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Freebase shifts semantic web into overdrive
Freebase may change all that. No, we're not going to get all coked up and go tag the web at super speed -- although, had the Web existed in the 80s, who knows? -- but, Freebase is going to mash up Wiki style data repositories with a more rigid data structure, and then make all that resulting info available under the Creative Commons. Currently in a closed Beta (*cough* I'd love an invite), it's a promising idea but, as with all things, the devil is in the details.
Yesterday's New York Times included an, um, 
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
