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Training via Video Game Shown to Boost Kids’ Brain Power

Playing a memory-straining video game can help children solve problems more easily, a goal that can be difficult to achieve through so-called cognitive training, a new study suggests. MONDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News)

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Violent Video Games May Not Desensitize Kids: Study

A long-standing concern among parents and researchers has been that young people who are exposed to violent video games may become desensitized to violent acts and images, but a new study suggests that may not be the case. WEDNESDAY, Feb. … Continue reading

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Sony planning significant PlayStation Network redesign, reports say

Quoted from Gaming News Headlines – Yahoo! News: Sony likely can’t wait to watch 2011 recede in the rearview. Between the earthquake and resulting tsunami that rocked Japan in March and the April network intrusion that left the company’s online … Continue reading

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PlayStation Store nears Japanese return

Quoted from Gaming News Headlines – Yahoo! News: Japan’s PlayStation Network Store, absent since a security breach in April, will be returning to users on July 6.

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‘Angry Birds’ to soar into cinemas

Quoted from Gaming News Headlines – Yahoo! News: Rovio, creator of the blockbuster mobile video game Angry Birds, has announced a partnership with former Marvel Studios chair David Maisel, who produced Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, to launch the … Continue reading

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Four Reasons to Invest in Zynga’s IPO, One to Pause

Quoted from Gaming News Headlines – Yahoo! News: Zynga — its Facebook games like CityVille and FarmVille cost nothing to …

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‘FarmVille’ creator Zynga to go public

Zynga, the online game maker behind “FarmVille” and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expected after LinkedIn Corp. showed that the online networking craze is a hot commodity on Wall … Continue reading

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Sony to restore PlayStation network, Qriocity

Sony said Monday it would fully restore all PlayStation Network and Qriocity online distribution services in Japan on Wednesday, after shutting them down in April due to hacker attacks.

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