Amazon's clever moves to change (and own) the Android app market space just got lots better: PopCap, a hugely successful games company, has signed an exclusive deal to launch its Android games with them. For any of the 50 million app downloaders who've racked their brains or thwapped their thumbs on an iPad or iPhone touch screen full of digital jewels, PopCap Games--or at least its runaway hit, Bejeweled--will ring a bell
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By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to protect wildlife and water in U.S.
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When someone divides a complex phenomenon into two basic categories, he invariably oversimplifies and distorts reality.
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The National Endowment for the Arts says so, and is even putting its funding where its mouth is. But the gaming community says it's probably too soon to pop the champagne corks
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Read More »Wisdom of Crowds Withers with Peeks
If you want to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar, you should ask your friends.
Read More »When Sales Reps Miss Quotas
About half of all sales representatives miss their yearly quotas. Here's what your company should do about it.
Read More »Space Boat Could See Sea Near Saturn
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has numerous lakes and seas. But they're not bodies of water--Titan's reservoirs are full of liquid hydrocarbons such as methane.
Read More »Facebook And The iPad May Be No Match For Johnny Law
A pair of bills would regulate the way you use your favorite tech.
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