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08-12-2014, 22:36
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNF9mcxbgZTrIxKAytvV694mPXQeuw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BjaGVJCMFoiRigaSuYDgCw&url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/video-games/ralph-baer-inventor-magnavox-odyssey-light-gun-passes-away-17506598"><img src="//t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQm7xXZqhFfMjci34eSsGbIdn5R56_zJ aq_6Tk82VmGhDlI5iDg_CgR8hMajZsOjXq1KfGTJ2Q" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Popular Mechanics</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNF9mcxbgZTrIxKAytvV694mPXQeuw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BjaGVJCMFoiRigaSuYDgCw&url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/video-games/ralph-baer-inventor-magnavox-odyssey-light-gun-passes-away-17506598"><b>Ralph Baer, Inventor of the First Video Game Console, Dies at 92</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Popular Mechanics</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">The light gun was part of that project—it would later go on to become an icon as part of the original <b>Nintendo Entertainment System</b>, shooting down millions of digital ducks. Baer also invented the popular electronic game Simon, worked on the <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFUDlRjNQEiOxz-sVxEsQAkorocKw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BjaGVJCMFoiRigaSuYDgCw&url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/102248655?trknav%3Dhomestack:topnews:9">The man who founded a $100 billion industry dies</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>CNBC</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNFZkhRwgwfF38bNTFHOJMMHTL29-w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BjaGVJCMFoiRigaSuYDgCw&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11279374/ralph-baer-inventor-video-games.html">How Ralph Baer became the &#39;father of video games&#39;</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Telegraph.co.uk</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEsXxNEdCWO1ZalXSR9Dxqf31wnug&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BjaGVJCMFoiRigaSuYDgCw&url=http://hothardware.com/News/father-of-video-games-ralph-h-baer-passes-away-at-age-92">Ralph H. Baer, Father of Video Games, Passes Away At Age 92</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Hot Hardware</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEbmUuXhTuamqPGoqP7Bu92ceHo7g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778677625702&ei=BjaGVJCMFoiRigaSuYDgCw&url=http://jilard.com/video-game-pioneer-dies-at-age-92/288158/"><nobr>jilard.com</nobr></a></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dwR1C6jDc7W5exMqgyTaeMwvF1miM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 301 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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