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NEWS ABOUT: programmers

programmers stories: 4 news summaries

  Web Game Nets Creator $1.5M 

Players pay for extra points to commit murder, mayhem

Oct 8, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Internet crime game has earned its young creator nearly $1.5 miilion. Torn, a text-based game noir that lets players commit murder and mayhem, boasts some 41,000 active players and 1.3 million account holders worldwide. The game is free, but players can opt to pay $5 a... More »

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Internet • crime • murder • profits • web • virtual reality • Britain • programmers • profit margins

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Programmers leave screens for soldering irons

May 19, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking an escape from the confined world of their computer screens, programmers are applying their technological know-how to the physical world, building and tweaking an array of devices with their hands, the Boston Globe reports. “My normal job is way up in the clouds,” said a programmer at... More »

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technology • computer programming • software • programmers • software developers • hacking • invention • gadget

YouTube Opens to Developers

Expect more options for videos soon—including watching them on TiVo

Mar 14, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube is opening up to software developers, the company said Wednesday. Programmers can create new interfaces to play videos, for example, or let users upload clips to YouTube directly from other sites. And later this year, viewers will be able to watch YouTube videos via TiVo. The open platform won’... More »

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YouTube • video • TiVo • Electronic Arts • programmers • Spore • software developers • Animoto • slideshow • video games

Programmers Take on Rock Star Status

Competitions, money power coder boom

Jan 23, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A growing number of computer programmers aren’t content to be anonymous code monkeys: Today’s most talented tech nerds are paid exorbitantly well to turn out brilliant code, and can even earn a small amount of fame doing it, ComputerWorld reports. “Some developers base their careers around... More »

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computer programming • software • programmers • coding contests • Tomek

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