Microsoft backs using videogames as teaching tools (AFP)

October 8, 2008

This 2005 file photo shows the logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft's research arm and a set of US universities are creating a first-of-its-kind institute devoted to using videogames to teach math, science and engineering to school children.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Microsoft's research arm and a set of US universities are creating a first-of-its-kind institute devoted to using videogames to teach math, science and engineering to school children.


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IBM preannounces 3Q results; beats estimates (AP)

October 8, 2008
AP - IBM Corp. released third-quarter results ahead of schedule Wednesday that beat Wall Street's estimates, sending the company's stock, a component of the Dow Jones industrial average, up 6 percent in after-hours trading.No tag for this post.













Former ‘cyber czar’ goes corporate (CNET)

October 8, 2008
CNET - On Wednesday, HBGary announced that Andy Purdy has joined their advisory board.No tag for this post.