LIVE COVERAGE: Solon vs. IKM-Manning, 3:45 p.m.Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:54PMSportswriter Jeff Johnson will provide live coverage of today’s Class 2A semifinal game between Solon (24-2) and IKM-Manning (25-0). Tipoff is set for 3:45 p.m. Check out the live blog below.
GlobalShop Kicks Off TodayWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:18AMThe 18th annual GlobalShop kicks off today, March 10, 2010, at the Las Vegas-based Sands Expo & Convention Center, and runs through March 12, 2010.
Frequently Asked Questions about RomeneskoMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:51PMQ: What is Romenesko? A. It's the weblog formerly known as Jim Romenesko's MediaNews and, before that, as Media Gossip. It provides journalists with brief commentary about (and links to) articles about journalism or journalists.
Tourist unrepentant over rock art break-inThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:38AMA German tourist who broke into a protected Maori rock art site in South Canterbury is unrepentant.
Home On The Range With The Pioneer WomanWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:48PMRee Drummond opens up on her accidental success--and what's she's doing with her ad revenue.
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - March 2010, Pt. 1Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:07AM['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time, he tracks down the elusive PC Zone -- and its grim circulation numbers -- and checks out current issues of publications from GamePro to Nintendo Power and beyond.] I never miss an issue of Future UK's PC Zone. Sadly ...
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Home To Russia To BangaloreTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:44AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine working at home, attending events in Bangalore, subverting game design in Russia, and complicated programming things. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. Our favorite blog post of ...
Pioneer Woman wins BloggiesMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:30PMRee Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman, wins the top prize at the 2010 Bloggies, Weblog of the Year.
2010 Bloggies. And the award goes to . . . 17 and BakingMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:52PMMovies have the Oscars, music has the Grammys, blogging has the Bloggies and the Bloggies -- the 10th Annual Weblog Awards -- have announced their winners for 2010. Among them: The Huffington Post (for politics), TMZ (gossip), Wired (technology) and in the teen-blogger category, a high school senior from Bellevue who loves to bake. Remember Elissa Bernstein, the 17-year-old blogger I told you ...
GlobalSCAPE Announces Product Enhancements, AMD Customer Deployment, and CoreTrace Reseller AgreementMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:00AMSAN FRANCISCO----GlobalSCAPE, Inc. , a leading developer of secure information exchange solutions, today announced enhancements to its enterprise MFT solution, Enhanced File Transfer Server™; a new customer deployment at Advanced Micro Devices ; and that GlobalSCAPE will become a worldwide reseller of BOUNCER by CoreTrace™, the most tamper-proof and automated application whitelisting solution in ...
Change — one Post-it at a timeFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:01PMScraps of paper to restore self-esteem? It’s not magic — it’s Operation Beautiful.
Synthesis - a Mission for Education - Create a PublicFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 11:01AMThe following blog post was published on February 21, 2010, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.
WP Shopping Pages, a New Affiliate Store Plugin for Wordpress, ReleasedThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:00AMLunatic Studios announced today the release of their second premium plugin for the Wordpress blogging platform, WP Shopping Pages, which makes adding an affiliate store to any weblog a no brainer.
Open Text Buying Nstein, TechCrunch MisreportsTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 10:56AMEnterprise content management vendor Open Text's planned acquisition of ECM + text-mining provider Nstein is an interesting bit of news, perhaps indicative of market challenges that may result from an over-narrow focus on the publishing customers and of the opportunities that text analytics -- software that automates tagging and classifying content, among other functions, to boost findability ...
Small Business Advocate: Build, grow customer relationships with a blogMonday, February 22, 2010 @ 12:00AMBy this point on the social media time continuum, early adopters think that defining a blog is an elementary task tantamount to explaining the wheel. But here in the real world, where Main Street small businesses live, most folks actually have many un-Tweeted thoughts. Nevertheless, since for most small businesses a blog is at once a powerful but underused tool to connect with customers, perhaps ...
Cosmic Log: Top sights of scienceThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 1:34PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The winning entries in an international visualization contest prove that you can see good science at work in a variety of venues, ranging from cartoon strips to art galleries.
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Junkies To Little DudesTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 8:20AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine junkies, body usage, relationships, storyplaying, and putting a little dude on there. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. Our favorite blog post of the week will earn its author a ...
Social Media Tackles Controversial IssuesFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 12:51PMSocial media took on a host of controversial issues last week, from abortion to gay rights to health care reform. The online community gave the hot-button topics not only more attention than the mainstream press, but also much more opinionated intensity.
Engadget.com shut down its commenting system for several daysFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 12:00AMLast week Engadget.com, one of the most popular gadget sites on the Internet, decided to shut down its commenting system for several days. n Editor Joshua Topalksy claimed the shutdown was due to the amount of "mean, ugly, pointless, and frankly threatening" comments that were being posted to the site during the buildup and aftermath of Apple's iPad announcement. n After a two-day cooling off ...
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Broken Emotions To The Game Of Game-MakingTuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 8:56AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine how the game medium often destroys emotional ties with characters, why chasing perfection can be a bad thing, and how making games is a game in itself. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development ...
Battery "Bug" Caused by Batteries, Not by Windows 7Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 6:11PMThe past few weeks or so, there's been a lot of interest in a supposed battery status report bug in Windows 7. After installing Windows 7, some users reported seeing "consider replacing your battery"-warnings in systems that appeared to be operating just fine on Windows XP or Vista. After extensive research, Steven Sinofsky has now explained on the Engineering 7 blog that the fault is not with ...
Apple iPad mania will grow as release nearsThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 7:08AMAP Photo/Marcio Jose SanchezThe Apple iPad is shown to guests after it was unveiled at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Jan. 27, 2010. Apple iPad coverage and mania continues to grow each day -- stoked by Apple's secrecy,...
Gapers Block founder blogs his teensWednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 12:14AMGapers Block founder bares his high school self for your amusement. Care to take a peek? Andrew Huff, the 34-year-old editor of the Chicago Webzine, bares his high school self for your amusement. Care to take a peek?
Gapers Block founder blogs teen yearsWednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 12:13AMGapers Block founder bares his high school self for your amusement. Care to take a peek? Andrew Huff, the 34-year-old editor of the Chicago Webzine, bares his high school self for your amusement. Care to take a peek?
Long running ArborUpdate local news weblog shutting downTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 4:57PMThe editorial collective that edits ArborUpdate has decided to shut down operations. citing the growth of other forums for community discussion and a narrowing of the focus. From the farewell notice: After years of updating, the ArborUpdate crew is taking......
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Tables To Dragon AgeTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 10:59AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine a report from the German software rating board, a periodic table of game elements, and argue why Dragon Age isn't the "spiritual successor" to Baldur's Gate 2. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development ...
For blog heads only!Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 1:58AMBLOGGERS have been debating what ethics, if any, the Weblog community should follow. Since not all bloggers are journalists and the Weblog form is more casual, they argue they shouldn't be expected to follow the same ethics code journalists are subjected to.
iPad will change how kids grow upSaturday, January 30, 2010 @ 7:10PMYou can book it right now that it will be the product that kids of this generation grow up with and look back on with affection just like we did with the first video games. Video games changed how we ...
Cuban: iPad will change how kids grow upSaturday, January 30, 2010 @ 3:53PMThe iPad will be the product that kids of this generation grow up with and look back on with affection just like we did with the first video games.
And the pope says 'Thou shalt blog'Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 2:37PMA few bishops and priests have made the jump into cyberspace. However, there will be many more bloggers wearing Roman collars if Pope Benedict XVI has his way.
TERRY MATTINGLY: The pope says: 'Thou shalt blog'Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 8:36PMSAN ANGELO, Texas —When Eunice Kennedy Shriver died, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley candidly reminded his Archdiocese of Boston flock that this was one Kennedy who was consistently faithful to church teachings.“She was preeminently against abortion and there to protect and underscore the dignity of every person,” noted O’Malley, praising the founder of the Special Olympics.When Sen. Edward Kennedy ...
Synthesis - Vilified Teachers - Merits of MeritFriday, January 29, 2010 @ 11:01AMThe following blog post was published on January 24, 2010, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.
Pre-GDC Course Offers Scrum Master TrainingFriday, January 29, 2010 @ 10:10AMScrum trainer Clinton Keith has announced a two day pre-GDC course in San Francisco to educate game developers on the principles of agile project management method Scrum. According to game industry veteran Keith, a former High Moon Studios CTO with 15 years of game industry experience, "the two-day course provides the fundamental principles of Scrum through hands-on experience and interactive ...
Twitter and YouTube Continue to Focus on Haiti while Blogs Move OnThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 12:51PMAfter playing a large role in promoting activism and fundraising in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, various components of the social media community moved in different directions last week.
Cosmic Log: Bacteria rebuilt to make oilWednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 6:38PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Researchers have engineered a common strain of bacteria to produce diesel fuel and other goodies from plain old plants. Diesel fuel - Alan Boyle - Business - Fuel - Parts and Accessories
EA Chides Lasky, Benchmark Over 'Bankrupt' Red 5Wednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 1:40PMFollowing revelations of layoffs, funding challenges and unconfirmed buyout reports at developer Red 5, Electronic Arts says backer Benchmark Capital had been trying to sell the studio. Benchmark partner and former EA exec Mitch Lasky published a sharp and widely-circulated critique of EA's management and business model on his blog just two weeks ago, and it would seem EA feels vindicated by ...
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Playing By The Rules To Not Playing By ThemTuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 7:14AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers IGF submission lessons, the rules of rules, and the inevitability of prototyping. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. Our favorite blog post of the week will earn its author a lifetime ...
Medtech Pulse Earns RecognitionMonday, January 25, 2010 @ 10:10AMYou like us; you really like us! At least, the folks over at the Med-ucation blog do. The site recently named Medtech Pulse to its list of “ Top 50 Medical Technology Blogs.
synthesis - Power Corrupts - Strength v IntegrityFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 11:01AMThe following blog post was published on January 21, 2010, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.
Vote for Our Cheap ChicaFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 9:16AMOur very own fashionista Lilliana Vazquez’s blog has been nominated for the “Best Fashion Blog” on the Web, but she needs your vote to win. Vote for her now!
E!'s Kristin Dos Santos Opens Up about MotherhoodThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 10:42AMThe TV personality shares photos of 9-month-old-son Luca - and tells new moms what shows they should be watching
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Getting Old To OutsidersTuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:28AMIn highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine "breaking into" the industry, indie development, and getting old. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. Our favorite blog post of the week will earn its author a lifetime subscription ...