AMD Foundation to Sponsor Video Game Design Category for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Game development serves as tool to promote STEM education, social issues
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — 3/10/2010 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the AMD Foundation, in support of AMD Changing the Game, has awarded a grant to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The $65,000 grant will be used to help fund the Alliance’s new video game design category for the 2010 and 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. more »
Google announces today on their blog they bike trails are available on Google Maps. When you search for directions now on Google Maps you’ll have an option in addition to driving, public transportation, and walking. You can chose to map the route by bicycle.
Between now and March 9th AT&T customers can win a free trip to the Final Four. Customers can win the trip by texting the keyword for the participating school to 51234. Pitt and OSU fans will use 94253.
Your text will enter you in the contest and sign you up for scores an updates for the respective team. Not all schools are participating. See the table below from the AT&T announcement for keywords and text the keyword to 51234 or for Pitt and OSU fans text it to 94253. more »
EPA NAMES PANASONIC HOME & ENVIRONMENT COMPANY2010 ENERGY STAR® PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Panasonic earns award for protecting the environment through manufacturing energy-efficient products.
Secaucus, NJ (March 1, 2010) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Panasonic Home & Environment Company as a 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products and helping to educate consumers about those products. Panasonic’s accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2010. more »
This s a very interesting question, albeit not a new one, posed by Scott Brown over at wired. Check out a couple solutions that Scott reviews in his article Managing Your Digital Remains
People have been wondering how Apples release of the iPad will “change the game” and what “game” it will change. One of the mediums that will definitely be affected is the newspaper.
The New York Times has a feature now called the New York Times skimmer. There were two features that jumped out at me immediately when I tried it.
Today Google announced buzz and the internet is abuzz. The jury will be out on Google’s new all encompasing approach to social media but we’ll take you through screen by screen through a tour of the buzz iPhone app.
UrbanDictionary.com has a 10 year attachment to their logo and they have been around for a long time. But, this dog has a new trick, or at least a new meme. It seems that one of the latest memes, one started on facebook is searching for your name on UrbanDictionary.com.
Today the HP Company Foundation announced that it would donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross to help efforts in Haiti and will match up to $250,000 in employee donations. Way to go HP.
From HP:
The Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation today announced that it has committed $500,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to support relief efforts in Haiti following the earthquake that devastated the country this week.
The HP Company Foundation also announced that it has committed up to $250,000 to match eligible contributions by employees of HP in support of the earthquake relief efforts.
This great effort is just the latest in tech companies finding ways to aide Haiti.
Fans may be scared that NBC will dump him but Conan will live on in Hulu. You can see episodes of his first season on NBC on Hulu.
Thanks to the internet TV “station” Hulu you can continue to watch Conan O’Brien forever. Just go to hulu’s Conan O’Brien site and you can get full episodes and excerpts all the way back to episode 1.
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