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1. Tribes and World of Warcraft Designers Join forces for Firefall - Co-Optimus.com -

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   Tribes and World of Warcraft Designers Join forces for Firefall Co-Optimus.com The studio, founded by World of Warcraft lead developer Mark Kern and Starsiege Tribes lead designer Scott Young, plans to release the game late next year ... Firefall, A Massively Multiplayer Online Shooter, Revealed By Ex-WoW, Tribes ...Kotaku.com (blog) FireFall announcedPALGN Developer Dream Team Red 5 Studios® Announces Groundbreaking Shooter "Firefall"PR Web (press release) Destructoid -Gamasutra -IGN all 14 news articles »

2. 'StarCraft II' tops 3 million mark - USA Today -

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   'StarCraft II' tops 3 million mark USA Today StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the latest game from World of Warcraft publisher Blizzard Entertainment, has had a successful liftoff, selling three million ... Fan Remakes World of Warcraft in StarCraftEscapist Magazine Playing World Of Warcraft In StarCraft IIKotaku.com (blog) StarCraft II : 3 million copies sold in one month - Fastest selling strategy ...World News Heard now (blog) EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) all 91 news articles »

3. World of Warcraft arrestee heading to prison - Kokomo Perspective -

   World of Warcraft arrestee heading to prison Kokomo Perspective The reason for the interest stems from a debate over privacy rights within the World of Warcraft community -- a debate that is unlikely to subside anytime ...

4. World of Warcraft Nixes PowerPC Mac Support - Techtree.com -

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   World of Warcraft Nixes PowerPC Mac Support Techtree.com Blizzard has announced that it will stop support for PowerPC based Apple Mac systems for its heavily popular MMORPG game - World of Warcraft. ... Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft continuesCarolinian (subscription) Possible future beta build for World of Warcraft: CataclysmMMOMFG (blog) Next World Of Warcraft Patch Will End Support For PPC UsersInside Mac Games Shacknews -DeviceMAG -NowGamer all 11 news articles »

5. A Lesson from Blizzard: Treat Asian Market Differently - MMORPG News -

   A Lesson from Blizzard: Treat Asian Market Differently MMORPG News Since Blizzard Entertainment officially announced on April 16th, 2009 that its World of Warcraft would be licensed to NetEase in mainland China, ... and more »

6. NetEase.com Releases Previously Banned World of Warcraft Expansion Pack - DigitalEastAsia.com (blog) -

   NetEase.com Releases Previously Banned World of Warcraft Expansion Pack DigitalEastAsia.com (blog) World of Warcraft is one of the most popular online games in China. [The company] believes that Wrath of the Lich King will be a big surprise to Chinese ... Warcraft fans need new namesGlobal Times Rumor: WoW 3rd Expansion Pack Not Due for 1 Year or MoreMarbridge Consulting NetEase's "WLK" Takes OffPacific Epoch (subscription) all 4 news articles »

7. Bing World of Warcraft Visual Search Gallery - Softpedia -

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   Bing World of Warcraft Visual Search Gallery Softpedia A new visual search gallery has gone live on Microsoft's search decision engine, allowing fans of World of Warcraft to explore a collection of weapons and ... Bing's Latest Search: World of Warcraft WeaponsNorthwest innovation Bing Seeks WOW's Help To Increase UserbaseKatonda Bing Helps WoW Users Choose Their WeaponsTechNewsDaily all 4 news articles »

8. Heard on the Street: Vivendi's Bad Stock-Market Romance - Wall Street Journal -

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   Heard on the Street: Vivendi's Bad Stock-Market Romance Wall Street Journal Lady Gaga, World of Warcraft, quadruple play, and high-definition TV: just some of the rich multimedia mix at Vivendi. ... Vivendi net income falls 3.5 per cent in Q2 on fewer releases, fall in demandThe Canadian Press Vivendi First Half 2010: Growth in all Financial IndicatorsMarketWatch (press release) Activision Blizzard Games Push Up Vivendi's ForecastpaidContent:UK Bloomberg -San Francisco Chronicle all 311 news articles »

9. Make a Nasty World Nice With Virtual Rewards - Wired News -

   Make a Nasty World Nice With Virtual Rewards Wired News Well, now they have it: If you manage to creep above the poverty line you'll be awarded a fancy hat for all your World of Warcraft characters. ... and more »

10. Microsoft Eyeballing $100 Per Year Premium Xbox Live Subscriptions? [Industry ... - TFTS (blog) -

    Microsoft Eyeballing $100 Per Year Premium Xbox Live Subscriptions? [Industry ... TFTS (blog) If we take a look at an extremely popular multiplayer game like World of Warcraft which had around 11.5 million active subscribers back in 2008 we can see ... and more »

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1. Unilateral lower-limb loss: Prosthetic device use and functional outcomes in servicemembers from Vietnam war and OIF/OEF conflicts. - Authors: Gailey R, McFarland LV, Cooper RA, Czerniecki J, Gambel JM, Hubbard S, Maynard C, Smith DG, Raya M, Reiber GE Rehabilitation goals following major combat-associated limb loss in World War II and the Vietnam war focused on treatment of the injury and a return to civilian life. The goal for Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) servicemembers is to restore function to the greatest possible degree and, if they desire, return them to Active Duty, by providing them with extensive rehabilitation services and a variety of prosthetic devices. Our study determines the usefulness of these diverse types of prosthetic devices for restoring functional capability and documents prosthesis use and satisfaction. We compare servicemembers and veterans with major combat-as...
2. Influence of neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NCAM1) variants on suicidal behaviour and correlated traits - Abstract: Suicide is a public health problem all around the world. Family studies showed a strong heritability but, to date, few genetic data are available. Thus, in the present study we investigated whether a panel of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in neuronal cell adhesion molecule 1 (NCAM) 1 was associated with suicidal behaviour as well as specific traits related to suicide. A total of two hundred and fifty-nine individuals with a positive history of suicidal behaviour and 312 healthy subjects were enrolled in the study. Rs2301228, rs1884, rs1245113, rs1369816, rs2196456 and rs584427 in NCAM1 were genotyped. No marker was significantly associated with suicidal behaviour vs. controls or with sub-types of attempted vs. completed, violent vs. non-violent, impulsive vs. non-impulsi...
3. Varian Medical Systems Establishes Radiotherapy Training Center In Mumbai, India - Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), a world leader in radiotherapy equipment and software, has established its first education center in India to train medical physicists and technologists working on the company's advanced cancer treatment systems. The center in Mumbai, equipped with 16 planning system workstations and the VERT* training system for radiotherapy treatment simulations, will enable the country's growing number of radiotherapists and medical physicists to train without having to travel overseas... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
4. Recent Public Policy Reports Online at www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports - Public Policy Report for 6 July 2010 AIBS President-elect shares thoughts on future of biology with House subcommittee. On 29 June, James P. Collins, AIBS president-elect and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment at Arizona State University, testified before a House research and science education subcommittee hearing examining the future of the biological sciences. The hearing was spurred, in part, by the National Research Council's recent publication, A New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy, the report makes recommendations for a "new biology" that can advance basic research and solve world p...
5. Water vapour sheds light on stellar chemistry - Water vapour has been detected in the dust cloud of a carbon-rich star, suggesting previously unrecognised photochemistry could be taking place (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
6. Are nanotubes the future for radiotherapy? - Sealed up carbon nanotubes containing radioactive salts could be the ultimate in targeted radiotherapy, say researchers (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)

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7. OLEDs need gentle treatment - The performance of organic light emitting diodes could be enhanced by employing better purification and depositing techniques (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
8. Interview: Rising research - Charles Boone talks to Laura Howes about yeast, Canada and hockey (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
9. Zinc oxide snowflakes - Zinc oxide nanoparticle formation could provide new insights into how snowflakes form as well as aiding nanoscale device research (Source: Chemistry World | Latest News)
10. Uganda: Children Living With HIV in Masaka Appeal for Support - Children living with HIV in Kyannamukaaka in Masaka district have called for help as World Vision prepares to wind up its activities in the area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
11. Angola: WHO Official Calls for Drug Resistant TB Combat - The World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Director, Angolan Luís Gomes Sambo, Wednesday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, urged for the need to really assess the level of emergency and dissemination of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and X-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), that keeps posing serious hindrances to the African people's health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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12. World Youth Conference: Why It Pays to Invest in Young People - 27 August 2010 - LEON, Mexico — The idea that governments must invest more in young people been repeated in forums and panels throughout the World Youth Conference this week. But why is this so important? And what specific investments will generate the most traction? (Source: UNFPA News)
13. Opening Statement at the World Youth Conference 2010 - 25 August 2010 - I have two messages for you today. My first message is that NOW is the time to invest in young people. Now is the time, not sometime in the future. My second message is that NOW is the time to promote dialogue and understanding across cultures and generations, to advance human rights for all people, both young and old. I say now is the time because young people are not just the future; they are very much the present. (Source: UNFPA News)
14. It’s Time to Invest in Young People, Says UNFPA - 25 August 2010 - UNITED NATIONS, New York—Now is the time to invest in young people and to promote dialogue and understanding across cultures and generations, said Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA,  who delivered an opening speech at the World Youth Conference on behalf of UNFPA’s Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid. Young people are not just the future, but very much the present, she told the conference, which is under way in Léon, Mexico. (Source: UNFPA News)
15. Young People Urged to Speak Out: The World is Listening - 23 August 2010 - LEON, Mexico  — The  hall was filled with the energy of some 4,000 young people from more than 100 countries, who had gathered to have a say about the future at the World Youth Conference here today.  "This energy is unrivalled, as it comes from their belief that the world can be changed, that the future can be better than today; because we know for a fact that young people are powerful agents of change," said Ms. Purnima Mane, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director (Programme) at the opening of the Social Forum segment of the conference. (Source: UNFPA News)

Blizz announced the new loot system for cataclysm, the new loot system only has 2 levels normal and heroic, so there is no need to do 25′s anymore, the same loot drops on normal 10 as normal 25, same goes for the heroic version.
I do understand the reasoning but don’t know why it took them so long to do it, also the badge system for Cataclysm would stay the same as it is, unlike the old system there will be no new badges every time they add new raids.

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What a waste of time, why bother doing a whole patch of nothing, you could have just added those in your weekly maintenance, just to say I am very disappointed with this patch, the only good things are the removal of the CD’s, what I am not sure of is adding a CD while removing one, why would you place a 7 day CD on glacial bags? I hope the next patch would actually include new content because I am getting really tired of this.

I love the new random group dungeon finder, it reminds me of the Diablo II cow leveling, if you recall the cow level you can join at lvl 1 and in few runs make it to 90 or above.

After doing daily’s on all my 10 toons every day since the frostys have come out I got really board and decided to level an alt on another relm, I got really board just doing CD’s and dailys every day, it became intolerable and the only thing that would keep me a wow addict was to go back to what I love doing before, level up another toon, this is going back to my previous point about Hard Mode, I am now have  a new level 79 dual spec ret/tank paladin, took me 8 day to get him to this level, in the 3.3.3 patch Blizzard added the quest helper equivalent to the game, while I have learn to level toons real fast it made it even easier to track and finish quests, they’ve also made change to many of the other aspects of the game such as faster rep and faster mounts at lower levels to make it even easier, I can see me doing heroics for the next few weeks just to get the tier set.

As new player start WoW for the first time they do have it easy, I am glad I did learn the hard way.

I think everyone has noticed how its getting easier to level and quest for the past two years, this I think will continue for the next patch and expansion as well, while dumbing down many hardcore players have complained about, many more have praised them. In my guild there are only 10% hardcore gamers while the rest are casual, WoW give us hardcore progression and casuals the epix they might not get unless they are raiding, the idea of epic gear is lost, I recall a day when I was level 60 priest and didn’t even have a full set of .5 dungeon set. what do I think of this? I think its good to have more players and its bad that most don’t even get to raid even thought they have a full tier 10 set.

I don’t think so and here is why, Blizzard’s way ahead of everyone else, and with each expansion it gets better, I think Blizzard’s World of Warcraft would is similar to Microsoft’s Windows, while Windows isn’t the best in many ways it’s the most popular and most used OS, with each update and each new upgrade Windows gets better by using other’s improvements, Blizzard has over 10 Million players, that’s over 1 Billion per year, they would never let WoW die, they would just improve and use Others enhancements into theirs, hence the game will always be there.

What else is new, every freaking time they have a major patch day just go fishing.