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Serrious Games go to Congress

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) will present the latest research-based uses of advanced digital technologies for teaching, workforce training and lifelong learning. The demonstration of three sophisticated games will be showcased as part of House "Innovation Week." Three current games will be displayed for the attendees. They include:Immune Attack — an advanced educational video game that teaches human immunology ...

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Net neutrality: current state

Here is an insightful story on Net Neutrality by Wired: "Net neutrality could be the most potent rallying cry for internet regulation in years. It’s also something of a surprise. Six months ago, few outside of internet policy wonk circles were aware of the issue. Now, the best-known brands on the net are flexing their lobbying muscles for and against ...

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Faster, Lighter, and Completely Quiet

Samsung introduces a 32 GB Solid State Disk (SSD) notebook and a multimedia player. View their press release. The SSD reads 3x and writes 1.5x as fast as regular hard drives, makes no noise, and weighs about half as much as a regular hard drive. Read their press release for further details. Computers continue to get faster, lighter, and more ...

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694 million Internet users worldwide in March

This looks interesting – so here is a post from comScore Networks. It announced the launch of "comScore World Metrix, the first true estimate of global online audience size and behavior based on activity from the world’s largest online behavioral research panel. The comScore World Metrix panel has active representation from countries that comprise 99 percent of the global Internet ...

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