SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adventurer and explorer Alison Levine has completed 225 miles in her attempt to become the first American to follow a route to the geographic South Pole inspired by legendary, Italian explorer Reinhold Messner. Messner was the first to complete the route in 1989. Levine, a San Francisco resident, left in early December for…
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AOL Completes Acquisition of Quigo
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AOL today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Quigo, a leading site and content-targeted advertising company. The acquisition of Quigo lets AOL expand the use of contextual advertising – which matches ads to the contents of a Web page – across AOL’s own Web pages, as well as its third-party networks….
1:10 scale Nitro Gas Powered Remote Control Ferrari Enzo
The Ferrari Enzo is a world class driving machine. They are only made in limited numbers and sell for over a million dollars new. If you have enough money (and enough clout to get on the list) you can buy one. For the rest of us we have this, a 1:10 scale Nitro Gas Powered…
Got Game? Tabula Digita and New York City Schools Team up for Multiplayer Educational Video Game Tournament
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hundreds of middle school students will demonstrate their enthusiasm for Mathematics tomorrow as New York City public schools hold the first-ever citywide Math video game tournament.The event, sponsored by Tabula Digita’s Dimension immersive video game software and co-hosted by the New York City Department of Education, will be held at Columbia University’s Alfred…
38 Studios Announces 1st Annual MASSACHUSETTS GAME CHALLENGE
MAYNARD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–38 Studios (www.38studios.com), a pioneering entertainment company dedicated to delivering a broad spectrum of entertainment products, today announced the 1st Annual Massachusetts Game Challenge (MGC). The contest, open to students studying game design at Massachusetts-area universities, invites the region’s upcoming talent to design a video game.The RulesStudents must establish teams of no less…
Trolltech and KDE Cooperate on Cross-Platform Multimedia Programming Framework
OSLO, Norway & TUEBINGEN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trolltec, the leading cross-platform software development company, and KDE e.V. today announced a technical collaboration on the development of Phonon, a cross-platform multimedia framework that makes it simple for programmers of all experience levels to incorporate multimedia functionality into their applications.Phonon was initially developed by the KDE community and will…
How much spam do you get?
Barracuda Networks just released their yearly report on spam. How much spam do you get? Here on hmtk.com I get well over 1,000 spam comments every day. Yes, I said every day. I also receive in excess of 250 spam emails every day. Yeah, that’s a lot of spam! It is not all bad though…
Barracuda Networks Releases Annual Spam Report
CAMPBELL, CA – Barracuda Networks, Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, released its annual spam report today. The findings included: 1) The majority of business professionals view spam email as the worst form of junk advertising – worse than postal junk mail and telemarketing calls, and 2) spam email accounted for…
GameStop Announces Opening of Premier Store and Tournament Center
GRAPEVINE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, announced today the opening of its first combination store and tournament center. Larger than a standard GameStop location, this 4,000 square foot store is located in heart of the gaming industry in San Jose, CA.This location is a first of…
Majesco Entertainment Announces Wonderworld Amusement Park for the Wii System
EDISON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced Wonderworld Amusement Park for the Wii home video game system. Developed by Coyote Console, Wonderworld Amusement Park brings to life a fully 3D world of games, rides and prizes across multiple themed areas that players can…