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Last week a new site called Gwap was launched by Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science. The site offers an array of multi-player games that have a benefit beyond just

It's no surprise that people spend their weekends goofing off, relaxing, and entertaining themselves, but our weekly downtime activities also have major implications for mobile application marketing, as it turns

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/3Tera_to_Bring_Grid_Computing_to_Game_Development'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Massively multiplayer online games are big business. Blizzard's World of Warcraft, for example, has over 6 million users paying up

This week there has been a slew of news about social networks and big companies ramping up their social software features. Here's a quick summary of the latest news and

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/playable_web_games/Moola_Opens_Massively_Multiplayer_Rewards_Game_to_Public'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Toronto, Canada-based Moola has been operating an invite-only beta for a little over 18 months and will on Friday open

We've been fans of Cooliris, the browser plugin formerly known as PicLens, for quite some time. This plugin transforms a normal 2D web page into an immersive 3D experience for

Two years ago, HopeLab released Re-Mission, a shoot 'em up game with a difference in an attempt to help cancer afflicted teenagers stick to their medication. This past August, clinical

Earlier in the year, we posed the question, "are social bookmarking sites better at search than Google?" At the time, some people thought they already were. Our conclusion then was

Conduit Labs, a stealth startup that is building a mix between social networks and "immersive online gaming", today announced a $5.5 million Series A investment from Charles River Ventures (CRV)

Earlier today, Apple announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have now downloaded over 1.5 billion applications. According to Apple, there are now also over 100,000 developers in the iPhone