Monday, April 8, 2013

Microsoft agrees to sell Mediaroom to Ericsson, goes all-in on Xbox

Microsoft reportedly selling its MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson

A fortnight after rumors surfaced hinting that Ericsson was lobbying to buy Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV unit, both companies have announced that a deal has been signed. Microsoft VP Yusuf Medhi blogged that as the Xbox has become the heart of Redmond's home entertainment strategy, Mediaroom has become a resource-hogging distraction. The Mountain View-based IPTV outfit powers AT&T's U-Verse as well as similar VOD services from companies like Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica, and will be folded into Ericsson's Business Support Solutions outfit. The deal's expected to close in the second half of the year, with neither company talking about how much the sale cost.

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Canadian Natural Mama ~ Product Reviews: Happy Baby Cheeks ...

You may remember this company as Happy Nappy.?

However, they have gone through a few changes lately and are now known as Happy Baby Cheeks.

Same great company, new great name.

?What is everyone's least favorite part about cloth diapering?

The washing, right??

It can be intimidating, especially for first time users.
?When you cloth diaper, what is the first question that non-cloth diapering people ask?
"BUT WHAT ABOUT THE POOP!?"
Haha. Not only that buy:

What soap to buy? How do you dry them? Do you rinse the diapers first?

?Well, this awesome company removes all of? those issues for you.

All you have to worry about is diapering your baby.
It is pretty much fool-proof.
You receive your diapers in a drawstring wet bag.
Take your clean diapers out.
You then either place the wetbag in a pail that you have purchased, hang it on a closet door handle, or simply leave it on the floor beside the change table.
Whatever works.
(We just put the wetbag & pail in the girls room beside a laundry basket full of diapers) ?

Then just diaper your baby as you would with a disposable diaper.


Make sure to secure a cover over this diaper, either with a cover of your own, or one that you have rented from Happy Baby Cheeks.
(You can purchase Mother Ease covers, here and they will be delivered with your next diaper delivery.)
When it is time for a diaper change, you just remove the soiled diaper and place it in the wetbag.
No need to rinse, soak, or pre-wash the diaper.
You can even use the cover again, provided it is mess free!
(covers are not placed in the pail, but will be used for the remainder of your diapering service until you need a bigger size).

It seriously is that easy.

Happy Baby Cheeks now even offers awesome cloth wipes, too just inquire when you are setting up your service! One less thing to worry about, and they go right into the diaper pail alongside your dirty diapers.
Store some in a smaller wet bag in your diaper bag or purse for diapering on the go.

Your new diapers will be delivered to your door step each week in a clean, drawstring wet bag and they take the dirty ones with them to be cleaned.

?If you do run out of diapers before your week is up, (though most people do not) you can pick more up at the warehouse and "up" your delivery count for next time if you find you are using more.
?Diapers going in and out will be counted, and are kept track of, so as long as you are returning what you use, you are good to go.
If you do not USE all of your clean diapers before your week is up, you do not have to send them in just because it is delivery day. Send the dirty diapers you have used out,? you will be sent an email later that day with the amount that you remaining and instructions for the next week. Sooo how does Happy Baby Cheeks deal with WASHING: Copy and pasted from the website:
There are five key factors involved in the cleaning of our diapers.?
The first is the process where we separate the diapers from the ?poop?. This process follows with the diapers having several flushes that eliminate any soil away from the diapers. Immediately following this step the phosphate free, CFIA approved detergents are injected into the extremely hot water wash. Any service that does not use extremely hot water for this step jeopardizes the chances of bacteria remaining in the diapers.

During the main washing cycle there are four key elements that come into play. The detergents (which remove the soils and keep them from re-depositing onto the diapers), timing (allowing enough time for the detergents to do their job), temperature (assuring the water is hot enough to assure all bacteria is removed from the diapers) and the mechanical action (which assists with removing the soil from the microfiber fleece). There are multiple rinse steps and high speed extracts to assure all detergents are eliminated from the diapers. ?All detergents used are environmentally friendly and safe for your baby?s skin. We PH balance test the diapers at the end of the cycles to assure the PH balance matches that of your baby. This process also assures there is no detergent residue left on our diapers. All of our diapers are washed in commercial grade laundering equipment and have computerized microprocessors to allow for consistency in our washing cycles. There is no Chlorine bleach in our washing process at any time.

When the diapers are dried each diaper is inspected to assure the washing process has 100% passed our strict protocol. Utilizing a diaper service instead of washing your diapers at home utilizes four times less water and power.


With this service, your diapers get washed in an industrial washing machines, so not only are you saving time, conserving energy and using less water but you are helping do your part to keep disposable diapers OUT of landfills and off of your baby's sensitive little bum.

Another awesome thing about Happy Baby Cheeks is that you actually end up SAVING money, too.

?You no longer have to spend time searching for coupons for disposables at big box stores or scouring online for the best deal on cloth diapers.

Even though you do pay weekly for your service, depending on your needs and how many children you have in diapers, you never have to worry about running out to the store in the middle of the night because you have run out. OR that your baby has grown out of the current size and you now have to sell off your entire cloth diaper stash to fund the next ones.

Sure you could get one-sized cloth diapers but they really are not as trim as a "perfect" sized diaper.

Bigger diapers mean buying bigger pants ;)

Though who can resist a cute little baby with a giant cloth diaper bum??

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Happy Baby Cheeks diapers have the fit of a disposable without any of the harsh chemicals.
You can even use the newborn size if you like! Anyone that cloth diapers already knows that inner struggle, "Hmmm should I bother with newborn size or go right into small/size 1?!"
This system eliminates all of those issues.
Because you are able to cater your diapering service to your specific children's weight and size at that very moment, you are able to get a great fitting diaper at all times.

Where does Happy Baby Cheeks deliver?:

Happy Baby Cheeks delivers to the following cities within the greater Vancouver area:

  • Vancouver (Excluding UBC)
  • North Vancouver (Excluding Deep Cove)
  • West Vancouver (Excluding west of 15th)
  • Burnaby
  • New Westminster
  • Richmond
  • Surrey
  • Delta
  • Langley
  • Pitt Meadows
  • Maple Ridge
  • Port Moody
  • Coquitlam
  • Port Coquitlam
  • Aldergrove? (West of Ross Road)

OK so now for the nitty gritty...but how do they work on MY baby!???

Positives:
1. No leaks. Not a one. Not even with the messiest of messy baby explosions.
2. LOVE the fact that the diapers are delivered RIGHT to my door step.
3. LOVE that I do not have to worry about washing them, with 3 kids and babysitting 1-3 almost two year olds, I sometimes forget I have things in the washing machine, and end up having to wash things a second or even a third time.That is not even including the time it takes to DRY everything. I know I sound like the world's laziest mom here but I know we've all been there, right???
4. They fit under clothes is PRETTY trim. I mean it still is a cloth diaper but, not as big and bulky as some of the ones in our stash.
5. The actual size and fit of the diapers - definitely go by weight. Different from, say, a Fuzzi Bunz where Baby #3 is still in a size small, in Happy Baby Cheeks she was totally a size medium. I mean, she can fit in the small, but it is quite low-rise on her, and the buttons are nearing their final snaps.
7. Husband can manage them with no instruction. *bonus*
8. Love that they are delivered in a clean wetbag every week, too!
9. Customer service is excellent. SO easy to just email in with questions and get an answer right away.
10. Easy to renew your service, or add/subtract to your exisiting order.

Negatives or Neutrals:
1. I found that I used the plain Mother Ease covers, but also missed the cuteness of some of my other diapers so also just interchanged some of my other covers. Which worked just as well, of course. :)
2. Wish that the diapers came in more colours, although I do ove the orange and yellow.

Ok. I just had aesthetic complaints, so that's not bad!!


Source: http://canadian-natural-mama.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-baby-cheeks-cloth-diapering.html

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Saturday, April 6, 2013

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Our Family Scrapbook: Adoption

Meet Anna Corinne...Isn't she a cutie? ?My sister, Elizabeth, is bringing her home from China sometime around September. ?Can you help her? ?Her friend, Emily Ferguson, designed the cutest fundraiser t-shirt. ?You can see Sam modeling it below. ?She is selling them for cheap. I actually told her too cheap--ha! But who listens to their big sister! ?$15 for one shirt or 3 for $12. ?

It has the James 1:27 verse on it with a heart over her home in China. ?James 1:27 is written on the front. ?They fit very true to size and are nice and thick. ?I actually have mine on right now!


It does come minus the drool spots on the front!?

?There is a $5 or so shipping fee (i think no matter how many shirts) or I can get them and give them to you. ?She is going to place an order the last week of April so you need to hurry if you want some. ?She can do paypal so just let me know what size you want and what your email is! ?You can also mail her a check, but payment has to be made before she orders! ?Just let me know! ?THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

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Dental Anesthesia May Interrupt Wisdom Teeth Growth - Health ...

April 5, 2013

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FRIDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) ? Giving dental anesthesia to young children may interrupt the development of their wisdom teeth, according to new research.

The study included 220 children who had been treated at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine pediatric dental clinic between the ages of 2 and 6 years and who also had a dental X-ray taken three or more years after their first treatment at the clinic.

The researchers found that those who had received local dental anesthesia (numbing) in the lower jaw were over four times more likely to have missing lower wisdom tooth buds than those who had never received dental numbing.

?The incidence of missing wisdom teeth was significantly higher in the group that had received dental anesthesia; statistical evidence suggests that this did not happen by chance alone,? study corresponding author Anthony Silvestri, a clinical professor in the department of prosthodontics and operative dentistry, said in a Tufts University School of Dental Medicine news release.

Normally, wisdom tooth buds begin to develop in the back four corners of the mouth between the ages of 2 and 6 and typically emerge in the late teens or early adulthood.

The problem with wisdom teeth is that ? in as many as 9 of 10 people ? they can become impacted, which means the tooth doesn?t grow in properly. This can lead to pain and infection, according to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Therefore, many dentists suggest surgical removal of wisdom teeth.

?We hope our findings stimulate research using larger sample sizes and longer periods of observation to confirm our findings and help better understand how wisdom teeth can be stopped from developing,? Silvestri added.

?Dentists have been giving local anesthesia to children for nearly 100 years and may have been preventing wisdom teeth from forming without even knowing it,? he concluded. ?Our findings give hope that a procedure preventing [wisdom tooth] growth can be developed.?

The study was published in the April issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. While it showed a link between dental numbing and an interruption in wisdom tooth development, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

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Historical Cathedral Renovation Takes Choose Your Own Adventure Route

New Zealand's ChristChurch Cathedral was seriously damaged in a 2011 earthquake. The historic place of worship is going to be remade soon, but how? The city's Anglican diocese, the property trustees, and the cathedral project group have come up with three different options the remodel, and anyone can vote. More »


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Friday, April 5, 2013

Second lost hiker rescued from Calif. forest

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) ? A young woman missing in a Southern California forest since setting out on a Sunday hike was rescued from a rocky ledge on a steep slope Thursday, authorities said.

Kyndall Jack, 18, was hoisted out of Cleveland National Forest by a rescue helicopter and rushed to a hospital.

"We have confirmed that we have Kyndall, she's been rescued and she is alive," Orange County sheriff's Lt. Jason Park said.

Park said Jack was responsive but dehydrated and weak. There was no information on whether she had other injuries.

A reserve deputy suffered a head injury and was also flown to a hospital. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Jon Muir said the deputy fell 60 feet, but he did not know how it happened.

Park said screams had been heard and ground teams were dispatched along with a helicopter.

"We started to close in. We heard the voice from all our ground crews and surrounded it and made contact with her." he said. "It was very difficult to extract her."

Crews had ramped up efforts to find Jack after her companion was discovered dehydrated and disoriented the night before.

Nicolas Cendoya, 19, was discovered without shoes by another hiker shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday less than a mile from where the pair's car was parked. He was airlifted to a hospital.

Cendoya was talking to paramedics but struggling to answer questions about what had happened and where Jack might be.

"He was extremely confused and disoriented," Park said.

Kyndall's father, Russ Jack, told the Los Angeles Times that Cendoya was able to share some information despite his dazed state.

"Nicolas obviously was disoriented because of dehydration. ... He thought that Kyndall had already been rescued," the father said. "But apparently Kyndall has twisted her ankle or something and could not keep up with Nicholas trying to get out of the brush they're in."

Muir said he had not heard about the possible injury to Jack, and noted that Cendoya had been giving all kinds of inconsistent answers.

Sheriff's investigators planned to talk to him at length once he was recovering at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.

The pair made a 911 call from a dying cellphone Sunday night and set off the search.

Muir gave details about Cendoya's phone call.

"He was panting and said, 'We're out of water.' You could hear Kyndall in the background. He said, 'I think we're about a mile or two from the car,' and he was right about the distance but in totally the wrong direction," Muir said.

The hiker who came across Cendoya on Wednesday night went for help and found a firefighting training crew not involved in the search that just happened to be nearby, Park said.

They found Cendoya eight-tenths of a mile south of where much of the search had focused, about 500 feet from a dirt road that sees regular vehicle traffic. He was surrounded by so much vegetation that the helicopter rescue crew had trouble keeping track of him once they found him.

"When the rescuer was lowered he lost sight of him," said Division Chief Kris Concepcion of the Orange County Fire Authority. "That's how thick the brush was."

When he was found he was wearing board shorts and a shirt but no shoes.

Cendoya was in serious but stable condition, Mission Hospital's Dr. Matthew Kaplan told TV reporters.

"He's strong, he's young, he's a healthy young man, and he's pulling through," Kaplan said.

Several dozen searchers with help from helicopters had been combing the rugged hills of Trabuco Canyon in the national forest.

Two volunteers got lost themselves and had to be airlifted out Wednesday afternoon. They were searching the area because the Sunday 911 call was traced to a nearby cell tower, Muir said.

Muir said earlier that Cendoya and Jack's "probability for survival is good" due to mild weather both day and night.

The two were believed to have gone off trail near Holy Jim Trail, a tree-lined dirt path along a creek that leads to a waterfall and is popular with day hikers.

The area is in a section of the national forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, which lie along the border of Orange and Riverside counties southeast of Los Angeles. The trail ranges in elevation from about 2,000 feet to about 4,000 feet.

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Associated Press writers Christopher Weber and Robert Jablon in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

West Virginia sheriff fatally shot, suspect in custody

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) ? A state official says a West Virginia county sheriff has been shot to death and a suspect is in custody.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's chief of staff, Rob Alsop, says state police told the governor that Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum died Wednesday.

Mingo County Office of Emergency Services head dispatcher Willis Spence says the shooting was in Williamson within a block of the county courthouse.

Alsop says the suspect also was shot and was taken to a hospital.

The shooting comes on the heels of a Texas district attorney and his wife being shot to death in their home over the weekend, and officials suspect a white supremacist prison gang. Those killings happened a couple of months after one of the county's assistant district attorneys was killed near his courthouse office.

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Obama proposes $100M for brain mapping project

President Barack Obama speaks about the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama speaks about the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama listens as National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins speaks about the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama leaves the stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, after he spoke about the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama announces the BRIAN, Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies proposal, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, East Room of the White House in Washington. The president is asking Congress to spend $100 million next year to start a new project to map the human brain in hopes of eventually finding cures for diseases like Alzheimer's. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(AP) ? President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain's activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer's, autism, stroke and traumatic brain injuries.

He asked Congress to spend $100 million next year to start a project that will explore details of the brain, which contains 100 billion cells and trillions of connections.

That's a relatively small investment for the federal government ? less than a fifth of what NASA spends every year just to study the sun ? but it's too early to determine how Congress will react.

Obama said the so-called BRAIN Initiative could create jobs, and told scientists gathered in the White House's East Room that the research has the potential to improve the lives of billions of people worldwide.

"As humans we can identify galaxies light-years away," Obama said. "We can study particles smaller than an atom, but we still haven't unlocked the mystery of the three pounds of matter that sits between our ears."

Scientists unconnected to the project praised the idea.

BRAIN stands for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies. The idea, which Obama first proposed in his State of the Union address, would require the development of new technology that can record the electrical activity of individual cells and complex neural circuits in the brain "at the speed of thought," the White House said.

Obama wants the initial $100 million investment to support research at the National Institutes of Health, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation. He also wants private companies, universities and philanthropists to partner with the federal agencies in support of the research. And he wants a study of the ethical, legal and societal implications of the research.

The goals of the work are unclear at this point. A working group at NIH, co-chaired by Cornelia "Cori" Bargmann of The Rockefeller University and William Newsome of Stanford University, would work on defining the goals and develop a multi-year plan to achieve them that included cost estimates.

The $100 million request is "a pretty good start for getting this project off the ground," Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health told reporters in a conference call. While the ultimate goal applies to the human brain, some work will be done in simpler systems of the brains of animals like worms, flies and mice, he said.

Collins said new understandings about how the brain works may also provide leads for developing better computers.

Brain scientists unconnected with the project were enthusiastic.

"This is spectacular," said David Fitzpatrick, scientific director and CEO of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience in Jupiter, Fla., which focuses on studying neural circuits and structures.

While current brain-scanning technologies can reveal the average activity of large populations of brain cells, the new project is aimed at tracking activity down to the individual cell and the tiny details of cell connections, he said. It's "an entirely different scale," he said, and one that can pay off someday in treatments for a long list of neurological and psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, Parkinson's, depression, epilepsy and autism.

"Ultimately, you can't fix it if you don't know how it works," he said. "We need this fundamental understanding of neuronal circuits, their structure, their function and their development in order to make progress on these disorders."

"This investment in fundamental brain science is going to pay off immensely in the future," Fitzpatrick said.

Richard Frackowiak, a co-director of Europe's Human Brain Project, which is funded by the European Commission, said he was delighted by the announcement.

"From our point of view as scientists we can only applaud and say we will collaborate as much as possible," he said. "The opportunities for a massive worldwide collaborative effort to solve the problem of neurodegeneration and psychiatric disease will ... really become absolutely feasible," he said. "We need that."

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Ritter reported from New York.

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Deezer for Android gets redesign, predictive search function in new beta version

Deezer for Android gets allnew design, predictive search function in new beta version

With services like its own App Studio, Deezer's already presented how it feels about mobile as the way forward. And, in order to keep the trend going, the music streaming service is now releasing a beta version of its Android application, giving that ever-growing subscriber base quite a few nifty features to enjoy before going completely mainstream. In this beta form, Deezer for Android sports an all-new design which, as the outfit notes, is laid out to make it "faster than ever before" to discover new artists. Furthermore, Deezer added a built-in, fixed mini player that provides music controls while outside of the app's main interface, and there's now also a predictive search trait which, you guessed it, anticipates what's about to be typed in hopes of making it easier to find the artist / song you're looking for. Like to think of yourself as an early adopter? Well, look no further than the source link below if you're looking to increase your reputation as such.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium Heralds 2013 as Turning Point for High-Performance Memory ICs, Gains Rapid Consensus for Final Specification and Decision to Renew Consortium

Collaboration Among 100 Developers and Adopters Will Enable New Disruptive Computing Solutions for Wide Range of Industrial to Consumer Segments

BOISE, Idaho and SEOUL, Korea (April 2, 2013) ? More than 100 developer and adopter members of the Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC) today announced they've reached consensus for the global standard that will deliver a much-anticipated, disruptive memory computing solution. Developed in only 17 months, the final specification marks the turning point for designers in a wide range of segments-from networking and high-performance computing, to industrial and beyond-to begin designing Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) technology into future products.

A major breakthrough with HMC is the long-awaited utilization of advanced technologies to combine highperformance logic with state-of-the-art DRAM. With this first HMC milestone reached so quickly, consortium members have elected to extend their collaborative effort to achieve agreement on the next generation of HMC interface standards.

"The consensus we have among major memory companies and many others in the industry will contribute significantly to the launch of this promising technology." said Jim Elliott, Vice President, Memory Planning and Product Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "As a result of the work of the HMCC, IT system designers and manufacturers will be able to get new green memory solutions that outperform other memory options offered today."

"This milestone marks the tearing down of the memory wall," said Robert Feurle, Micron's Vice President for DRAM Marketing. "The industry agreement is going to help drive the fastest possible adoption of HMC technology, resulting in what we believe will be radical improvements to computing systems and, ultimately, consumer applications."

"HMC is a very special offering currently on the radar," said JH Oh, Vice President, DRAM Product Planning and Enabling Group, SK hynix Inc. "HMC brings a new level of capability to memory that provides exponential performance and efficiency gains that will redefine the future of memory."

As envisioned, HMC capabilities will leap beyond current and near-term memory architectures in the areas of performance, packaging and power efficiency. One of the primary challenges facing the industry-and a key motivation for forming the HMCC-is that the memory bandwidth required by high-performance computers and next-generation networking equipment has increased beyond what conventional memory architectures can efficiently provide. The term "memory wall" has been used to describe this challenge. Breaking through the memory wall requires an architecture such as HMC that can provide increased density and bandwidth with significantly lower power consumption.

The HMC standard focuses on alleviating an extremely challenging bandwidth bottleneck while optimizing the performance between processor and memory to drive high-bandwidth memory products scaled for a wide range of applications. The need for more efficient, high-bandwidth memory solutions has become particularly important for servers, high-performance computing, networking, cloud computing and consumer electronics.

The achieved specification provides an advanced, short-reach (SR) and ultra short-reach (USR) interconnection across physical layers (PHYs) for applications requiring tightly coupled or close-proximity memory support for FPGAs, ASICs and ASSPs, such as high-performance networking, and test and measurement. The next goal for the consortium is to further advance standards designed to increase data rate speeds from 10, 12.5 and 15 gigabits per second (Gb/s) up to 28 Gb/s for SR and from 10 Gb/s up to 15Gb/s for USR. The next-generation specification is projected to gain consortium agreement by the first quarter of 2014.

The HMCC is a focused collaboration of OEMs, enablers and integrators who are cooperating to develop and implement an open interface standard for HMC. More than 100 leading technology companies from Asia, Japan, Europe and the U.S. have joined the effort, including Altera, ARM, Cray, Fujitsu, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, HP, IBM, Marvell, Micron Technology, National Instruments, Open-Silicon, Samsung, SK hynix, ST Microelectronics, Teradyne and Xilinx. Continued collaborations within the consortium could ultimately facilitate new uses in HPC, networking, energy, wireless communications, transportation, security and other semiconductor applications.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/03/hybrid-memory-cube-receives-its-finished-spec/

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Freedom of press returns to Myanmar after 50 years

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Journalists work in the Voice Weekly News Journal newsroom as they prepare for publication in Yangon, Myanmar.

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A Buddhist monk and a man read a new private daily newspaper in Yangon, Myanmar on April 1. Myanmar ended a five-decade state monopoly on daily news, when four privately owned newspapers hit the streets.

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A journalist works in the Voice Weekly News Journal newsroom in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar ended a five-decade state monopoly on daily news, when four privately owned newspapers hit the streets on Monday.

In August of 2012, Myanmar's quasi-civilian government embarked on media reforms as part of its democratization program and recently granted licenses to 16 media groups to print daily papers. Only four publications were available on the first day that the reforms took effect.

"All four papers sold out quickly today," Kyi Kyi, a roadside book vendor, told Reuters.

"But it's very hard to predict their future sales since three of them were distributed free of charge today and the remaining one was sold at 150 kyat ($0.17) per copy." Continue reading.

Myanmar media was ranked among the most oppressed during its military rule.

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A press operator holds a page of a daily newspaper at a printing press on April 1, in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Workers arrange the pages of The Voice Daily newspaper at a press machine house in Yangon on April 1.

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A street vendor displays new private daily newspapers and journals to a taxi driver at a road of Yangon, Myanmar on April 1.

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Lakers hang Shaq's No. 34 jersey in the rafters

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal stands with his retired jersey during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal stands with his retired jersey during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal's retired jersey is unveiled during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal stands with actor Jack Nicholson after they retired his jersey during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal kisses actor Jack Nicholson on the head after they retired his jersey during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Actor Jack Nicholson points to former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal as they retire his jersey during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

(AP) ? When Shaquille O'Neal visited the Forum during the summer he joined the Los Angeles Lakers, general manager Jerry West encouraged him to look up at the retired jerseys hanging above the court.

"He said, 'You can be as great as these guys,'" O'Neal recalled.

West's prediction is finally official. Shaq joined Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, George Mikan, West and the rest of the Lakers' greats Tuesday night when the club retired his No. 34 jersey in a halftime ceremony.

"I just wish Dr. Buss was here to see this, to enjoy this joyous occasion," O'Neal said of Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who died in February. "I always hoped and prayed it would come. It was a dream come true."

Although O'Neal rarely finds himself speechless, he's thrilled to receive the honor he first imagined back in 1996 when he chose the Lakers. O'Neal's yellow jersey with white numerals was unveiled to a standing ovation, hanging next to Magic Johnson's No. 32.

"It gets me real emotional," O'Neal said before the game. "Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and my father teaching me about the game, always mentioning Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and telling me when I was a young medium juvenile delinquent that, 'If you do things right, son, maybe one day you can be as great as those guys.'"

There's no longer any doubt O'Neal ranks among the greatest centers in basketball history. The NBA's sixth-leading career scorer played eight of his 19 seasons with the Lakers, winning three championships and reaching four NBA finals during his basketball prime.

Although O'Neal began his career in Orlando and played for four more teams after leaving Los Angeles, the 15-time All-Star says he considers Los Angeles his NBA home.

"I did most of my damage here, won most of my championships here, had most of my fun here," he said. "Even though I got one in Miami, it was fun, but we had three great ones here, three in a row. If I'm good enough to get into the Hall of Fame, I'll definitely go in as a Laker."

Kobe Bryant was in the locker room during halftime of the Lakers' game against Dallas, but he filmed a video tribute to kick off O'Neal's ceremony, calling him "the most gifted physical specimen I've ever seen play this game.

"What you've meant to the city has been absolutely historical, what we've done together," Bryant added. "I know you've played for other organizations, but you'll always be truly remembered for playing for one."

O'Neal's eight years alongside Bryant are among the most tumultuous and successful times in the team's history. They overcame initial struggles to win three straight titles from 2000-02 with the arrival of coach Phil Jackson, who returned to Staples on Tuesday for O'Neal's ceremony.

O'Neal and Bryant eventually split in 2004 after numerous personal and professional clashes, and their verbal sparring continued through Bryant's fifth championship in 2010. O'Neal insists any feud is long squashed, chalking it all up to posturing and mutual motivation.

"We've talked a lot since our playing days," O'Neal said. "There's two different kinds of dislike. There's an athletic dislike, and there's a real dislike. We never had a real dislike. We had a million good times and a thousand bad times. ... If I had it all over to do again, would I do it different? Probably not."

Jackson got his own attention while attending what was likely his first Lakers game since walking away from the club in 2011 ? and the sellout crowd clearly would rather see him back in the seat currently occupied by Mike D'Antoni. Jackson sat in the second row next to his fiancee, Jeanie Buss, and received several "We Want Phil!" chants of increasing intensity during the ceremony.

"I want to thank you for your dedication and your leadership and the hard work that you put in," Jackson said to O'Neal.

Although he retired in 2011, O'Neal still is making an imprint on the Lakers ? specifically on the psyche of Dwight Howard, their new franchise center.

O'Neal's pointed criticism of Howard in his new job as a television pundit has been an intriguing subplot to the latest Lakers big man's rough debut season. O'Neal didn't back off Howard on his special night, saying Howard should try to average 28 points and 10 rebounds per game if he hopes to be taken seriously as an elite center.

"We don't really have a relationship, but I'm just doing to him what the others did to me," O'Neal said of Howard, recalling Abdul-Jabbar calling him "an OK player" before he had any rings.

"I think it was Kareem's challenge to me to step it up," O'Neal added. "I'm not criticizing (Howard). I'm just issuing a challenge. I think I have the right to say, 'You have to average 28-10 in order to get a championship.' I just see a kid with a lot of talent."

When asked if he empathized with Howard's struggles to get healthy after offseason back surgery, O'Neal said: "My father was a military drill sergeant, and his motto was, 'If you can walk, you can play.' I wish there was a time I was injury-free when I played. I empathize with his pain, but no pain, no gain. He has the potential to be one of the greatest big men ever, but he has to want it."

O'Neal's celebration included profuse thanks to the Buss family, several former coaches and Lakers employees. He name-checked nearly everybody who worked for the Lakers during his eight-year tenure, even extending a detailed thanks to former assistant coach Bill Bertka.

"The only regrets I have are missing 200 games and missing 5,000 free throws," O'Neal said. "Other than that, I had fun, did it my way. Made a lot of friends, made a lot of enemies. It was all fun."

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Oily ducks found following Arkansas oil spill

An ?oiled? duck recovered near the Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area in Mayflower, Ark., is rescued Monday, April 1, 2013 and prepared to be taken to HAWK Center, a wildlife rehabilitation group assisting ExxonMobil after a pipeline ruptured and dumped several thousands of barrels of oil Friday. Cleanup of streams, wildlife and residential yards continues this week. (AP Photo/Log Cabin Democrat, Courtney Spradlin)

An ?oiled? duck recovered near the Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area in Mayflower, Ark., is rescued Monday, April 1, 2013 and prepared to be taken to HAWK Center, a wildlife rehabilitation group assisting ExxonMobil after a pipeline ruptured and dumped several thousands of barrels of oil Friday. Cleanup of streams, wildlife and residential yards continues this week. (AP Photo/Log Cabin Democrat, Courtney Spradlin)

A worker cleans up oil in Mayflower, Ark., on Monday, April 1, 2013, days after a pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)

Workers clean up oil in Mayflower, Ark., on Monday, April 1, 2013, days after a pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)

Oil covers the ground around a slide in Mayflower, Ark., on Monday, April 1, 2013, days after a pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)

Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson talks to reporters in Mayflower, Ark., on Monday, April 1, 2013, days after a crude oil pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)

(AP) ? The environmental impacts of an oil spill in central Arkansas began to come into focus Monday as officials said a couple of dead ducks and 10 live oily birds were found after an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured last week.

"I'm an animal lover, a wildlife lover, as probably most of the people here are," Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson told reporters. "We don't like to see that. No one does."

Officials are urging people in Mayflower, a small city about 20 miles northwest of Little Rock, not to touch any injured or oiled animals as crews clean up Friday's spill.

About 12,000 barrels of oil and water have been recovered since ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline sprung a leak, spewing oil onto lawns and roadways and nearly fouling a nearby lake.

Dodson said he expects a few more oily birds to turn up in the coming days.

"I don't expect a great number of them," he said. "I'll be thoroughly disappointed if there are."

Investigators are still working to determine what caused the spill, which led authorities to evacuate nearly two dozen homes in a subdivision.

It's not clear when residents will be able to return to their homes, but Dodson said it could be within days for some people.

"Our focus is to protect the community," said Karen Tyrone, vice president of operations for ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. "We have air monitoring going on seven days a week, 24 hours a day ... and to date, we have no indication that there's a health impact on the community."

Still, the air smells like oil, and area residents say it has for days.

"We live five miles out in the country and we've had the smell out there," Karen Lewis, 54, said outside a local grocery store. Its parking lot, like much of this small city, is teeming with cleanup crews and their trucks.

Meanwhile, in the neighborhood where the pipeline burst, workers in yellow suits waded in an oil-soaked lawn Monday as they tried to clean up part of the area where the spill began.

The pipeline that ruptured dates back to the 1940s, according to ExxonMobil, and is part of the Pegasus pipeline that carries crude oil from the Midwest to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.

Exxon spokesman Charlie Engelmann said the oil is conventionally produced Canadian heavy crude.

"Crude oil is crude oil," Dodson said. "None of it is real good to touch."

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Prosecutor asks for death in Holmes case

James Holmes sits with defense attorney Tamara Brady during his arraignment on March 12. (AP)

[Updated at 1:16 p.m. MT]

CENTENNIAL, Colo.?Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler wasted little time Monday morning in announcing he will seek the death penalty against the man accused of shooting 70 people, killing 12, during a midnight attack at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last summer.

"Justice is death," Brauchler told the court, minutes after the hearing started.

Brauchler said his office surveyed victims and hundreds of people connected to the massacre to help make the decision.

"I hope I can be in the room when he dies," said Bryan Beard, whose friend Alex Sullivan was killed in the theater. "If you cause death upon somebody, I believe the only justice is death."

Reporters in the courtroom said Holmes appeared to have no reaction to Brauchler's announcement. His parents, Robert and Arlene Holmes, reportedly clasped hands and then embraced when the DA disclosed his plan. A few people on the victims' side of the courtroom cried.

Holmes, who sat about 15 feet from his parents, made strong eye contact with them when he entered the courtroom.

Marcus Weaver, who was shot in the arm during the July 2012 attack, said he wished Holmes would admit to the killings: "Holmes has an exceptional opportunity to [tell] the world, 'Hey, I made a mistake, and I'm owning up to it.' Man up. Save us all the difficulty. Accept what you did. Accept your fate."

Weaver said he would rather see Holmes admit guilt than watch him die.

"You have an obligation ... if you're guilty to plead guilty," Weaver said.

In another development, 18th Judicial District Chief Judge William Sylvester told the court he has reassigned the Holmes case to Judge Carlos A. Samour.

Sylvester, the administrative judge for four counties, wrote that "logistical demands" and the "enormous consumption of resources" of a death penalty case necessitated the switch.

Samour took the bench after a short recess Monday morning. His first decision was to delay the start of the trial from Aug. 5, 2013, to Feb. 3, 2014. He projected the trial to last four months, despite Holmes' defense team arguing that they'll need longer.

"We will do what we need to do to defend his life," defense attorney Tamara Brady said in court. "This is not an ordinary case."

The decision to seek the death penalty follows last week?s legal theatrics in which Holmes? defense team said it would enter a guilty plea if the district attorney settled on a life-in-prison sentence.

?It is Mr. Holmes? position that this case could be resolved on April 1,? his public defenders announced last Wednesday in court filings posted online by the Denver Post. ?Mr. Holmes made an offer to the prosecution to resolve this case by pleading guilty and spending the rest of his life in prison, without any opportunity for parole.?

Not only did prosecutors decline the guilty offer?first made prior to Holmes? March 12 arraignment?but they also lambasted the defense for making it public.

In a 13-page rebuttal to the defense, the prosecution dubbed the public announcement ?grossly improper? and ?a calculated attempt to improperly inject? the plea in front of the Aurora community and the world. The prosecution also accused the Colorado public defenders office of violating the court?s order on pretrial publicity.

Because of the defense?s public plea, the "only conclusion that [people] would reach ... is that the defendant knows that he is guilty, the defense attorneys know that he is guilty, and that both of them know that he was not criminally insane,? the prosecution?s filing said.

A mental health defense would be central to Holmes? case, his attorneys have implied repeatedly. Nearly all courtroom argument so far has revolved around his mental state, with the prosecution alleging that Holmes carefully crafted a ?detailed and complex? scheme to commit mass murder?with his sanity fully intact.

At the arraignment, King told Sylvester that Holmes wasn?t ready to enter a plea because the defense didn?t know whether the prosecution wanted to pursue the death penalty. The judge then entered a not-guilty plea on Holmes? behalf, as allowed by law.

Also at Monday?s hearing, the defense and attorneys for Jana Winter, a FoxNews.com reporter, argued whether Winter must divulge the names of two law enforcement sources who gave her information for a July 25 story about an unopened package that Holmes mailed to the University of Colorado at Denver. Winter, quoting the unnamed officials, reported that Holmes sent his former school psychiatrist a notebook containing drawings that foreshadowed the attack. Because of a court gag order, those law enforcement sources were prevented from talking to the media.

Holmes? attorneys have argued that by talking with Winter, the two anonymous sources damaged the defendant?s right to a fair trial. Winter was in court Monday morning, but Samour hasn't ruled whether she should testify.

Holmes, 25, was a former neuroscience student at CU-Denver before the massacre at the premiere of ?The Dark Knight Rises,? the latest Batman movie. Police arrested Holmes, who was wearing body armor and had weapons close by, behind the theater shortly after the shootings. Police say he also booby-trapped his nearby Aurora apartment with explosives to injure or kill anyone who entered. He faces multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.

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Dido: My Son Is Not Named After My Hit Song

"Stanley was actually our favorite name, coincidentally both of our favorite names. He could never have been called anything else to be honest," Dido shares. "I'm so stupid, I didn't think anyone would make the connection."

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Monday, April 1, 2013

FE colleges urged to adopt new flag and anthem | FE Week

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Colleges will be urged to help solve FE?s ?Cinderella complex? with a bold new marketing campaign that includes a sector flag.

Principals will also be asked to adopt a sector ?anthem? for use as their institutions? telephone hold music and for official functions.

The song, a ?re-imagining? of S Club 7 hit Reach, has already been recorded with vocals by former Four Poofs and a Piano singer Ian Parkin.

The campaign is aimed at attracting more students to FE and boosting the sector?s profile.

It is being spearheaded by the Association of Colleges and is due to be launched today.

Association chief executive Martin Doel (top left, displaying the new flag alongside FE Week editor Nick Linford) said: ?Just recently, speaking to the Education Select Committee, even Ofsted?s Sir Michael Wilshaw made reference to FE?s Cinderella complex ? how, despite the essential work it does, it can sometimes seem neglected compared to other parts of the education system.

?We?ve taken great strides in overcoming this and will continue to do so, but after hearing Sir Michael?s comments I thought maybe we should try a new and different tack.?

He added: ?The flag was the first element that came to mind because the sector doesn?t have a unified symbol.

?The thinking behind it was very much inspired by the popularity of the London Olympics design and linked to that was the anthem idea.?

London-based firm Pink Salmon Media donated their time to designing the flag and employed Ivor Novello award-winning composer Paul K Joyce to write the anthem, provisionally named Reach For The College.

I ended up finding a singing voice I never knew I had? Martin Doel, AoC

Mr Joyce said: ?I hope the anthem makes people smile but I also hope it encourages them to really think about further education as an option.?

His previous credits include Can We Fix It?, the theme tune for children?s TV show Bob the Builder, which sold more than a million records and was the biggest selling single of 2000, and The Snow Queen, a stage show and animated film based on the Hans Christian-Anderson story, featuring Juliet Stephenson and Patrick Stewart.

Shane Palmer, Pink Salmon managing director, said: ?It was an honour for us to be appointed this task and I think our team has produced a stunning image for the FE sector to be proud of.

?We have utilised the profile of a mountain to signify the uphill journey to improvement and placed a flag on top of the mountain to signify achievement.

?Having the flag within the flag is also redolent of the learning that takes place within the learning environment because lecturers are on their own journey of discovery, as we all are.?

She added: ?I?m especially pleased with Paul?s re-imagining of the S Club 7 classic Reach, which made it all the way to number two in 2000, for the sector anthem.?

Colleges will be able to register to use the flag and the anthem on a special website due to be launched next week.

Mr Doel said: ?The anthem has already been recorded and I?m sure it will surprise many with just how catchy and upbeat it is ? and that?s something that rings true for the sector and how positive we want to be about it.

?Recording it was also an amazing experience. I only went along to the studios to oversee production and I actually got asked to do some backing vocals ? I ended up finding a singing voice I never knew I had.?

Ian Parkin recording Reach For The College at a studio in?Soho, London

Words to Reach For The College

When your work leaves you feeling blue,

Or you?re leaving school, FE will be there for you,

We can help, free your hopes and dreams,

With an apprenticeship, or a traineeship

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We?ll help you find employment,

Upskill, or learn a new trade,

Learn in college or workplace,

Skills for the economy so

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Reach for the college

Climb the FE mountain higher

Reach for the college

Learn to your hearts desire

Reach for the college

And whichever future best suits you

We?ll help your dreams to all come true

?

Don?t fret if you?re over twenty three,

There?s a special loan, that can help you pay fees,

Earn and learn, with an apprenticeship,

Build up that cv, train for a vocation,

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If you want to do cooking,

Hair styles, finance or building

Never ever forget that

You can learn this with FE so

?

Reach for the college

Climb the FE mountain higher

Reach for the college

Learn to your hearts desire

Reach for the college

And whichever future best suits you

We?ll help your dreams to all come true

?

Doesn?t matter if you?re young or old,

There?s more than one way you can reach your goal,

If work or uni?s what the future holds

There ain?t nothing you can?t be

With the whole world of FE

I said reach

?

Climb the FE mountain (reach)

Reach for new skills (reach)

Follow that pathway

And your dreams will all come true

?

Reach for the college

Climb the FE mountain higher

Reach for the college? [Chorus x2]

?

Doesn?t matter if you?re young or old,

There?s more than one way you can reach your goal,

If work or uni?s what the future holds

There ain?t nothing you can?t be

With the whole world of FE

I said reach

?

Climb the FE mountain (reach)

Reach for new skills (reach)

Follow that pathway

And your dreams will all come true

?

Reach for the college

Climb the FE mountain higher

Reach for the college? [Chorus x2]

?

?

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All Quiet On The Western Front: Gaming M&A May Be In A Lull As A New Generation Grows Up

kixeye-boardWhen you step off the elevator into Kixeye’s new downtown San Francisco office, a guy in military fatigues has you sign an NDA. After you do (I didn’t), a receptionist with a lot of piercings takes your name, while The White Panda’s “Foolish Monsters” blares in the background. Kixeye has whale harpoons stapled to its office walls, bad oil paintings (see left), ceiling-to-floor drawings of fire-breathing dragons and jacked unicorns, a 3-D printer of questionable purpose and little desire to answer to anyone else. All while remaining profitable, the midcore social gaming company has quintupled its headcount over the last year to more than 450 employees. The company says it has “several” times the $19 million in capital they raised stowed away in the bank. Too expensive for acquirers and still too small and unproven for public markets, privately-held gaming companies like Kixeye are chugging along profitably and doing things their own way. “We don’t talk about exit scenarios here. The employees are not here for that,” said Brandon Barber, who is Kixeye’s chief marketing officer. “Most people are here because they love making games and that’s what they want to do. Focusing on that stuff at this point in our trajectory is super distracting.” (If you want to know what Kixeye really thinks of everyone else in the industry, watch this video.) Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, other privately-held gaming companies such as Finland’s Rovio and Supercell, the U.K.’s King and Germany’s Wooga are also growing profitable businesses. Buyers Beware That feeling is mutual on the buyers’ side too. Warner Bros said last week that it would be opening a gaming studio in San Francisco. In other words, it is choosing to build, not buy. “Every time we looked at a company that was really interesting, we found that the price tag was more money than we thought was reasonable to pay,” said Greg Ballard, who is Warner Bros. senior vice president of digital games. Similarly, EA is holding off after some big ticket deals in the last few years to buy Seattle’s PopCap for up to $1.3 billion. “With regards to a large acquisition, we’re probably OK for the time being,” said Nick Earl, who oversees most of EA’s free-to-play games as a senior vice president there. “If the right deal presents itself, we would make that deal. But we’re not actively seeking it.” He said his arm of

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