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...Thanks to fuzzy rules governing offshore operations, U.S. gamblers still stumped up around half the industry's $12 billion in revenue last year. Offshore sports betting - the kind marketed by BETonSPORTS - is judged illegal in the U.S. under laws originally drawn up in the '60s; sites offering casino-style virtual gaming claimed they were in the clear. But others weren't chancing it: organizers postponed an Internet gaming conference scheduled this week in Las Vegas, blaming execs' jitters over landing in the U.S. Still, not everywhere is off-limits. Gibraltar-based PartyGaming, the world's biggest online poker operator, pledged...
...Such appreciation is evident on the candidates' MySpace message boards. Through these virtual guestbooks, young supporters cheer on the candidates, and each other."Scott," a MySpace member, had this comment on Ritter's profile: "The new era of politics is beginning," Scott wrote. "The youth have decided to make a difference and want our opinion to influence politics. After all, it's our future... You have my vote...
...hard to see that improvement without the right yardstick. The skills they're developing are not trivial. They're learning to analyze complex systems with many interacting variables, to master new interfaces, to find and validate information in vast databases, to build and maintain extensive social networks crossing both virtual and real-world environments, to adapt existing technology to new uses. And they're learning all this in their spare time...
...yourself this question: In the offices of the future, which skill set will today's kids draw upon in their day-to-day tasks? Mastering interfaces, searching for information, maintaining virtual social networks and multitasking? Or doing algebra? I think the answer is obvious. It's a good bet that 99% of kids will never use algebra again after they graduate from high school. And yet thanks to the testing establishment, we know a staggering amount about the algebraic skills of today's teenagers but next to nothing about the skills they're actually going...
...craze started in June 2005 after Google gave the public access to its programming interface for Google Maps. Mashups take the map grids and overlay them with information. Click on a virtual pushpin and a pop-up appears, giving info on a specific location. Whatever the topic?hotels, eats, music or travel?there is likely an existing mashup to guide you. If not, you can always mash your own. Here are some of the best sites...