Following China's
recent introduction of measures to combat its citizens' addiction to online role-playing games, gamers offered their perspective on the BBC's Web site. Naveed Khan of London likened his addiction to "World of Warcraft" to being an alcoholic.
"I'd get withdrawal symptoms within five minutes of leaving the game. I'd only leave for a drink, but I'd run back to my machine," he said. "I call the experience a virtual drop. You just sink and sink...But you can't deny the buzz...and it's difficult to let go...If people knew they would become an alcoholic, would they still make that first step? I think not."
Google creates an animated doodle that features a boy, a girl, Google's search engine, and a jump rope. But might there be darker, more analytical, more troubling interpretations to this tale?
Data gathered by several companies publishing news readers for both iPhone and iPad suggest that there is a clear difference in when users check out articles via those devices. And anyone wanting to build apps for both devices should heed those lessons.
Chamtech's spray-on antenna uses a nano material to provide a low-power boost to antenna range. The wireless-in-a-can product may some day bring an end to unsightly cell towers.
EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
