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Getting a degree in 'Mortal Kombat'

News Last year, Nintendo sponsored a five-year professorship at Seattle's DigiPen University, which was the first school in the country to offer a four-year degree in game development, and has placed a number of students in the Japanese company.

17 May 2005, 10:39

News.blog: DIY 360-degree video

News When most of us think of digital video devices, we think camcorders -- handheld, convenient and off-the-shelf. Clifford Ross envisions something homemade and much bigger than a breadbox, leading him on "a Fitzcarraldo kind of adventure".

24 August 2006, 9:58

University entices hackers with new course

News A degree course in computer hacking has been launched by a Scottish university in response to industry demand for IT security experts. The university said it has launched the degree course in response to demand from industry for people with the...

20 June 2006, 11:03

UK video game degrees under fire

News British gaming degree courses have multiplied to more than 80 over the past few years, according to the paper, but only four degree programmes are accredited by Skillset, a self-proclaimed council for creative media whose gaming division is...

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26 August 2008, 9:24

Game developers form sex 'special interest group'

News The degree to which there was criticism and outcry from industry critics and politicians will make the SIG all that more sensitive to the issues. The main goal of the SIG is to provide a forum for developers who are working on games that have some...

17 August 2005, 11:07

Photos: Gaming gear from E3

News Its 360-degree viewing area allows gamers to look around and move in the virtual world much as they do in the real world. The Barracuda AC-1 audio chip features 3D, 720-degree positional audio for more realistic game sounds.

12 May 2006, 12:10

Facebook zooms in on privacy control

News Started in 2004 by then-undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg as a social site for fellow Harvard University students, Facebook has been opened up over the last year to users of all ages, who have a degree of control over who sees what personal details.

16 July 2007, 10:58

Get ready for the 9-to-5 laptop

News The spec says this, but it depends on some degree on usage," said Roger Kay, an analyst at IDC. Chipsets typically cost far less than processors and the same degree of energy conservation has not been applied to them.

7 June 2005, 10:01

Photos: LG.Philips' tiny LCD tech

News The IPS display has a 170-degree viewing angle, which is very wide -- almost like watching an LCD TV, said Hyuk Park, of LG.Philips LCD. According to Park, most older LCD screens on mobile phones have 35-degree viewing angles, which doesn't allow...

6 October 2006, 11:00

Photos: Racing robot cars

News Junior is superior to Stanley because it has more-advanced sensors that can 'see' the world in a 360-degree view and updated software that can efficiently process that data in close to real time. D, 360-degree lidar, which is developed specifically...

5 October 2007, 11:06

Casual games get professional

News For example, deodorant maker Degree antiperspirant has sponsored a free online Texas hold 'em game on MSN Games. In addition to the expected cadre of on-screen ads, the Degree for Men logo is prominently displayed on the game table and card-backs...

15 May 2006, 17:38

News.blog: The camera behind Google's Street View

News If you've been playing with Google's new Street View feature -- that $25bn time suck -- you may well have wondered how the devil they took those 360-degree images while driving down the street. The camera used by Immersive Media for Google's Street...

1 June 2007, 10:51

Microsoft launches 'Virtual Earth' beta

News In the next beta version of the tool, slated for release later this year, the company plans to add bird's-eye-view imagery depicting cities, landmarks and other sites at a 45-degree angle. Microsoft has unveiled a test version of a new location...

26 July 2005, 9:45

Girl burnt by exploding laptop

News A South African teenager has suffered second-degree burns on her hands and thighs after the laptop she was working on exploded. The girl, Nikita Sooklal, 15, had only been on the machine for five minutes when it blew up.

17 January 2003, 13:30

Apple releases its first multi-button mouse

News Dubbed Mighty Mouse, the new £35 pointer has a 360-degree scroll wheel and can be programmed to recognise a click on either the left or right side. Breaking with longstanding tradition, Apple has introduced its first multibutton mouse for the Mac.

3 August 2005, 11:05