April 2009
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One...Gazillion Dollars!
The upside of the MMO business needs no introduction. It is personified in the multi-billion dollar form of the World of Warcraft franchise. While attempts to be the next WOW have not fared well thus far, it certainly hasn’t stopped folks from trying (Hellgate, Age of Conan, Tabula Rasa, Gods & Heroes, etc.). Gazillion would appear to be the latest contender for the crown and they are...
I just checked up on my Kiva.org loans and continue to be floored by uber-high repayment rate. Those guys are really doing dev aid right.
Colonel Sanders rescued from Dotonbori River in Osaka. Breaks curse. Saves Chicago Cubs? I’m not making any of this up. http://bit.ly/FiE3t
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Gaming On Cloud Nine
Cumulonimbus clouds are the highest-flying clouds around – the ninth highest to be exact. Cloud computing is flying high again these days as well. The seeds sown by the Application Service Providers (ASP) of the dot com boom have blossomed into the Software as a Service (SaaS) companies of today led by powerful, cheap core service offerings from companies like Amazon and Google. The entire...
“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
– Groucho Marx
