Google is full of cash that they have to offload. Perhaps just for tax purposes, but also just to be good and give back to the community that gave them so much. What better place to give a nice
wad of cash to then the Creative Commons (CC) during their annual fundraising campaign? Creative Commons is a little non-profit organization that helps creators of original content retains their licensing rights, and copyright protection, all the while permitting free use of their materials within certain guidelines. Creative Commons has also recently launched licensing for audio and video materials, giving protection on a whole other level. Google's $30,000 donation to CC was an extremely gracious gesture, again, showing that they do care about content.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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aabomb said 6:32PM on 11-02-2006
$30,000?
I know Google can do no wrong according to Download Squad, but $30,000 is positively lame when you think how important copyright reform is for Google and the entire tech industry. Also, it's not altruism that drives this type of donation. The more free-flowing content can be, the more money Google makes. However it is nice, for a change, when a large company and the public both benefit from the same end-goal.
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ThwartedEfforts said 7:02AM on 11-03-2006
As you say, it's a "gracious" donation, but it's a long long way from generous.
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Pranav Shah said 12:19PM on 11-03-2006
$30,000 only! Its like a shoe lace for google.
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