| Sports Interactive Announces Soccer MMO
We here in the States don't really get the fascination with soccer football, but I'm guessing large portions of the rest of the world will be very interested to hear about Football Manager Live, an MMO based on the Football Manager series of games. Sports Interactive's Miles Jacobson describes the game: Imagine a cross between Football Manager, fantasy sports and auctions sites and you are part of the way to understanding Football Manager Live. Players will be able to create their club from the ground up, bid in player auctions, and even make mini-leagues with their friends. It'll even have voice chat, presumably for yelling "GOOOOAAAALLLLLLLL" or something. Sports Interactive Announces Soccer MMO [Next-Gen] .
Disruptors Welcome
In the olden days--before 2005--eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) was ambivalent about independent developers who ginned up applications to help buyers and sellers navigate its online auctions. In fact, it actually charged those developers fees, up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, based on the number of people who used the programs. .
Patent auctions generate big sales
An innovativeChicago intellectual property firm is creating a live auction marketplace, which is rare in an age where many companies are shifting their business online. More than 200 attended Ocean Tomo Auctions LLCs auction Thursday at the Union League Club of Chicago. It was the third such event hosted by Ocean Tomo. This is like the Christies or Sothebys of patent auctions, said George Kelakos of Kelakos Advisors LLC. Opening bids ranged from $10,000 to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bids were solicited in at least $5,000 increments. The main advantage of the auction is simply that it is one-stop shopping for patents, said Bruce Lehman, former head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. There really isnt any other place you can go to get a wide variety of patents.
Brewer twice as right
They gave him the royal treatment during our visit, and that's where I wanted him to go. "But he didn't click with those guys over there. He clicked with the guys at Florida. I'm glad I let him make his own decision because it couldn't have worked out any better." Glenda and several other friends and family members, including Corey's older brother, Jason Rogan, will be in Atlanta this weekend to see if the Gators can deflect all the Billy Donovan-to-Kentucky talk and defend their title. They face UCLA tonight in the second semifinal at the Georgia Dome. Georgetown and Ohio State meet in the first semifinal. "It was tough just because of the expectations, night in and night out everybody playing their best game against us," said Corey, who's averaging a team-high 15.8 points in NCAA Tournament play.
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