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Think you can code? Then Google Code Jam 2008 competition might be ideal for you. The company has just opened registration for the event, which will close July 17. After that the challenge will begin, with developers working against the clock to solve algorithmic coding problems.
The top 500 from the first round, which runs from July 25 to August 2, will be flown to Google’s regional offices for round two between August 22 and September 6.
Virgin Mobile announced Friday that it had partnered with messaging provider 3jam to offer SMS 2.0 text messaging… but they may have jumped the gun on the whole change-of-numeral thing. Despite the promising title, SMS 2.0 offers text cell users the ability to message multiple friends at once in a “reply-all” conversation. Yes, that’s all. “SMS 1.1” might have been more appropriate.
Misleading name aside, 3jam’s service does have its benefits. Subscribers send messages to a number at 3jam, which are relayed to as many friends as they want to open a session. When recipients reply, their messages also go to 3jam, and get the same free rebroadcasting to all parties, creating a large conversation without the expense of separate text fees for every recipient.
It doesn’t add a flame-painted body or a hockey-stick headstock to the handheld gaming unit, but Ubisoft plainly wants to capitalize on the seeming unending popularity of Guitar Hero with its forthcoming title Jam Sessions. The idea: players can rock out—or gently strum—their Nintendo DS handheld game units to the sounds of an acoustic guitar.
“Jam Sessions is an amazing title with limitless potential to entertain and engage a wide audience of people who love music, guitar and singing,” said Tony Key, Ubisoft’s VP of marketing, in a statement. “Basically, it’s a guitar in your pocket but that’s just the beginning. It’s a chance for people who have never thought of themselves as ‘musically inclined’ to jump right in and play through entire songs, compose their own music and sing along with friends.”
Rpxio announced the availability of Toast with Jam 6, which combines its best-of-breed CD and DVD burning software for the Macintosh, Toast 6 Titanium, with a rich array of studio-quality audio software that enables musicians and music lovers alike to create superior sounding CDs and DVDs.
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