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CoolSW: Digg for software
Why exactly is Intel creating a social ranking system for software? The company has a vested interest in finding the next big thing in technology before anyone else. If the future is virtualization, mobile technology, or low-power PCs, the company wants to know. So what better way to find out where technology is headed than to find out what consumers are interested in?
The idea behind CoolSW started when Intel began asking employees what they thought about software companies last year. Intel opened the doors up to the public today. So far there's a few hundred submissions and votes, but we suspect that number will grow pretty quickly.
[via VentureBeat]
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, ...
