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Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visits

Torque 3D is out of beta and officially released to the world.  Torque was one of the first indie affordable game engines and they continue that work at Garage Games with a web enabled Torque 3D output much like the Unity 3D player .  The pipeline is not yet as streamlined as  as Unity 3D as Torque has many legacy formats and components such as DTS models, DIF interiors and DSQ animation files that are specific to the Torque Engine.  But they have added support for COLLADA models and the community is strong for Torque 3D. Also, since Torque 3D is built on an older engine but updated for modern uses, the file formats and loading is streamlined for low poly and web based games that need small asset sizes but still have quality.  Like Unity 3D there are many paths to truly get your game published and available to many platforms from desktop on Windows and Mac to web players in all major browsers. When I initially got into heavier game development in early 2003 there were two major things missing, a web player export and a good editor with intellisense .  Torque 3D provides the web player export and Torsion is a great IDE for TorqueScript beyond using Visual Studio or XCode for C++ source editing.

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Torque 3D Released

Palm Pre owners, rejoice: iTunes sync is working again. Until the next round, that is.

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FIGHT: Palm Pre Restores iTunes Sync, Defies Apple and USB Forum

Alright people, crew up for today’s Lunchtime Poll ! If you’ve been following along, you’ll know we do a weekly poll to get the zeitgeist of what Mashable readers think about the topic du jour. We’ve had browsers on the brain a lot lately, with our favorite browser poll and the ultimate Firefox vs. Chrome faceoff.

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LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Firefox Extension?

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As social media continues to become more mainstream, the chances that your employees will use these online tools for personal and professional purposes are high.

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3 Great Social Media Policies to Steal From

For some types of queries, the best results often come from online forums.

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Google Now Highlights Forum Posts in Search Results

Answer: easy, if you’re a brilliant scientist and have access to the kind of technology available to the folks at Bell Labs . They’ve broken the optical data transmission record, crossing the 100 petabit per second.kilometer barrier .

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HOW TO: Copy the Entire iTunes Catalogue in 25 Seconds

With two-thirds of marketers using social media , and retailers shifting marketing dollars towards social initiatives, it comes as no surprise that new research from the e-tailing group and PowerReviews shows that brands are more hip to social media than ever before. What is quite remarkable, however, is the extent at which brands and retailers are adopting and implementing social media tools, and their preferred social home — Facebook. According to eMarketer, a combined 99% of surveyed online retailers currently employ (86%) or plan to employ (13%) Facebook Fan Pages

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Online Retailers: 99% Plan to Have Facebook Fan Pages

Despite hordes of competition, Newegg has emerged as a major player in online electronics retailing. Founded in 2001, the company is now doing more than $2 billion per year in sales, and according to Reuters , now plans to raise $175 million in an upcoming IPO. The site is well-known as a destination for those that like to build their own computers, but also competes as a pure play retailer, selling big screen tvs, digital cameras, and gaming systems, amongst other wares

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Online Retailer Newegg to Raise $175 Million in IPO

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list?

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Mashable’s Weekly Guide to Social Media Events