Although there was a bit of volatility during the day as the boys did play with their computer toys a little in the early going, the fact that an abundance of questions remain unanswered left traders to wonder if anything had really changed.

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Apple gave reporters a chance to play with its new tablet computer Wednesday before it goes on sale March 11 in the United States.

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He has performed at Bletchley Park and will return there this month to the National Computer Museum to play live with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

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With many users starting to use computer monitors to play console games, if the Xbox can run Explorer, Office, Skype and most if not all the other 3rd party apps, then a lot of people might just buy an Xbox instead of a PC as their primary computer at home.

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Facebook also fares well, with a full 80 percent of gamers using the computer to play a free-to-play title.

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The Hesserts envision that people will play their game the same way they play Farmville and Angry Birds: sitting at their computer or on their phone with multiple apps open, dipping in occasionally to place a bet.

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While strands of DNA may be able to pick fights with other strands, one thing that they can't do yet is play computer games -- that is, until now.

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With the player program installed on the computer, it is time to get some songs to play.

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