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TEDxRedmond Conference Brings Some of the World’s Youngest Artists, Writers and Musicians to Speak on Microsoft Campus

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2010Technologyadora svitak, adrianna svitak, Al Gore, climate change, environmental activist, environmental policy, global warming, Microsoft, Mt. Everest, mt. kilimanjaro, mt. kosciuszko, paul allen foundation, tedxredmond

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 16, 2010 — On Saturday, Sept. 18, some of the nation’s most accomplished and awe-inspiring kids will be descending on the Microsoft campus. The roster includes a 14-year-old mountaineer who has climbed some of the tallest summits in the world including Mt. Everest, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kosciuszko; three girls who started a nonprofit after a friend died of a rare form of cancer and have to date raised $250,000; and a 12-year-old environmental activist who has worked closely with Al Gore to raise awareness about global warming.

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15 Years Later: O.J. Simpson Still Divides or Connects People

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 20102 commentsCultureafrican americans, bill cosby, heavyweight champion, joshua rabinowitz, journal of personality, mike tyson, o.j. simpson, old memories, popular comic, simpson, terri conley, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Old memories die hard. Simply reminding college students of the O.J. Simpson trial can alter the quality of their working relationships, according to University of Michigan research.

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Women: Hope to marry young? Head to Alaska, steer clear of Alabama

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2010Culturebargaining power, behavior differ, daniel kruger, evolutionary psychology, marry, promiscuous, sex trafficking, university of michigan, women

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—When men outnumber women, females marry younger and the age gap between spouses grows, a University of Michigan study shows.

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Xbox 360 Ushers in New Era in Entertainment With Five New, Exclusive Kinect Games by Legendary Japanese Creators

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2010Technologycapcom, codename d, grasshopper manufacture, grounding, haunt, keiji inafune, kinect, Microsoft, microsoft corp., nanaon-sha, phil spencer, project draco, rise of nightmares, sega, steel battalion heavy armor, takashi, tgs, tokyo game show, xbox 360, xbox live arcade

TOKYO — Sept. 16, 2010 — Today, Microsoft Corp. and the industry’s leading Japanese storytellers showcased 10 transformative games, including five exclusive titles for Kinect for Xbox 360, the controller-free entertainment experience releasing exclusively on Xbox 360 this November.

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Do Children Understand Irony?

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2010Culture, Educationbritish journal of developmental psychology, children, concordia university, euphemism, hyperbole, ironic remark, irony, non-literal, rhetorical, sarcasm, stephanie alexander, université de montréal

A new study reveals 4-year-old children understand and can even use certain types of irony.

The study was published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology by Stephanie Alexander, a PhD student at the Université de Montréal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, under the supervision of Professor Katherine Frohlich and in collaboration with Holly Recchia of Concordia University.

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‘Beauty of the Web’ Shines as Microsoft Launches Internet Explorer 9 Beta

By Guest PostSeptember 15, 20101 commentTechnologybrowsing experience, era in browsing, internet explorer, web experiences, windows experience

Hardware acceleration for snappy performance and a focus on the Web highlight how Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 beta delivers a better experience for both users and developers

SAN FRANCISCO – Sept. 15, 2010 – Microsoft today released a beta version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and introduced consumers to its vision of site-centric browsing and the promise of a more beautiful Web. (more…)

comScore Reports July 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostSeptember 15, 2010TechnologyComscore, comscore mobilens, google android, industry, Microsoft, motorola, nokia, oem, operating system, os, smartphone, u.s. mobile phone, u.s.mobile subscriber market

*2 out of 3 U.S. Mobile Subscribers Utilize Text Messaging on their Phone*

RESTON, VA, September 15, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending July 2010 compared to the preceding three-month average.

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Study Adds Clue to How Last Ice Age Ended

By Guest PostSeptember 15, 20101 commentEnvironment, Sciencebob anderson, cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10, cosmogenic isotopes, enriqueta barrera, gulf stream reconfigures, ice core records, joerg schaefer, journal nature, lamont-doherty, meltwater, michael kaplan, paleoclimatology, younger dryas

As the last ice age was ending, about 13,000 years ago, a final blast of cold hit Europe, and for a thousand years or more, it felt like the ice age had returned.

But oddly, despite bitter cold winters in the north, Antarctica was heating up.

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