ACM International Conference Proceedings Series

http://portal.acm.org/proceedings/aicps

The full text of over 350 non-ACM Proceedings are now available to ACM Digital Library subscribers. This includes 43 volumes received to date in 2008. Readers will find many noteworthy features such as:

• Augmented reality for games
  http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1413634.1413645
• Semantic web and natural language in online discussion forums
  http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1409540.1409578
• Knowledge discovery in Chinese medicine
  http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1370256.1370273

Voice actors reap no royalties from video game work

Michael Hollick certainly isn’t a household name, but most gamers are familiar with his work these days; Hollick provides the voice of Niko Bellic in Rockstar’s hit Grand Theft Auto IV … http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/05/21/despite-video-games-success-voice-actors-reap-little-reward-from-medium

Useless Gadgets: the Landfill Prize Top 10

i Joy Ride exercise machine: The makers call it a unique way to exercise and they are right. What other exercise machines look like a toilet on skis? read on …