Playdom Buys Koster’s Social Game Developer Metaplace

July 8, 2010

Acquisition-happy social games studio Playdom has purchased Metaplace (formerly Areae), the virtual world platform developer co-founded by game industry veteran Raph Koster, gaining access to the firm’s tech and expertise. Raph Koster and John Donham founded the San Diego-based studio in 2006 after leaving Sony Online Entertainment, where they worked on massively multiplayer online titles such …

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Ames Laboratory wins R&D 100 award for 3-D virtual simulation software

July 8, 2010

( DOE/Ames Laboratory ) The US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has won a 2010 R&D 100 Award. Ames Laboratory was recognized for osgBullet, a software package that creates 3-D, real-time computer simulations that can help engineers design complex systems ranging from next-generation power plants to highly efficient cars and tomorrow’s video games.

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McGuire Engineers Sets Eco-Example in Own Offices

July 8, 2010

When it came time to move office space, the leadership at McGuire Engineers took the opportunity to create the ultimate “eco” office. Â The just-completed office space, which is under review to receive LEED Platinum certification, was designed by McGuire Engineers to showcase a wide variety of ideas the average office can implement to lessen its carbon footprint and create a healthier, more …

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ABCN is pleased to announce that OfficeKey has joined the member network

July 8, 2010

David Myers and his team have been serving the Ohio and Kentucky area since 1984. With four well positioned locations, OfficeKey focuses on serving the

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Michael Tasner: Virtual Reality Worlds: The Hows and Whys of This Unique Marketing Universe

July 8, 2010

People, businesses and agencies are continuing to move to using virtual reality worlds because they are tired of traveling, have less money to spend on travel, and are realizing the power associated in these worlds.

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EMC launches virtual storage solution

July 8, 2010

Global information infrastructure technology and solution provider EMC Philippines has introduced advanced virtual storages solution allowing organizations to manage their yearly growing data by moving it from physical storage to virtual.

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Co-op to build 3,000 virtual desktops, ditches VMware for Citrix, Hyper-V

July 8, 2010

Martin Courtney, Computing , Thursday 8 July 2010 at 14:58:00 Retailer expects to save millions each year in licensing, system consolidation, support and energy cost. Dave Murrell, head of servers, storage and desktops at The Co-operative Group talks exclusively to Computing The Co-operative Group will fit its new Manchester headquarters with 3,000 low power thin client devices and laptops …

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MGB STUDY: 43 villages in CL in danger of ‘liquefaction’

July 8, 2010

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Amid threat of a rainy La Niña phenomenon, studies have revealed that 43 barangays in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija are prone to liquefaction, a geological phenomenon in which solid ground turns into virtual liquid during an earthquake.

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Health Insurance 4 Everyone Announces New Virtual Insurance Office & Digital Marketing Campaign

July 8, 2010

Health Insurance 4 Everyone, formally Shuster Insurance, has launched a brand new Virtual Insurance Office and digital marketing campaign.

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