TechAddress http://www.techaddress.com Providing the Latest User-Generated and Aggregate Technology News Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en Scrabulous Still Hangs in the Balance http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/18/scrabulous-still-hangs-in-the-balance/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/18/scrabulous-still-hangs-in-the-balance/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:31:45 +0000 Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/18/scrabulous-still-hangs-in-the-balance/ Source:GigaOM
Once again California is messing with the status quo, and this time it’s going after sluggish broadband with a report issued yesterday by the California Broadband Task Force. Like its bold moves to provide paid family leave, cleaner air and safer toys, the Golden State has issued seven recommendations aimed at increasing the state’s broadband […]Source:GigaOM
What will become of Scrabulous? The brilliant Facebook app created by two young Indian brothers has attracted enormous popularity — and with it, a nastygram from Hasbro and Mattel, two of the corporations that hold the IP rights to the classic Scrabble board game on which it’s based. When I interviewed Rajat and Jayant […]

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Personalized social news site Thoof is on the block, we’ve learned. The Austin, Texas-based startup was one of many angling to deliver news better than Digg, but instead ended up as a lightly trafficked also-ran, confirming that in the wild world of Web 2.0, the first mover advantage can be hard to beat. Ian […]Source:GigaOM
Chinese state officials are reportedly planning to issue new rules to combat “undesirable” elements associated with online gaming. It’s just the latest mixed message coming out of the country’s government with regards to this market.

Online gaming is extremely popular in China; the country accounts for nearly half of World of Warcraft’s subscriber base of nine […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/17/china-plays-duplicitous-game-with-online-gamers/feed/ MySpace Gets Serious About Games http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-gets-serious-about-games/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-gets-serious-about-games/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:33:00 +0000 myspace microsoft web Online Games Shorts Interesting NBC Universal http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-gets-serious-about-games/ Source:GigaOM
Coskata, a startup that says it can produce commercial-scale ethanol for under $1 per gallon made from either biomass, municipal solid waste or other recycled materials, has unveiled a partnership with General Motors, along with investments from GM, Khosla Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures and Great Point Ventures. Earth2Tech editor Katie Fehrenbacher visited the company […]Source:GigaOM
Social networking site MySpace is continuing its push into the gaming space with plans to launch a game portal. Casual gaming is a popular activity, with tons of competition. There are independents with their own web sites, those creating games such as Scrabulous for social networks, while large portals such as Yahoo have the basics, […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-gets-serious-about-games/feed/ MySpace Creating a Game Portal http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-creating-a-game-portal/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-creating-a-game-portal/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:30:41 +0000 myspace microsoft web Online Games Shorts Interesting NBC Universal http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-creating-a-game-portal/ Source:GigaOM
Social networking site MySpace says it’s planing to launch a game portal. Casual gaming is a popular activity, with tons of competition. There are independents with their own web sites, those creating games such as Scrabulous for social networks, while large portals such as Yahoo have the basics, among them poker and sudoku. The games […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/myspace-creating-a-game-portal/feed/ WeGame Gets We Gamers Excited http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/11/wegame-gets-we-gamers-excited/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/11/wegame-gets-we-gamers-excited/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:30:29 +0000 Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/11/wegame-gets-we-gamers-excited/ Source:GigaOM
They’re calling WeGame a “YouTube for Gamers” but it’s actually a lot more than that — think YouTube meets Fraps, the powerful but resource-hogging video capture software gamers use to record and share their favorite gameplay action, or create machinima. The WeGame application handles both the capture and the upload process, and categorizes your […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/11/wegame-gets-we-gamers-excited/feed/ IAC Asks for a Change and Targets the Kids http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/iac-asks-for-a-change-and-targets-the-kids/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/iac-asks-for-a-change-and-targets-the-kids/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:30:44 +0000 articles Online Games Club Penguin Webkinz Disney Barbie Girls Ganz IAC InterActive http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/iac-asks-for-a-change-and-targets-the-kids/ Source:GigaOM
Barry Diller’s IAC InterActive is busy these days. Yesterday the Internet conglomerate named Jim Safka as CEO of its Ask.com search unit, replacing Jim Lanzone, who has been at Ask since 2001. Lanzone, who chatted with Om about local search in Dec. 2006, will join Redpoint Ventures as an entrepreneur-in-residence.

IAC, which is in the process […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/iac-asks-for-a-change-and-targets-the-kids/feed/ Amazon Gets Into MMO-Powered Crowdsourcing http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/02/amazon-gets-into-mmo-powered-crowdsourcing/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/02/amazon-gets-into-mmo-powered-crowdsourcing/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:30:21 +0000 Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/02/amazon-gets-into-mmo-powered-crowdsourcing/ Source:GigaOM
Call it World of Worldcraft. Amazon’s Questville, set for a late 2008 release, is a spinoff of the company’s Askville, a user-driven crowdsourcing question-and-answer service on topics ranging from everything from cars to electronics to relationships to science.

With Askville, users who provide helpful answers are given virtual gold as they rise in status (called […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/02/amazon-gets-into-mmo-powered-crowdsourcing/feed/ My 2008 Gaming and Online Worlds Predictions http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/22/my-2008-gaming-and-online-worlds-predictions/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/22/my-2008-gaming-and-online-worlds-predictions/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:30:15 +0000 Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/22/my-2008-gaming-and-online-worlds-predictions/ Source:GigaOM
As 2007 draws to a close, here are some educated guesses for the coming year, pegged to hard numbers. (Because there’s nothing lamer than meaninglessly broad, unverifiable forecasts.)

Wii Install Base Surpasses 360 and PS3 Combined

This would have very nearly been a fait accompli this holiday season, had Nintendo produced enough Wii supply to […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/22/my-2008-gaming-and-online-worlds-predictions/feed/ Microsoft Takes Baby Step Into Web 2.0 Ad World http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/14/microsoft-takes-baby-step-into-web-20-ad-world/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/14/microsoft-takes-baby-step-into-web-20-ad-world/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:30:28 +0000 Online Games MSFT http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/14/microsoft-takes-baby-step-into-web-20-ad-world/ Source:GigaOM
Om just passed me the link to two contests on a Microsoft site that sells their office software to college students. I can just picture the meeting in Redmond where this was cooked up. “So what are the kids into nowadays?” demands the Microsoft exec. His team begins barraging the whiteboard with buzzwords. […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/14/microsoft-takes-baby-step-into-web-20-ad-world/feed/ Attack of the Casual Game Sites, Part II http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/11/attack-of-the-casual-game-sites-part-ii/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/11/attack-of-the-casual-game-sites-part-ii/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:30:34 +0000 startups Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/11/attack-of-the-casual-game-sites-part-ii/ Source:GigaOM
Here’s the elevator pitch I’ve heard most often this year: “It’s casual gaming meets social network meets X.” The number of startups and new launches that are being framed that way — with “X” being virtual items, or user-created content, among many other features — has been overwhelming, so much so that my […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/11/attack-of-the-casual-game-sites-part-ii/feed/ Webs.com Bets on Social Gaming Across Facebook http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/07/webscom-bets-on-social-gaming-across-facebook/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/07/webscom-bets-on-social-gaming-across-facebook/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:30:27 +0000 Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/07/webscom-bets-on-social-gaming-across-facebook/ Source:GigaOM
Webs.com, formerly Freeweb.com, yesterday announced the launch of a publishing network for gaming applications on social platforms like Facebook. Called the Social Gaming Network, it will tie together games under one banner and circulate players across the applications. The name of the enterprise is a little confusing: it’s a network of “social games,” yes, that […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/07/webscom-bets-on-social-gaming-across-facebook/feed/ What the GameSpot Debacle Means for Tech http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/what-the-gamespot-debacle-means-for-tech/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/what-the-gamespot-debacle-means-for-tech/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:30:27 +0000 Online Games http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/what-the-gamespot-debacle-means-for-tech/ Source:GigaOM
Last week, after 10-plus years with CNET’s GameSpot, the Internet’s top game coverage site, editorial director Jeff Gerstmann was summarily fired under mysterious circumstances. The subsequent outrage is still roiling the Net, so in the end, it doesn’t really matter if (as the theory goes) he was defenestrated for rudely panning Kane & Lynch: […]

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