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Microsoft launches web version of WorldWide Telescope
Now you can access WorldWide Telescope from a web browser without downloading and installing the software. Well, sort of. The WorldWide Telescope web client runs on Microsoft's Silverlight, which isn't quite as ubiquitous as Adobe Flash. So you might need to download and install Silverlight before the web client will work. Versions of Silverlight are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which means you can run the web client on most popular operating systems.
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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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robbfest said 12:27PM on 3-18-2009
this is a great article and all... but where are the new time wasters? it's been a while since you guys updated that section.
Im bored at my office!!!
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deanes said 1:43PM on 3-18-2009
Tons of data? How much data is in a ton?
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Atanas Boev said 4:40PM on 3-18-2009
celestia.
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ROGERFERNANDEZ.20 said 4:59PM on 3-19-2009
POR FAVOR ESTOY INTERESADO EN EL SOFTWARE ME LO PODRIAN ENVIAR VIA CORREO ELECTRONICO POR EL MITIVO QUE TENGO BLOQUEADAO EL FAITWARE Y NO PUEDO DESGARGAR EL PORGRAMA
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skin_psv said 1:32PM on 3-27-2009
Unfortunately the website uses Silverlight 2 witch is not yet available for Linux, I don't know for MAC. So it seems that this remains Windows only application until Novell upgrades support for Silverlight 2.
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