10 mind-blowing Oculus Rift experiments that reveal VR's practical potential

11 deliciously old-school PC games that ooze retro appeal LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby" ITworld Today November 29, 2014 10 mind-blowing Oculus Rift experiments that reveal VR's practical potential The inspiration for the Oculus Rift may have been gaming, but these experiments show how the consumer-grade virtual reality headset could transform more than just your World of Warcraft experience. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 11 deliciously old-school PC games that ooze retro appeal 2. LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby" 3. The techiest ways NASA flies with you everyday 4. Audio snobs rejoice: Windows 10 will have system-wide FLAC support 5. Want to work at a fun tech company? Practice your social skills. 6. Five good reasons to delete the Uber app right now 7. Losing steam: Don't drop everything to learn Ruby on Rails WHITE PAPER: Binary Tree Merger Integration: Diverse Organizations Collaborate as One Corporate email and related applications are often overlooked during an impending integration of dissimilar environments, or a separation into multiple ones. Several key factors enable an organization to collaborate as one team, quickly and robustly, while maintaining user productivity. Learn More 11 deliciously old-school PC games that ooze retro appeal These rockingly retro PC games weren't around doing the 8-bit Nintendo era, though you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. READ MORE LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby" The drawing ends tomorrow. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies! READ MORE The techiest ways NASA flies with you everyday NASA technology is all over current airplanes. READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM Corporation How do you Deal with Doubling Data and Shrinking Budgets? The amount of data corporations create and store is constantly increasing, and simply buying more storage space or shifting the data off to the cloud is inefficient and expensive. Learn More Audio snobs rejoice: Windows 10 will have system-wide FLAC support Windows 10 will make it easier for users to enjoy lossless audio, with support for the popular FLAC format across all modern and desktop programs. READ MORE Want to work at a fun tech company? Practice your social skills. Being the smartest candidate doesn't always land you a job when a company values its culture. READ MORE Five good reasons to delete the Uber app right now Popular ride-sharing service Uber bullies its rivals, intimidates women and gouges customers on fares. Now's the time to fight back by deleting the Uber app. READ MORE Losing steam: Don't drop everything to learn Ruby on Rails Knowledge of the popular web application framework still pays well, but demand for the skill seems to be on the decline. READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Do you know how Forward-Thinking BI works? 5 Benefits of a Forward View of your Business Learn More NOVEMBER GIVEAWAYS Now, here's something to be thankful for... We've got 5 copies of each of these books to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! Effective Ruby: 48 Specific Ways to Write Better Ruby If you're an experienced Ruby programmer, Effective Ruby will help you harness Ruby's full power to write more robust, efficient, maintainable, and well-performing code. Enter now!   Responsive Mobile Design: Designing for Every Device Learn principles, techniques, and best practices for delivering a successful experience to all users on all devices. Enter now! INSIDER Get exclusive access to premium articles, product guides, reviews and more. - 8 tech buzzwords that you need to know   - Free and cheap ways to learn about network administration   - IT resumes: Lies, half-truths and embellishments SALARY SURVEY What's your earning power? How does it compare with your peers'? With help from you and your IT colleagues across the country, our sister site Computerworld will shine a bright light on IT compensation trends. As our way of saying thank you, survey participants can enter a drawing to win one of 3 American Express gift cards for $500! Take the survey now! Follow ITworld You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact ITworld, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **