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Carnegie Mellon University graduate student Derek Lomas holds a cheap, low-powered computer he purchased in India. He's co-founder of a nonprofit that is creating educational software featuring games that can be used on this type of computer == games that will be given away in developing nations.
In Hindu mythology, Hanuman is a divine being, a reincarnation of Shiva who is able to straddle mountains and defeat demons. He's also well on his way to becoming a video game hero. (Today)
Google Inc., the world's most popular search engine, added a social-networking feature to its Gmail e-mail software, taking on market leader Facebook Inc. (Today)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google and Facebook are on a collision course in the increasingly competitive market for social networking services. (Today)
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A nation of lovers, or at least many friendly people, is coming up fast on the biggest e-card sending occasion of the year, as rated by the Greeting Card Association, in Washington, D.C. (Yesterday)
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Jordan Messina, still in his pajamas, works in his Mt. Lebanon bedroom on Monday rather than fight the traffic and snow problems getting to his office on the South Side.
The snow was thigh-high Monday morning and Aria Charles had to bribe a neighbor with beer to help shovel her car out. Getting to her office at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne wasn't an option. (Yesterday)