Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. became the second business, behind telecom giant AT&T, to deploy Microsoft’s computer technology which essentially turns table tops into touch-controlled computer displays.
“People continue to be excited about the endless possibilities of Surface technology and how it can transform everyday scenarios, including the social and entertainment space,” said Microsoft Surface general manager Pete [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) have announced that a new dynamic in-game advertising system is being launched in order to harvest the rapidly growing in-game advertising market. Advertisement distribution company, IGA Worldwide, has been selected as its first partner though more are expected to follow.
“The PS3 platform is primed [...]

Parlay Entertainment Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEI) the world’s leading supplier of Internet and TV bingo software solutions, is pleased to announce that Tain, a leading supplier of poker, casino and casual games, has signed an agreement to use Parlay bingo technology.
Tain, which hosts a network of leading poker and casino brands, will launch an online bingo [...]

Kentucky Education Commissioner Jon Draud knew and approved the extra cost of his new state vehicle, even after a finance official offered him a chance to reconsider because of the state’s bleak budget, government e-mails show.
In a March 20 e-mail to Robin Kinney, the education department’s associate commissioner for operations, Mitchell wrote that “all other [...]

A transportation group is accusing the state Education Department of not keeping its training programs for school-bus drivers up to date.
The state annually sets aside $400,000 for school-bus-driver safety training through the Education Department and a database of accidents. In 2007-08, more than $159,000 of the total was not spent, said Peter Mannella, executive director [...]

Cover: While Nicole Richie is stuck at home supervising the care and feeding of baby Harlow, Harlow’s daddy is out partying up a storm with the likes of Lindsay Lohan. Nicole is in tears. And, as you well know, someone of Nicole’s size is in constant danger of dehydration from just the slightest bit of [...]

What is not immediately obvious as you stroll into the open-plan, 17th-floor offices of Tommy Hilfiger, brightly lit by windows that stare down New York’s Hudson River, is whether you are entering the home of a fashion house or a music label. Sure there are racks of pick’n’mix clothes rolled across the aisles and a [...]

At a recent local event, however, the former Arkansas Razorbacks and professional basketball player focused on something else that is dear to his heart: Junior Achievement.
Kleine, now an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was the keynote speaker for a celebration of Junior Achievement’s success in Saline County.
The program, [...]

IFIL SpA said it is investing 42.5 million euros in Paris-based Mangas Capital Entertainment with the aim to launch MCE as a new player in the European television production sector.
MCE was founded by businessman Stephane Courbit, who has solid experience in developing TV programme formats and producing content, IFIL said.
The investment is in the framework [...]

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is instituting an information gathering scheme aimed at the creation of a “data warehouse”. Details of students from the three federal universities, Zayed University, UAE University, and the Higher Colleges of Technology will be recorded and compared against the stated needs of employers. The ultimate goal is [...]