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  • Making a Disability-Friendly Industry
    By on May 3, 2011 | Comments Off  Comments

    Creating a game that’s accessible to everyone is more than just inserting subtitles. We explore the many different ways games can and ought to assist disabled gamers.

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  • Secret Video and Photos Show Rare Rhinos Making a Comeback
    By on March 21, 2011 | Comments Off  Comments

    Photos snapped by camera traps and footage from motion-activated video cameras recently revealed rare Javan rhinos and their calves, proof that the critically endangered species is breeding. The Javan rhino is possibly the rarest creature on Earth, with a known population of only about 40.

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  • Making the remote grandpa-compatible
    By on September 19, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    … because if you don’t, he’ll never get the damn thing to work right.

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  • Making Ubuntu Look Like Windows 7
    By on August 26, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    DeviceGuru writes “Although it won’t help Linux run Windows-specific software applications, this easy hack produces an Ubuntu desktop that looks and feels a lot like Windows 7. It’s particularly suitable for reviving older PCs or laptops on which the main activities will be web-browsing, email, document writing, and streaming music and videos from from the web. The process installs a Windows 7-like GNOME theme on an otherwise standard Ubuntu 10.04 (more…)

  • History-Making Mars Mission Launched 35 Years Ago
    By on August 20, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    Thrust from a Titan 3/Centaur rocket launched NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft on a 505-million-mile journey to Mars on Aug. 20, 1975. Viking 2 followed three weeks later.

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  • How BPA Just Comes Up Short of Making Your Penis Fall Off
    By on May 30, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    A new study from Kaiser Permanente finds that exposure to BPA — which, as we’re learning, is everywhere — has a wide range of negative impacts on mens’ sexual performance. The study found decreased sexual desire, more difficulty having an erection, lower ejaculation strength and lower level of overall satisfaction with sex life.

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  • Is the internet making us stupid?
    By on March 7, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments

    How we seek breadth of information, and sacrifice depth

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  • Star Wars: The Old Republic – The Making of Coruscant
    By on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments

    From the majestic skyline to the dark and seedy underground levels, a large team of The Old Republic developers worked together to construct the dynamic city-world of Coruscant. Watch our latest Developer Dispatch, The Making of Coruscant.

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