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Los ciudadanos que requiere la era digital

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

En esta presentación que encontré en slideshare   encuentro una excelente presentación de Cristián Cobo que deseo compartir . Hace referencia a los nuevos paradigmas del ciudadano 2.0. Algunos párrafos interesantes. Características: Multitarea Altas Destrezas Tecnológicas Desafiantes, Impacientes Interactividad Comunidades Virtuales Comparten Información (P2P) Información/Comunicación Diversidad-Multiculturalidad Cultura Audiovisual 1En Generación online: Auge [...]

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Revisiting History (How Silicon Valley Grew, Thru 1997)

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Strange post, I realize, but I’m in the middle of searching for something and just came across a 1997 BusinessWeek cover story titled “Silicon Valley: How it Really Works.” At the end of the piece, which talks in great length about the importance of proximity (how 1997!), it lists a time line detailing how the [...]

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Official TOP 30 MICROSOFT XBOX 360 Games Chart 15-7-2008

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

TOP 30 MICROSOFT XBOX 360 WEEK 28 YEAR 2008 Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2008 ELSPA Ltd LW TW TITLE AGE RATING PUBLISHER [...]

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Official TOP 30 PC Games Chart 15-07-2008

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

TOP 30 PC Games Chart WEEK 28 YEAR 2008 Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2008 ELSPA Ltd LW TW TITLE PUBLISHER [...]

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E3: Snowboarding Game To Use Balance Board

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

The truly effective part of the Wii’s control schemes is how many gamers look at them and say “they’ll make a fun ____ game for this”. The WiiFit balance board seemed ripe for use in ‘extreme sports’ games and we’ve just received word from E3 that we’ll be seeing just that. Ubisoft is partnering with [...]

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Reconstructing Apple-1 BASIC

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Michael Steil has produced what he calls “the first confirmed perfect dump of the 4096 bytes” that constituted the BASIC that shipped with the original Apple-1 computer. This software was recovered after Steil received a copy — in MP3 format. From his blog: The Apple I is extremely rare. Only 200 were built, [...]

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Fallout 3 será distribuido por Atari

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Bethesda Softworks ha anunciado hoy la firma de un acuerdo con Atari Ibérica para la distribución de Fallout 3 en España y Portugal, y en sus versiones para las plataformas Playstation 3, Xbox 360 y PC, a partir de este otoño. Fallout 3 es el nuevo e impresionante juego postapocalíptico de Bethesda Game Studios, [...]

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Atari Bringing Naked Chef To Nintendo DS

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Publisher Atari has announced What’s Cooking? with Jamie Oliver, a combination cooking game and interactive cookbook starring English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (also known as The Naked Chef), exclusively for the Nintendo DS. The game is scheduled to ship in North America in October 2008. ____________ Source: Gamasutra
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Cuando el objetivo era matar marcianitos

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Los más jóvenes quizás no, pero los que ya tenemos unos años, recordamos perfectamente las primeras consolas que básicamente el objetivo era matar marcianitos. Todo comenzó con los Asteroids de Atari, luego apareció Space Invaders que fue el primer videojuego que incluyó algún tipo de entretenimiento a medida que avanzaban las fases, una serie [...]

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July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Amanda Peet gets her shot on Ever since Jenny McCarthy appeared on “Oprah” last September blaming her son’s autism on vaccines, I’ve wondered when another celebrity mom would speak up to defend immunizations. Enter actress Amanda Peet, who costars with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in “The X Files: I Want to Believe,” which [...]

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