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Fable Creator Blames Success on Baked Beans, Happy Accidents

By Guest PostApril 15, 20111 commentTechnologyfable creator, fable game, microsoft game studios, peter molyneux

Peter Molyneux, creator of the popular “Fable” games series and head of Microsoft Game Studios in Europe, recalls the highs and lows of a 22-year career in video games – a career that was just honored by two lifetime achievement awards.

GUILDFORD, U.K. — April 15, 2011 – Peter Molyneux, one of the video game industry’s most celebrated designers and the creative force behind hits such as “Fable,” “Populous” and “Dungeon Keeper,” credits much of his 22-year career to a happy accident involving baked beans. (more…)

Americans Remain Sympathetic to Arab Uprising: New UMD Survey

By Guest PostApril 15, 2011Politicsairstrikes, american, american public opinion, arab uprising, middle east

Declining Majority Supports U.S. Airstrikes

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new University of Maryland in-depth survey of American public opinion gives a detailed picture of how the country is reacting to the major, unfolding drama in the Middle East. (more…)

Readability of Annual Reports Affects Accuracy of Analyst Forecasts

By Guest PostApril 15, 2011Economy10-k reports, accounting review, analyst behavior, earnings reports, less readable disclosures, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Stock analysts’ earnings forecasts for companies with hard-to-read annual financial reports are more informative, but less accurate, say University of Michigan researchers.

A new journal article in the May issue of Accounting Review shows that sell-side financial analysts expend greater effort to generate earnings forecasts of publicly traded firms with less readable 10-K filings. This increased effort by analysts results in earnings reports to investors that contain more information—but less accuracy and greater uncertainty. (more…)

comScore Releases Study “Natural Born Clickers in Russia” Showing that Only 10 Percent of Russian Online Population Clicks on Display Ads in a Month

By Guest PostApril 14, 2011Technologyclick-through behavior, Comscore, ctrs, display ad, ecosystem, heavy clickers, mike shaw, natural born clickers, online advertising campaigns, online display ads, online display advertising campaigns, russia, russian digital media, russian internet audience, russian online population

*Online Behaviour of Clickers Does Not Reflect Desired Audience for Most Advertisers*

Moscow, Russia, April 14, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the release of a report entitled “ Natural Born Clickers in Russia – Understanding How Display Advertising Works,” which indicates that a very small group of Internet users who are not representative of the total Russian online population is accountable for the vast majority of display ad click-through behaviour. The report includes findings from several studies of the view-through effectiveness of online display advertising and highlights key implications for stakeholders in the Russian digital media ecosystem. (more…)

UF Researchers Help Pinpoint Key Events in Ancient Plant Evolution

By Guest PostApril 14, 2011Scienceancient genome duplication, angiosperms, big bangs, cucumber plants, DNA, doug soltis, evolution of seed and flowering plants, flowering plants, genes, genomes, grape, jonathan wendel, modern genome complexity, organisms humans, pam soltis, papaya, poplar, rice, signal, university of florida, water lily

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from the University of Florida and six other institutions have unlocked some of the key foundations for the evolution of seed and flowering plants.

The study, to be published online Sunday in Nature, is the first to identify the occurrence of ancient genome duplication events and show the genomes of seed and flowering plants duplicated before each group of plants diversified. It introduces new factors for further molecular research on the organisms humans depend on for food, clothing and shelter. (more…)

IBM Closes on Acquisition of TRIRIGA, Inc.

By Guest PostApril 14, 2011Technologyacquisition, david bartlett, energy and environmental sustainability, hvac system, ibm, las vegas, nevada, real estate, tririga

*Accelerates Advanced Intelligence for Smarter Buildings Transformation*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 14 Apr 2011: IBM today announced that it has completed the acquisition of TRIRIGA, Inc., a privately-held company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Financial terms were not disclosed.

On March 22, IBM announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TRIRIGA, a leading provider of facility and real estate management software solutions.

Many of the systems that constitute a building – heat, water, sewage, electricity and physical assets – are managed independently and often inefficiently. Collecting, managing and analyzing data in buildings provides actionable insight to energy, space and facilities management. (more…)

Climate Change From Black Carbon Depends on Altitude

By Guest PostApril 14, 2011Environmentairborne particles, atmospheric stability, ban weiss, black carbon, carbon, climate dynamics, climate effect of black carbon, Environment, global warming, human health, ken caldeira, long cao, upper atmosphere

Palo Alto, CA — Scientists have known for decades that black carbon aerosols add to global warming. These airborne particles made of sooty carbon are believed to be among the largest man-made contributors to global warming because they absorb solar radiation and heat the atmosphere. New research from Carnegie’s Long Cao and Ken Caldeira, along with colleagues George Ban-Weiss and Govindasamy Bala, quantifies how black carbon’s impact on climate depends on its altitude in the atmosphere. Their work, published online by the journal Climate Dynamics, could have important implications for combating global climate change. (more…)

Circadian Rhythms Spark Plants’ Ability to Survive Freezing Weather

By Guest PostApril 14, 2011Scienceabiotic stresses, agbioresearch, bioenergy crops, circadian clock, circadian cues, circadian rhythms, eva farré, freezing weather, malia dong, michael thomashow, microbes, molecular genetics, monarch butterflies, national academy of sciences, renewal biofuels, spark plants

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Just as monarch butterflies depend on circadian cues to begin their annual migration, so do plants to survive freezing temperatures.

All living things – humans, animals, plants, microbes – are influenced by circadian rhythms, which are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Michael Thomashow, University Distinguished Professor of molecular genetics, along with MSU colleagues Malia Dong and Eva Farré, has identified that the circadian clock provides key input required for plants to attain maximum freezing tolerance. (more…)

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