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Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO

Steve Ballmer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday in New York, Microsoft unveiled a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. It will go on sale Friday, fused into more than 1,000 PCs and other devices. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon as its stranglehold on personal computers becomes less relevant in an era of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

 

Study: Gamer Kids are More Creative

Study: Gamer Kids are More Creative

HealthCanal reports that a new study of nearly 500 12 year olds found noticeably increased creativity among those who played video games, while use of cellphones, the Internet and computers (for non-gaming purposes) were unrelated to that particular branch of the imagination.

Senh: It's probably the creative ways they have to use to solve problems while playing video games. Video games, despite what Roger Ebert thinks, does involve a lot of artistic disciplines.

 

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