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News.blog: Making a living selling magic swords

News Castronova's thoery is that in virtual worlds, as in the real one, goods that are scarce -- like that powerful sword, magical spell or trove of gold pieces acquired through hours of game play -- are more coveted, and therefore more valuable.

27 July 2006, 10:06

Vista to connect to Xbox Live in May

News The pricing is set to remain the same for the two-tiered service, with Silver memberships being free and Gold memberships staying at £39.99. Gold memberships include all standard silver benefits, plus friend and skill matchmaking, multiplayer...

15 March 2007, 11:14

Internet fathers honoured with presidential medal

News The Net's founders are two of several recipients of the award, including such prominent figures as Muhammad Ali, the three-times heavyweight-boxing champion and gold medallist at the 1960 Olympic Games, Carol Burnett, actress and comedian, and...

7 November 2005, 8:59

'WoW' maker sued for blocking sales of unofficial guide

News Filed on Thursday in a California federal court, the complaint alleges that Blizzard Entertainment, its parent company Vivendi Universal, and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) were wrong to order eBay to terminate auctions of The...

27 March 2006, 9:29

Nintendo sells one million systems in one week

News On 23 November, two new DS colours -- rose and gold -- were introduced via bundles with Nintendogs and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, respectively. Nintendo has revealed its sales figures in the US for the 'Black

Tags: sales, president, america, playstation

29 November 2007, 9:37

News.blog: 'Halo 3' beta opens 16 May

News Those who do have a spot will be able to log into their Xbox Live Gold accounts, download the beta and play in it until 6 June. Are you ready? You'd better be. That is, of course, if you're one of the millions of fans of the Halo franchise.

12 April 2007, 8:51

Photos: Wearable tech at 2nd Skin show

News Friday's show, local artist Sha Sha Higby performed within her ephemeral body sculpture of layered wood, silk, paper, urushi, ceramic and gold leaf. Science and technology converged with art and fashion at "2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital...

Tags: body, art, air, designs

28 April 2008, 9:24

Nanocar get its motor running

News Most of the nanocars built at the university are propelled forward when an electrical charge is applied to the roadway, a thin film of gold. They won't be heading out on the highway anytime soon, but nanocars developed at Rice University have been...

13 April 2006, 8:52

'Gears' hikes XBL use by 80 per cent

News Since the game went on sale in the US on 7 November, the rate of uptake of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, which are required for online play, has increased by more than 50 per cent. Gears of War has long been hyped as the Christmas title for the...

6 December 2006, 9:38

Sony goes slim with new VAIO PCs

News After struggling with desktops, the company had an international breakthrough hit in the late '90s with the VAIO 505, a slim laptop in a gold metallic case. Sony unveiled a new line of PCs in Japan on Wednesday that in many ways are more like TVs...

13 April 2006, 9:30

Nokia and Ferrari drive $25,000 phone

News Designers Dolce & Gabbana have teamed up with Motorola for a gold-colored version of the Razr mobile phone, and Prada has developed a phone with South Korea's LG Electronics. The luxury unit of Nokia has started selling a phone designed jointly...

28 September 2007, 9:38

Greenpeace criticises wasteful IT industry

News If there were no BFRs in products, companies could reuse copper and gold, and wouldn't have to buy it again," said Alhajj. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has criticised IT manufacturers for doing too little to make components easy to...

Tags: companies, components, technologies, products

6 March 2008, 9:18

Photos: The wiki world's arty side

News When viewed in its highest resolution, the photo is sharp enough to reveal the detailed gold filigree above the windows. Wikimania 2006, the second annual international Wikimedia conference, kicks off on Friday in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

4 August 2006, 10:17

Photos: The insides of a Roomba

News Here you can clearly see the dirt detect sensor (the gold sensor on the right side). Here's the unsuspecting Roomba intact. Actually, this photo was taken after post-operation reassembly, so you already know how this story's going to end.

Tags: detect, credit, edge, switch

9 January 2008, 11:48

Celebrities blog in fight against cancer

News I got to know myself better," writes Peggy Fleming, a figure skater who won a gold medal in the Olympics in 1968. What do Hillary Clinton and Tom Green have in common? They both have blogs on Yahoo's Health Web site.

16 August 2005, 9:17