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10 Business Lessons I Learned from Playing Dungeons & Dragons

Throughout my 20s and 30s, I played D&D and other fantasy role playing games at least once a week. Doing so did more than teach me the rules of combat or proper behavior in a dragon's lair. I gained several skills that truly did help me in my career.

| Tip | Career | Personal tech | Tech & society | 07/06/09 at 2:58 pm |


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Internet, Twitter blocked in China city after ethnic riot

China appeared to block Twitter across the country and Internet access in a western province on Monday, after ethnic riots killed at least 140 people in the remote region.

| News | Government | Internet | Tech & society | 07/06/09 at 8:46 am |


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Apple may be exempt from China's Web filter mandate

Apple appears to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country.

| News | Internet | Tech & society | 07/03/09 at 8:47 am |


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Flying cars hit market -- 53 years ago

One California man is taking to the road and the sky in a vehicle built in 1956.

| Opinion | Tech & society | 07/03/09 at 8:00 am |


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