Saturday October 11, 2008

Michigan Living is now news and information from Michigan sources.

   Technology (Detroit News)
EA Mythic is betting on 'Warhammer Online'
Mythic's new title, "Warhammer Online," went on sale recently after three years of development. The sword-and-sorcery game is the 13-year-old studio's first release after its 2006 acquisition by publisher Electronic Arts.

'Batman' and 'de Blob' worth a look
Colors unite! After Comrade Black turns the once-chirpy Chroma City into a gray-scaled land of blah, it's up to you (Blob) and the rest of the Color Underground movement to restore (colorful) order to the city.

Wireless Internet could be restored
Months after money woes indefinitely pulled the plug on Wireless Oakland, there's a chance the county's free wireless Internet service could be back online by the end of this year.

Patient info goes to Web exchange
Three Southeast Michigan physician groups have teamed up with Compuware Corp. subsidiary Covisint to establish a new Web-based health information exchange that will give participating doctors one central access point for calling up patient information stored electronically by other health providers, such as hospitals and laboratories.

Google agrees to brief delay of Yahoo ad deal
WASHINGTON — Google Inc. agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with rival Yahoo Inc., giving U.S. antitrust regulators more time to review the deal.

Google agrees to brief delay of Yahoo ad deal
WASHINGTON -- Google Inc. agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with rival Yahoo Inc., giving U.S. antitrust regulators more time to review the deal.

CNN hands over info on author of Steve Jobs rumor
SEATTLE -- A CNN-owned Web site called iReport.com, which publishes reports written by ordinary citizens, said Friday it will give the Securities and Exchange Commission information about the author of an item that claimed Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack.

Market turmoil takes costly toll on video games
The swoon in video game shares this week, as with the rest of the stock market, can make any investor queasy.

Facebook founder leaves
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is leaving the social networking start-up to form another, continuing the recent string of high-level departures. Moskovitz, 24, founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive, while both were students at Harvard.

   Technology (CNN)
New machine prints sheets of light
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Shark mom has 'virgin birth'
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Keeping track of climate change
It can often seem like hard work keeping track of the changes happening to our planet. Another day, another new prediction. Another week, another warning. It's enough to make even the most conscientious climate change student issue a weary discombobulated sigh.



A peek inside the homes of the future
Interior design is at a changing point.



Global warming threatens tropics
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U.S. air-traffic network outdated, costly
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Hawking: We must learn to live in space
Professor Stephen Hawking -- one of the world's great scientists -- is looking to the stars to save the human race but pessimism is overriding his natural optimism.



Fashion space suits of the future
You can almost picture it now: Paris Hilton in a tight-fitting designer space suit, clasping a Dior "space traveler" handbag. With the age of space tourism upon us, space fashion isn't far behind.



   Christian Science Monitor
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