Archive forApril, 2009

Game Developers On Gold Selling (Slashdot)

Eurogamer has an article which takes a look at how various game companies deal with gold spammers in their games. Some, like Mythic, take a hard stance, literally telling farmers and sellers to “go to hell.” Others engage in an arms race to block such behavior, sometimes to the detriment of normal users. “In fact, a former Jagex source tells me that when Jagex banned all IPs connected to gold …

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Hey kids! Wanna play an MMORPG? (Guardian Unlimited)

Playing for keeps Sony’s new virtual experience for children, Free Realms, claims to be without charge, but is it cashing in on the kids? This spring sees Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) enter the tween and teen market with the virtual world Free Realms. The brainchild of the company’s president, John Smedley, it’s free-to-play via a streaming browser offering a wide variety of mini-game …

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How to Sell Your Soul on Twitter and Who’s Buying (ReadWriteWeb)

What are you doing? No what are you doing Apple, Skype, Flip, StubHub and Box.net?? These popular companies just couldn’t resist paying off Twitter users to put advertisements into their Twitter streams using the new pay-per-tweet service Magpie . digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/How_to_Sell_Your_Soul_on_Twitter_and_Who_s_Buying’;digg_bgcolor = ‘#ffffff’;digg_skin = ‘normal’; It’s enough …

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Hey kids! Wanna play an MMORPG? (Guardian Unlimited)

Playing for keeps Sony’s new virtual experience for children, Free Realms, claims to be without charge, but is it cashing in on the kids? This spring sees Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) enter the tween and teen market with the virtual world Free Realms. The brainchild of the company’s president, John Smedley, it’s free-to-play via a streaming browser offering a wide variety of mini-game …

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News: Gold sellers steal accounts - Blizzard (Eurogamer)

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Want Success on Digg? Think Choc Chip Cookies (ReadWriteWeb)

Some of us know what hitting the front page of Digg can do: send 20,000 - 200,000+ clicks through to a site. Some of us have even felt the blessing (or curse, depending on how you look at it) of the Digg Effect . digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/Want_Success_on_Digg_Think_Chocolate_Chip_Cookies’;digg_bgcolor = ‘#ffffff’;digg_skin = ‘normal’; But how much do you know about integrating …

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Muscular Dystrophy Association Launches New Venture Philanthropy (PNN)

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) today announced the launch of a new initiative, MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP), which will be a wholly owned subsidiary of MDA. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, MVP will break with traditional philanthropy models for funding research by applying the tools of venture capital firms to fast track the development of new therapies and cures for muscular …

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Healthier Cooking At Home (iVillage)

It’s time to regroup and regain those skills of meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking at home. Madelyn Fernstrom shows us how.

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