fierce Wireless reported, Linder also dodged a question about a possible VerizoniPhone by saying AT&amp;T recorded record iPhone activations in the third quarter as speculation over the rumored device increased, and the carrier will continue to expand its smartphone offerings.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kinect's launch day bumps and triumphs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kinects-launch-day-bumps-and-triumphs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Microsoft's Kinect motion-camera accessory for theXbox 360 has been out less than a day here in the U.S., and reports both good and bad continue to trickle in. If you want to know what CNET thought of it, you can head over to our full review of the device. Below are some things, both positive and negative, that have cropped up in the peripheral's short existence on the market. The good1. You can still find one. Online retailers appear to have stock aplenty. In late October, that wasn't the case, with Amazon and Best Buy putting a halt on pre-orders of the peripheral. A look around all the big online retailers today shows it in stock and ready to ship out within 24 hours in most places. That may not be the case as we get closer to the holidays and shortly after the international releases in Europe, Japan, and Australia later this month, but it's certainly off to a better start than the Xbox 360 itself.2. Initial batch of games is mostly good. While the reviews are still coming in, first-party software titles like Kinectimals, Kinect Sports, and Kinect Adventures are getting generally positive reviews from the gaming press, with one of the standouts being Dance Central. It currently sports a score of 84 on Metacritic. Of course, anyone who knows anything about launch titles will tell you how much things can improve once developers get the hang of new hardware, and learn how to push it. 3. The Kinect appears to be working just fine with projectors. That is, as long as the unit is not in the light--something people had been curious about given that most public demos had been on TV sets. 4. It still plays nice with older camera accessory. There are people who bought Microsoft's previous foray into USB camera accessories--the Xbox Live Vision camera, and the good news is that you can continue to use it, alongside Kinect. In fact, for some games like UNO, you'll need to hang on to it if you want to use the video streaming features, until it is updated to work with Kinect's camera. The bad1. Potential facial recognition problems with dark-skinned users.As discovered in testing by CNET's sister site Gamespot, the Kinect unit they had was having trouble identifying two out of three dark-skinned players by their faces. The actual body tracking feature, which lets players control the games with body movements, was apparently working fine. An official response from a Microsoft representative said the unit &quot;will work with people of all shapes and ethnicities at launch.&quot; A similar problem had cropped up quite famously with HP's Media Smart PCs and its facial-tracking software late last year, which HP promptly responded to with promises of a software update.2. Continuing space issues. Kinect's materials put the optimum distance of being away from the sensor at anywhere between 6 and 10 feet. Any closer to that, and the device can have problems figuring out where you are. Another space issue that's cropped up has to do with lights and ceiling fans--two dangling objects that could end up being right where your hands are when you're jumping or reaching towards virtual goals. Beyond the need for what can be considered a large living room free space, that extra distance means you're going to need a big TV to see what's going on. For a lot of the launch games, the big, avatar driven style shouldn't present too big of an issue, but for future titles that may include small text, this could end up being problematic. Mindful developers are likely to keep this from being too big of a problem.3. Early adopter power struggles. There are two ways to get a Kinect--either buy the standalone bundle, which is aimed at users who already have an Xbox 360 console, and one of the newer bundles which includes a new Xbox 360 Slim and a Kinect.The thing is, the newer version of the console has a special USB port in the back that has enough juice to run your Kinect sans A/C adapter. Users with older consoles need that power adapter, which comes with the standalone bundle. That means if you plan on bringing your Kinect over to a friend's house with an older console that doesn't have the port, you're going to need to purchase that adapter separately, as well as hunt for an open power outlet that will reach to the back of your Kinect when setting it up. 4. Some not so good software. While Dance Central, and a handful of other first-party Microsoft titles are getting positive reviews, some third-party titles are not. One of those is Sega's Sonic Free Riders, which has players racing and jumping while the Kinect tracks body movements. Early reviews (1, 2, 3) have pegged it as being tough, and in some cases, nearly impossible to control. The same criticism has been bestowed on Ubisoft's Fighters Uncaged, which has gamers kicking and punching at virtual opponents. There are bound to be more items in both of these categories as people get more time with the initial batch of hardware and software. If you've picked up a unit today, feel free to add any of your own impressions or discoveries in the comments.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe completes Day Software acquisition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=adobe-completes-day-software-acquisition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Day Software)Adobe yesterday completed its $240 million takeover of content management system vendor Day Software.With the acquisition now a done deal, Day will operate as a new product line within Adobe's Digital Enterprise Solutions Business Unit. Day Chief Executive Officer Erik Hansen will report directly to Rob Tarkoff, senior vice president and general manager of the unit. The rest of Day's senior management have also joined Adobe.Due to remain in its home base of Switzerland, Day makes a content management system geared for enterprise customers. The company's flagship software suite, called CQ5, offers Web content, digital asset management, and social-collaboration tools. Adobe is looking to Day's software to enhance its own lineup of enterprise products and sell its Flash, Flex,Creative Suite, and LiveCycle tools to Day's corporate customers.Some of the companies using Day's CMS suite include Volkswagen, BMW, Gap, General Motors, Nissan, Skype, and MTV. In July, Day reported record sales growth and strong operating profits for the first half of 2010, helped by an increase of 23 new customers for CQ5 just in the second quarter.&quot;With our 71 percent total revenue growth year over year for the three month period ended September 30, 2010, the need for Day's innovative Web Content Management capabilities is clear,&quot; Hansen said in a statement. &quot;The opportunities are immense in the rapidly growing market of customer experience management, making it an exciting time to join Adobe.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big North Sea wind farm to power up Munich]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Kent, England, is a precursor to the North Sea project.(Credit:Vattenhall)Swedish energy company Vattenfall announced today that it's partnering with Germany's largest utility to build a massive offshore wind farm in the North Sea at a cost of about 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) .The DanTysk wind farm will consist of giant wind turbines supplied by Siemens and spaced out over a 70-square-kilometer area about 70 kilometers (42 miles) west of the German island of Sylt. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2012 and to wrap up by the start of 2014.Once complete, the 288-megawatt wind farm is expected to produce about 1,320 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually. That's roughly enough electricity to meet the energy needs of 500,000 homes, assuming an average use of 2,500 kilowatt-hours per home, according to Vattenfall.The wind farm will be used to power Munich's subway and tram system, as well as supply renewable electricity to thousands of German households.Vattenfall, which will construct and maintain the offshore wind farm, owns a 51 percent interest in the venture. Stadtwerke Munchen, Germany's largest municipal utility, has invested in a 49 percent share.&quot;The city of Munich needs strong and reliable partners like Vattenfall to accomplish its overall mission, that Munich by 2025 will be supplied purely with renewable energy from its own generation plants,&quot; Kurt M&amp;252'hlh&amp;228'user, Stadtwerke Munchen CEO, said in a statement.Vattenhall is no stranger to supersized renewable energy projects. In September, the Swedish company completed the first phase of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, a project off the southeast coast of England, which has been dubbed the largest offshore wind farm in the world to date.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia Plan B: Journalists fooled by &''one very bored engineer&'']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nokia-plan-b-journalists-fooled-by-8220one-very-bored-engineer8221</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The buzz over Nokia&amp;'s potentially risky new partnership with Microsoft continued to rise this week, as the market worried talent would flee Nokia in droves and the company would continue its downward spiral and flailing attempts at innovation.But then there came hope for doubters with news leaking that nine unnamed investors had created a swashbuckling new cabal&amp;8211'dubbed &amp;''Nokia Plan B&amp;''&amp;8211'to rally disgruntled shareholders, find a way to get themselves onto the company&amp;'s board and then fire CEO Stephen Elop.The Plan B shareholders had said they wanted Nokia to return to its homegrown software initiatives, which included focusing on MeeGo as its next-generation OS, and increasing the length of Symbiana4a4s life span.Plan B attracted so much attention from followers unhappy with the merger that even the mere possibility of it caught the eye of a cadre of major news outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, despite the fact the group had already disbanded within its first 36 hours of creation.Now we know why the group of &amp;''nine young investors&amp;'' flamed out.Apparently not only was Plan B a hoax, it was one that had achieved major attention despite being the works of what @NokiaPlanB Twitter account said was &amp;''one very bored engineer who really likes his iPhone.&amp;''The news that the whole plan was a fake is sure to disappoint individual Nokia shareholders who supported the group&amp;'s tactics.The Plan B leaders had initially said they had disbanded because of pressure from institutional investors, saying in an earlier blog post that responses from institutional investors a4Awere not encouraging.a4In that post, the shareholders wrote: a4AThese institutions have a fiduciary responsibility to their customers and are legally bared from supporting radical initiatives like seating a bunch of kids on the board of directors. If they do not agree with Nokiaa4a4s plans, they are better off simply divesting and putting their money in other companies that better fit their investing strategy (which is exactly what they have been doing).a4What&amp;'s most remarkable of the story is how quickly it caught on with the tech press, including VentureBeat, who were willing to see a full-fledge revolt in an anonymous website &amp;8212' in part because the deal was receiving plenty of criticism already from Nokia fans and employees.It doesn&amp;'t look like anyone has succeeded in tracking down the person responsible for the Plan B hoax, so of course we&amp;'re still taking their description of themselves on faith.Next Story: Cloud storage provider Box.net&amp;'s iPad app gets a makeover Previous Story: Intel looking for new MeeGo partners &amp;8212' good luck with thatPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: Microsoft, nokiaPeople: stephen elsop          Companies: Microsoft, nokiaPeople: stephen elsopRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Twitter CEO: We need to be everywhere &8212' like indoor plumbing]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=twitter-ceo-we-need-to-be-everywhere-8212-like-indoor-plumbing</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=twitter-ceo-we-need-to-be-everywhere-8212-like-indoor-plumbing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Twitter, according to CEO Dick Costolo, needs to be like indoor plumbing: simple,  instantly useful and always present. Twitter users should not have to  relearn an interface when they switch between devices. To this end, the  company is pursuing deep integrations with various mobile OEMs and  carriersCostolo just finished a keynote speech at the mobile industry&amp;'s big event of the year &amp;8212' the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. His speech was short on announcements and long on Twitter&amp;'s philosophy and impact, although he did announce a new crowd-sourced translation center for Twitter. The first languages to be translated will be Turkish, Russian, Indonesian and Portuguese.Would you follow a user who does not tweet in a language you understand I&amp;'m not sure.Costolo announced that 40 percent of tweets come from mobile devices, a statistic that seemed to surprise commentators, who expected the figure to be higher. He also said 40 percent of Twitter users employ Twitter on more than one platform.Twitter tends to be very polarizing. A very high proportion of users send a few tweets and then retire while others are extremely active. Costolo told the crowd that when new users create even a few social connections, where they are followed by people they are following, they are much more likely to become active users.He said Twitter is making people want to watch TV simultaneously again in order to benefit from the social context provided by Twitter. During broadcasts of the TV show Glee, for example, tweets about the show jump 30 times in volume.Despite Costolo&amp;'s insistence that Twitter is now a global phenomenon, he made a few embarrassing cultural gaffs, calling the wildly popular UK TV show The X Factor (something like American Idol) &amp;''a game show&amp;''. He also mentioned Ai Weiwei&amp;'s Sunflower Seed installation at the Tate Modern in London as the artist&amp;'s interpretation of Twitter. Visitors were famously prevented from walking on the seeds when it was discovered that the dust kicked up might be harmful to health. Hopefully that&amp;'s not an omen for the future of Twitter itself.Next Story: Building the next great mobile software developer opportunity Previous Story: Intel Capital pours $26M into six online and mobile startupsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: keynote, mobile world congress, TwitterCompanies: Twitter          Tags: keynote, mobile world congress, TwitterCompanies: TwitterCiara Byrne is a full time techie and part-time writer. She has worked as a software developer, team lead, engineering manager and mobile standards expert. Ciara is based in Amsterdam and her interests include creative companies, useful technology, torture by piano and cycling in high heels. Follow her on Twitter at @deciara.  Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yes, we&'re bringing the TechCrunch partybus to Europe right before LeWeb]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=yes-wersquore-bringing-the-techcrunch-partybus-to-europe-right-before-leweb</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=yes-wersquore-bringing-the-techcrunch-partybus-to-europe-right-before-leweb</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On the other side of the Atlantic, TechCrunch events have been causing all kinds of disruption (yes, lame joke, I know) this year. Back in May, Disrupt unleashed the infamousa4slinguistic talent of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and just last month, the Bin 38 crew and MC Hammer rocked the show just prior to the announcement of our acquisition by AOL. From New York to San Francisco, Disrupt has definitely proved to be one tech&amp;'s hottest events&amp;8230'but now what about in Europe Europe definitely counts a number of absolutely fantastic tech events &amp;8211' with one of my all-time favorites, LeWeb, coming-up right before the holidays. But this year, both TechCrunch France and TechCrunch Europe are also puting a little startup kick in pre-holiday events with the Europas and Remix.For anyone who doesn&amp;'t know, we just announced the official program for the first edition of TechCrunch France Remix this morning. The event taking place at Microsoft France on November 16th will feature some of the hottest young entrepreneurs and investors in French tech, including the 20-something-year-old founders of Monshowroom, MediaStay, Spartoo and Owlient. And of course we&amp;'ve also lined-up some of the big names, including Skyrock, Allocin and Wikio. Oh yeah, and did I mentiona4sLoic Le Meur will be speaking too  Thanks to Loic and Graldine, 5 selected startups (announced shortly) will be pitching for a chance to win 2 free tickets to LeWeb ! By the way, we&amp;'re almost sold-out so hurry up and register.But the TechCrunch partybus isn&amp;'t just making a stop in Paris. 3 days after TechCrunch France Remix, TechCrunch Europe will crown the hottest startups in all of Europe at the Europas in London. There are 22 categories and a number of incredible startups, investors and entrepreneurs on the list. If you haven&amp;'t done so already, buy your ticket and GET VOTING ! And the judges &amp;8211' who are responsible for picking the hottest startup in Europe &amp;8211' were just announced yesterday. Check out the results from last year here.I&amp;'m not going to lie &amp;8211' TechCrunch puts on some absolutely fantastic events in the States. But why let US entrepreneurs have all the fun  Now it&amp;'s time to get European startups in the limelight before the year is up !<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Come Watch TRON LEGACY With Us Before It Opens In New York And San&nbsp'Francisco]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=come-watch-tron-legacy-with-us-before-it-opens-in-new-york-and-sannbspfrancisco</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Okay, readers, here&amp;'s our holiday gift to you.  Come see the coolest movie of the season, TRON LEGACY, with us in New York City or San Francisco on Thursday night.  This might be your last chance to join our Tron-tourage.  TRON LEGACY officially opens this Friday, December 17th, but we are inviting you to see it with us before the big release date. Buy a ticket for yourself, your friends, your family, and invite a co-worker or two. This is going to be a blast, right before Christmastime.  Heck, if you are startup CEO, take the whole company out for drinks before, then bring everyone to the show and call it a holiday party.Did we mention we are seeing in two of the biggest theaters in each city, with more than 400 seats each, and that it is in 3D  We&amp;'ve already bought out the theaters.We are releasing our next batch of tickets right now. The regular ticket price would be $16.00 or $17.50, depending on the city, but we are asking for a minimum donation of $10 per seat. 100% of your donations will be given to the UCSF Benioff Children&amp;'s Hospital  (and we are matching donations up to $10,000.) So far, our two top donors are John Norton from San Francisco, and Chris Kelly from New York. Together, they donated a total of $90 for two tickets. A huge thank you to both of them.When we released the first batch of tickets yesterday, San Francisco sold out much faster than New York.  Let&amp;'s see if the NYC startups can beat Silicon Valley in something and fill up their theater faster (just kidding, we love both cities). Here are the details and tickets for each venue:NEW YORK:Thursday, December 16th at 11:15 pm EST (check-in)Regal Union Square Stadium 14 &amp;8211' House  (TBD)850 Broadway (at 13th)New York, NY 10003BUY NEW YORK TRON TICKETS HERE SAN FRANCISCO:Thursday, December 16th at 11:15 pm PST (check-in)AMC Metreon 16 &amp;8211' House 13101 4th St. (at Market)San Francisco, CA 94103BUY SAN FRANCISCO TRON TICKETS HERELike Michael said before we do keep a small number of tickets in reserve. So, if tickets sell out before you have a chance to purchase them, leave a comment below on why you want to come with us, true or not, and we may give you a seat to the best party in town! Hope to see you this Thursday!<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook friends the environment &8230' or does it]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-friends-the-environment-8230-or-does-it</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-friends-the-environment-8230-or-does-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Facebook announced today it&amp;'s going green. The social networking giant unveiled &amp;''Green on Facebook,&amp;'' a site geared toward sharing environmentally-friendly living tips and green content.The company has alsohas joined the Digital Energy Solutions Campaign, a group that works on public policy and setting standards for energy efficiency. In a way, the move marks Facebook&amp;'s position as a top, global company &amp;8212' it&amp;'s certainly trendy, if not mandatory, for all large, big-name companies to sign onto green initiatives.&amp;''Our ongoing philosophy has been to improve the efficiency of our infrastructure, and we continue to invest tremendous resources to improve our own operations. By creating and sharing innovative technology solutions, we hope to help raise the visibility of the importance of environmental sustainability across all industries,&amp;'' saidJonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations, in a company statement.But the announcement also has interesting timing. Facebook is currently under fire from Greenpeace activists for its new data center in Portland, which will be run on coal-powered electricity. Data centers are huge power guzzlers, so Greenpeace sounded the alarm, calling for Facebook to change its plans, and releasing a YouTube video bashing the company&amp;'s plans.Next Story: GM exec: Chill, Volts won&amp;'t bring down the grid Previous Story: Apple acknowledges Macbook Air screen problems, software fix comingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Facebook, green business, GreenBeat, GreenBeat 2010Companies: Digital Energy Solutions Campaign, Facebook, GreenpeacePeople: Jonathan Heiliger          Tags: Facebook, green business, GreenBeat, GreenBeat 2010Companies: Digital Energy Solutions Campaign, Facebook, GreenpeacePeople: Jonathan HeiligerIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A sustainable model for fair-trade goods - Springwise]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=a-sustainable-model-for-fair-trade-goods---springwise</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Social</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=a-sustainable-model-for-fair-trade-goods---springwise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When consumers buy fair-trade products, it''s typically because they are motivated more by ethical considerations than by price&amp;8212'which tends to be higher for such goods. Fair-trade exporter CraftNetwork, however, is focusing on long-term sustainability with an approach that aims to make fair-trade goods more competitive with other alternatives.CraftNetwork provides export-facilitation and enterprise-development services to Indonesian artisans with the goal of increasing sales, strengthening ethical trading practices, building organizational capacity, generating employment and improving the artisans'' standard of living. In Etsy-like fashion, CraftNetwork offers an online marketplace for jewelry, paintings, sculpture, home decor and accessory items crafted by more than a thousand disadvantaged Indonesian artisans. Going beyond just a B2C marketplace, however, CraftNetwork also helps the artisans it represents compete with large-scale factory producers in global wholesale markets, according to an article in BusinessWeek. Specifically, by helping the artisans produce goods to common specifications, it enables them to offer volumes and uniformity that are competitive with those of factory-based counterparts, BW reported. A recent deal with Carnival Cruise Lines, for example, calls for CraftNetwork''s artisans to produce 50,000 books woven out of banana leaves, employing an entire Indonesian village and bringing in USD 70,000 per month. CraftNetwork also offers its artisans business training and resources including a pool of money that they can reportedly borrow from to finance their operations while waiting for payments. CraftNetwork is supported by the Grassroots Business Initiative of the World Bank''s International Finance Corporation group. Ethical consumers notwithstanding, true sustainability&amp;8212'particularly during tough economic times&amp;8212'still comes down to the fundamental ability to compete on basic considerations like quality and price. CraftNetwork''s is a model to watch&amp;8212'and emulate.Website: www.craftnetwork.comContact: info@craftnetwork.com Spotted by: BusinessWeek<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Board game stimulates sustainable (re)thinking - Springwise]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=board-game-stimulates-sustainable-rethinking---springwise</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dakota01</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=board-game-stimulates-sustainable-rethinking---springwise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Games have long been used as an educational tool, and not just for kids. Canadian Akoha, for example, encourages players to be more kind. Now, along similar lines, Play Rethink invites users to redesign everyday objects to make them more sustainable.Play Rethink (&quot;The Eco-Design Game&quot;) is an effort from London-based Rethink Games to help people thinka4&quot;or rethinka4&quot;how to make everyday objects and services more socially and environmentally friendly. Each game includes a multicoloured wheel and 98 drawing cards along with an eco-strategies key card and an instruction sheet with activities. With each spin of the wheel, players get a card asking them to rethink a particular everyday object, such as a chair or a vacuum cleaner. They then describe their idea for a more sustainable approach by drawing it on the card. Ideas players are particularly proud of can be uploaded onto the Play Rethink website, where others can rate, comment and be inspired by them. What''s more, each month Rethink Games selects one idea to serve as the project of the month, and it''s currently working on setting up partnerships with organizations that can help develop those ideas further. Play Rethink is sold online and through select London retailers. Pricing is GBP 24.95, with refill card packs available for GBP 5.95 each. Corporate workshops to help promote innovation are also available.Facilitating the idea generation process is all very good and well, of course' what will make this really interesting, however, is a way to turn the best ideas into reality. RedesignMe found a way to do that through partnerships with manufacturers, and it also took the critical step of paying the Generation C(ash) consumers whose ideas got used. Play Rethink may be a game, but it''s also another way to tap into the global brain. Who will help pave the way toward some real results (Related: iPhone game gets kids into the (hidden) park.)Website: www.playrethink.comContact: info@rethinkgames.comSpotted by: Estee Chaikin<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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