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Thursday, 8th March 2007

Briefs: Games for The Brain Expands; OverDrive Download Audio Book Service Tops One Million Users

+ Games for The Brain Now Available in 5 New Languages
Sometimes a bit of brain exercise (non-work related) is essential and in the long run might help increase creativity and productivity. Plus, now and then it's a good idea to have some fun. ResourceShelf pal and Google Blogoscoped editor, Philipp Lenssen is also a gifted programmer and his GamesfortheBrain site (all web-based games and free) has been a favorite of the RS team for quite some time. Today, we've learned that many games (puzzles, math, word, memory, etc.) are now available in several new languages as well as in English, German, Chinese, Slovak, Spanish.
The new languages are:
+ Japanese
+ French
+ Italian
+ Russian
+ Korean
Links to games in all languages can be accessed here.
Btw, Lenssen has also optimized some of these for mobile phones and devices. Great idea!

+ Yahoo Slowly Begins Rolling Out New MyYahoo Beta (News.com)

Only a limited number of Yahoo members will be able to opt into the beta until the full version becomes available.

See Also: Screen cap of a new My Yahoo page.

+ Milestones: OverDrive Download Audio Book Service Tops One Million Users
Users can locate libraries or schools in their region offering free download materials at OverDrive's Digital Media Locator at http://www.overdrive.com/search.

+ New Educator Resources from Google (via Google Blog)


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