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Lunchtimers: Multi player time waster games
If you’re looking for a new set of “time waster games” here’s another suggestion:
Try out the “Lunchtimers” multi-player online games. Great fun – we played a bit of jigsaw with 7 others. To kill some time its just perfect…
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Humor: Old software never dies
So that’s how Web 2.0 companies are created. I wonder if the VCs are calculating a full system rewrite into any of them…
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Tools: oScope Visual Search
If you spend a lot of time trying to find images or videos on the Internet this tools might help.
“oScope” – a visual search tool – allows you to search Flickr, eBay, YouTube and Amazon. The creators have promised to add more sites in the future. The photos, books, videos, or eBay items found are displayed with small images (can be zoomed) plus additional information. You can also watch found videos directly inside the search interface or open the original site.
The interface can be customized to your preferences from background color to…
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Web: Operation Firefox
Firefox is looking for people doing guerrilla marketing for them.
The task is to install giant 3.5-foot Firefox stickers. More info and apply (until 09-Nov-2007) at “Operation Firefox”
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Virtual Worlds: 3D Berlin in Google Earth
Since this week Germany’s capital Berlin is available as a 3D model within Google Earth. In difference to other 3D worlds already available in Google Earth the buildings within the virtual Berlin have detailed architectural representations including their photorealistic facades. Some buildings can even be visited or entered virtually. So far the present model covers about 10% of the area of Berlin – only a small sample of the official three-dimensional city model of Berlin. The model consists of some 44,000 buildings in the centre of Berlin shown in…
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Virtual Reality: Sony PlayStation 3 – Home™
Those who believe that over-hyped gaming platforms like SecondLife are the future for virtual communities or gaming should have a look at “Sony’s PS3 Home™ trailer”. “…Home™ is a real-time 3D, networked community that serves as a meeting place for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) users from around the world, where they can interact, communicate, join online games, shop, share content and even build their own personal spaces. Home™ will be available as a free download from the PLAYSTATION®Store and will launch directly from the PS3™ system’s Home Menu…”
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