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Electronic Arts, which has given us games like the Sims franchise and Madden NFL, has reached deep into its coffers to purchase a pair of video game studios.  In a deal worth a stunning $810 million, EA has bought BioWare Corporation and Pandemic Studios, both of which wereowned by VG Holding Corp, part of Elevation Partners.   Under the agreement, EA will pony up $620 million on cash to VG Holding stockholders, with another$155… Read More

While programmers have recently mastered the game of checkers by creating a program that can win at every game, the much more complex game of poker is just starting to be unraveled by artificial intelligence. A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have developed a poker-playing program known as Polaris, which is set to square off with two human opponents on Monday. Phil Laak and Ali Eslami are both… Read More

Wi-Fi service provider Boingo Wireless today extended the number of hotspots their user base can roam to. A deal with Opti-Fi Networks adds wireless networks at 30 North American airports. This agreement, Boingo said, allows for high speed wireless Internet access at American and Canadian airports including "Albany, NY, International Airport; Edmonton, Alberta, International Airport; Hamilton, Ontario, International Airport; Jackson Hole,… Read More