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The Science Of Gaming: The Foldit Multiplayer Computer Game

The Science Of Gaming: The Foldit Multiplayer Computer Game

Game playing of all types has become a huge passtime for many and nearly an obsession for some. Now science is harnessing the power of gaming to solve complex problems. More than 57,000 people, many of them nonscientists, got involved in Foldit, a game designed to solve the puzzle of protein structure. A report in the Aug. 5 Nature discussed [...]

Brits to waste 747.3m on unused mobile phone apps in 2010

Brits to waste 747.3m on unused mobile phone apps in 2010

According to a study by MyVoucherCodes, of 1,476 British mobile phone owners, four fifths, 79% say they are 'highly unlikely' to use applications they have paid to download more than once. The survey, commissioned by the UK's leading discount voucher code website, http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, has found that just 9% of smartphone users [...]