Violent Video Games Touted As Learning Tool

TAKE THAT, non-gamers! ....

"He added that students who played "pro-social" games that promote cooperation were more likely than others to help out in real-life situations like intervening when someone is being harassed."
REALLY!? I don't normally associate nerdy-gamers with helpy-helpers

"Bavelier said playing the kill-or-be-killed games can improve peripheral vision and the ability to see objects at dusk, and the games can even be used to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, a disorder characterized by indistinct vision in one eye"
Is it just me or do other people also think that these professors are being 'sponsored' by the video games lobbyists?
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4G Apple iPhone, Sprint EVO: Worth The Hype?

I don't think the companies are investing too much time and money to hype their latest 4G phones. They can sense it themselves that the new models are nothing revolutionary, but are instead improvements of the previous generations of phones.

The new iphone, which just about everyone speculates will make its debut in the summer, will likely be better than the iphone 3GS in every aspect, but most owners of the iphone 3GS (the non-'geeks') are unlikely to upgrade because of the new features in the new iphone.

I don't own an iphone 3GS, and my current phone, the LG Viewty Smart, is beyond disappointing. Perhaps a '4G' phone will be my choice.
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Merkel Acknowledges 'Bitter Defeat' At Polls

Oh Angela. Perhaps it's time for the dreaded two words: Raise Taxes. But of course, you can't, because you are in a coalition with the Free Democrats. But if you cut spending, you might lose the next election. What to do?
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