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Gold Farming - Chinese Sweatshops Making Money Playing Video Games
Gold farming consists primarily of third-worlders laboring in rural virtual sweatshops, plugged in as peasants in character-based games such as EverQuest and World of Warcraft. Their job is to simply exist in the virtual world, and perform small tasks that will help them build up credit or "gold," or whatever currency is internal to the game.
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The future of computing is at hand, and my crystal ball says that it will take place on a browser. Perhaps not on Internet Explorer or Firefox, but on a successor. Very shortly, you will not need Microsoft…
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Moving Software Towards the Web
"Delphi showcased an infant seat with electronic sensors that warn you if the baby is not securely fastened. Statistics from roadside clinics conducted by SafeKids Worldwide show as many as 90 percent…
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Self Testing Child Safety Seat
The new Volkswagen Concept R has keyless entry, which comes as no surprise. However, it's also the first car I've seen that takes keyless entry to a new level: no keyholes. Touching the door on the handle…
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No More Key Holes - The Latest in Keyless Entry
Citizen has released cool little robots that actually battle it out to play soccer. The original source is in Japanese, so I think that answers your next question: "Can I get one?"
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Citizen 'Eco-Be' Miniature Soccer Robot (VIDEO)
In "Test Drive Unlimited," a new video game from Atari, players will get to choose their virtual wheels from a selection that includes Lamborghini, Ferrari and Mercedes. And, unusually for a genre in which…
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In Game Product Placement: Select Racer's Attire in Test Drive Unlimited
The age of the hybrid car has finally arrived. Amid heightened concern over the environment, Japan's automakers have spent the last decade rolling out cars powered by a combination of electricity and gasoline.…
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Hybrid Goes Mainstream
Japanese firms continue to set the pace in the development of multifunctional, interactive robots. The work to improve ASIMO, the world's most advanced autonomous bipedal humanoid robot, continues at Honda…
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The Running Robot
Now you can bring your digital photos with you - on your keychain!
From Brookstone
Brookstone digital photo keychain keeps special images close to you.
Wish you could keep favorite photos close at hand…
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Digital Photo Keychain
NEC will present the KotoHana (the talking flower) at CeBit. It is interactive via the Sensibility Technology (ST) and it recognizes your feelings (happy, sad, angry, ...) and changes colour through LED's,…
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KotoHana, a Flower That Shows Your Emotions
This Robotic receptionist is programed to respond to over 200 questions and is presently "employed" at the Kita-Kyushu (Japan) airport. She is a rendering of a popular Japanese cartoon character. We could…
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Robotic Receptionist at the Japan Airport
Dick Tracy, Max Gadget watch out. Finally we catch up to the future with Seiko's first wrist watch/cell phone. Well actually, it is an extension of your cellphone via Bluetooth. Nonetheless, very stylish.…
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Seiko Cellphone Watch
In Japan, they already use cellphone blocking technology to stop your from chatting in movie theaters and restaurants. Now, a company called NaturalNano has come up with a new cellphone blocking technology…
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NaturalNano Develops Cellphone-Blocking Paint
Laptops are getting smaller and lighter. As if I had to tell you that was a trend. Still, it's cool to see that the new LG Xnote TX is less than 2.4 pounts. It's so thin it makes me hungry.
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LG Xnote TX - The 1kg Laptop
Pentagon scientists plan to use sharks as "stealth spies" capable of tracking vessels undetected.
Seriously. I'm not making this up.
British magazine The New Scientist reports that the scientists plan…
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