Chinese goldfarmers in WoW

Not easy being a playbourer in World of Warcraft!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/05/virtual-world-china

First robot to independently "discover new scientific knowledge"

Welsh scientists have developed a robot called Adam who can carry out useful laboratory research:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7979113.stm

Bill Joy, Bill Gates and the Beatles ...

What do these three have in common?

Well according to a book that came out last year their phenomenal success in their fields was due not to exceptional ability alone but also some other important factors.

Find out more by reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell or this summary.