| Are You Ready for Mashups?
With the emergence of Web 2.0 and SOA technologies, mashups have gained in popularity. Web 2.0 provides a rich user experience, and SOA technologies facilitate the underlying flexible plumbing required to make mashups happen. So you could say mashups are a mashup of Web 2.0 and SOA! If you're reading this article, mashups have been on your mind, and you probably caught some of the buzz from the likes of Google, Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon. Mashups on the Web from public APIs have a cool factor, but the real value of mashups is in the enterprise. Enterprise mashups facilitate information at your fingertips in the right context. Here we'll delve deeper into enterprise mashups and the factors you need to take into consideration for a successful mashup strategy and lifecycle. With mashups in the enterprise, you combine different streams of information to provide actionable knowledge to the stakeholders.
2K Announces Civilization Revolution - Sid Meier's First Game for ...
2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., announced today that it will publish Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, the first next generation game designed by world famous game designer Sid Meier. Slated for a spring 2008 release for next generation consoles and handhelds, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is being developed by Firaxis Games, 2K's world-renowned development studio. Sid Meier put computer gaming on the map when he delivered Civilization to the gaming world, launching the "God Game" genre and creating one of the most award-winning and addictive strategy series of all time, including Sid Meier's Civilization IV, the Gamespy and GameSpot 2005 Game of the Year. Driven by sheer passion for the game concept, Meier is now handcrafting a brand-new Civilization experience designed and built from scratch for next gen consoles and handhelds.
World loves Victorian's soccer board game
And now Australia, Turkey, the Czech Republic, South Africa, England and the United States are all placing orders for a Victoria entrepreneur's board game emulating the "beautiful game." Randy Thompson is having little trouble pitching the English-language version of Soccer Tactics. .
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