Google Book Settlement Round 2 – Don’t Hold Your Breath

by admin on February 8, 2010

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The US government filed its Statement of Interest regarding the revised Google settlement yesterday with the District Court in New York. While the statement was signed by an attorney from the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, several agencies including the Copyright Office reportedly contributed to it. As you may recall, the judge has only 2 choices: he can approve the settlement, or send it back to the parties for revision. He cannot modify it himself.

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Feedback and analysis: the missing ingredients in local’s recipe – Access to local information is great, but context is even better

by admin on February 8, 2010

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There’s plenty of enthusiasm for local / hyperlocal projects, but the sweepstakes has yet to be won. So many of these local efforts rely on traditional information delivery through news articles or databases. That material has use, no doubt. Yet few projects take the extra step and put that data into context.

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Four short links: 8 February 2010 – Kindle SDK, Javascript eBook Reader, Peer Review Review, eBook Moments

by admin on February 8, 2010

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Kindle Development Kit APIs — Amazon will release a Kindle SDK. These are the API docs. (via obra on Twitter) This and more in today’s Four Short Links.

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#Ebook Deal of the Day: R in a Nutshell – Only $9.99! Use discount code DDRNT

February 8, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.R in a Nutshell for only $9.99. Use discount code DDRNT to get your savings!…
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Game Devs Migrating Toward iPhone, Away From Wii

February 7, 2010

News about video games you can leave a comment.A new report by Game Developer Research reveals that the number of developers working on games for the iPhone continues to rise, roughly doubling in number from last year. At the same time, the amount of work done on games for Nintendo’s Wii dropped significantly:
“Just over 70 [...]

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Featured Video: Behind the Scenes at MAKE and CRAFT

February 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Subscribe to Make Magazine today!
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Four short links: 5 February 2010 – Public Domain, Science Code, Bad Crypto, Javascript Grids

February 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Javascript Grid Editors — nice wrapup of available Javascript editable grid components, divided into “data driven”, “light edit”, and “spreadsheet”. (via joshua on Delicious). This and more in today’s Four Short Links.
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Get a Free Sampler of “Open Government” – Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice

February 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.“Open Government is a comprehensive compendium of the who, what, how, and why of the emergent national “Gov 2.0″ movement; it’s a must-read for all who care about transparent, efficient, and participatory government, which,
by definition, should equate to each and every one of us in our capacity [...]

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One hundred eighty degrees of freedom: signs of how open platforms are spreading

February 6, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Visualize open networks–and remember how far we’ve already come from
the days before flat-rate long distance phone calls (much less app
stores for cell phones).
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Xbox Live For Original Xbox Games Shutting Down

February 5, 2010

News about video games you can leave a comment.itwbennett writes “Giving no explanation beyond that it ‘will provide the greatest benefit to the Xbox LIVE community,’ Microsoft’s General Manager for Xbox Live, Mark Whitten, announced that as of April 15th, Microsoft will be shutting down its Xbox Live service for the original Xbox and its [...]

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GameStop, Other Retailers Subpoenaed Over Credit Card Information Sharing

February 5, 2010

News about video games you can leave a comment.New York State’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, has subpoenaed a number of online retailers, including GameStop, Barnes & Noble, Ticketmaster and Staples, over the way they pass information to marketing firms while processing transactions. MSNBC explains the scenario thus: “You’re on the site of a well-known retailer [...]

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WoW: Loremaster’s Corner: The Rise and Fall of Illidan at Ten Ton Hammer

February 5, 2010

Another recommended post on World of Warcraft

Great harm can come from good intentions.

The Loremaster’s Corner is a new feature here at Ten Ton Hammer that covers the lore for the World of Warcraft franchise.
By Xerin

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WoW: U.I. Mod Review – HealBot at Ten Ton Hammer

February 5, 2010

Another recommended post on World of Warcraft

Raid Frames or Lame Frames for Healers?

Healing can be a tough job in World of Warcraft and healers are always looking for a way to ease the burden.
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Fallout: New Vegas Coming This Fall, Trailer Released

February 5, 2010

News about video games you can leave a comment.Bethesda announced today that Fallout: New Vegas is scheduled for release sometime this fall, and they released a trailer as well. Details are scant yet on the official site, but they had this to say:
“Experience all the sights and sounds of fabulous New Vegas, brought to you [...]

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#Ebook Deal of the Day: Making Things Talk – Only $9.99! Use code DDMTT

February 5, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.“Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects” for only $9.99. Use discount code DDMTT to get your savings!…
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Apple vs. Adobe vs. Content Creators – Lack of Flash support on the iPad could undermine publisher’s tablet ideas

February 5, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Publishers may have gotten ahead of themselves when they rolled out pre-iPad tablet demos. At least one relied on Adobe Air, which the iPad won’t support. And the ongoing spat between Apple and Adobe could soon influence publishers’ decision making.
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Educational RIA StrataLogica Combines Quality Map Content with Useful Interface

February 5, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Despite formal education’s best efforts I still find geography enjoyable which is probably why I’ve spent way too much playing with Google Earth. Nystrom a Herff Jones company has recently released StrataLogica to harness this and combine it with their own map content for use in the [...]

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Four short links: 4 February 2010 – Personal Ad Preferences, Android Kernel, EC2 Deconstructed, Symbian Opened

February 5, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Google Ad Preferences — my defaults look reasonable and tailored to my interest. Creepy but kinda cool: I guess that if I have to have ads, they should be ones I’m not going to hate. This and more in today’s Four Short Links.
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An SOE comedy of errors – PortableApps as a guerilla SOE

February 5, 2010

News about video games, you can leave a comment.Over the years, the IT section has been pro-actively trying to improve security, to lock the system down, and keep commercial information safe. However, these steps also prevent the engineers from getting their jobs done, so they are all circumvented. The more that the official, central SOE [...]

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Code Review of Doom For the iPhone

February 4, 2010

News about video games you can leave a comment.Developer Fabien Sanglard has written a code review for id Software’s iPhone port of Doom. It’s an interesting look into how the original 1993 game (which he also reviewed to understand its rendering process) was adapted to a modern platform.
“Just like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom was rendering a [...]

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