Game Over: consoles killed the video arcade star

An interesting feature about the demise of arcades, in this case in Toronto, though I'm sure the trend holds true just about everywhere.I can remember going to arcades as a kid and loving it. Double Dragon was the...

Problem Gambling & Homeless Australians

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/29/2149351.htmProblem gambling a 'root cause of homelessness' By Daniel HoareResearch has pointed to a link between problem gambling and homelessness. While the Australian Federal Government has been quick to act on its election...

Microsoft offers quick fix for Mac Office 2008 bug

"January 25, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh group has come up with a work-around to fix bungled installations of the new Office for Mac 2008. The move followed reports earlier this week that Microsoft's newest suite incorrectly assigned full read and write...

Gaza's last gasp

"Gaza's last gasp Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 23 January 2008 Palestinians in Gaza gather in front of the Rafah border crossing at the border with Egypt, 22 January 2008. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages) By now, people watching their news programs around the world...

At NRF, ArcaTech Introduces A “Bank 2.0” Solution :: Symblogogy

"Handling money really is a job and process of its own. One creates and has a successful retail enterprise and then the biggest problem becomes “How do we accurately count and keep what money we take in on our...

Diebold favors Hillary, hand count for Obama

"I used the Comma delimited database: NH municipalities hand count vs use Diebold machines from BlackBoxVoting.org to see if there was a deviation between the results from precincts which used hand counts and those which relied on Diebold machines. The results were...

Java War Report: Schultz Returns to Starbucks

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is returning to the company in an attempt to restore the premium coffee chain to its former glory.Since flooding the North American market with more than 10,000 of its cafes,...

Voting Machines Sinking On Security In California :: MAXINE

"A team from the office of the California Secretary of State found that voting machines manufactured by Dibold and Sequoia have significant security vulnerabilities. A new round of testing that focused on the...

Macedonia Goes Open-Source in Schools

A wise move: by choosing open-source, Macedonia is ensuring that its students get a scalable computing experience that isn't beholden to a single company's software (and therefore shortcomings/proprietary...

There have been a couple of prominent theories advanced to answer this seemingly simple question. One popular theory is that women started working during WW II and they just never left. Another theory is that...

Thousands of construction accidents occur each year .

Thousands of construction workers suffer severe injury and even death every year that otherwise may have been preventable. The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 1,226 construction workers died as a result of some form of negligence in...

Gumballs: Tiny Terror Devices?

After reading this, please let us know if you laughed or cried..."Three Dover officials say they've found a serious homeland security threat to chew on: gumballs. They worry the colorful round treats could be...

Scotland to get world's biggest wave energy project

"Plans for the world's biggest wave energy project were today given the green light by ministers. The £4 million project, located in Orkney, will deliver enough power for 2,000 homes using a chain of four...

Parking Meters Go High Tech

Actually, Calgary isn't even calling them meters any more.  They're "parking machines".  The city has applied for a world patent on their new solar-powered parking machines, 200 of which will be...

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