Sudoku

Sudoku is a 9x9 grid logic puzzle that requires players to fill each box in the grid with a number from 1-9 in a pattern that does not have duplication within the block, row or column. The puzzle begins with a partially filled grid and is available in a range of skill levels and variants. Variations include smaller or larger grid sizes or puzzles that require the number pattern to add up to a specified sum. Three dimensional and internet versions are also available.

The emergence of Sudoku on mobile products (iPod/iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile, etc.) has garnered 60 million downloads in more than 100 countries sustaining the popularity. A quick tag popularity search of Sudoku found consistent interest in this number based game with hundreds of Sudoku blogs promising new puzzles, history, tips and techniques for the game. A yearly World Sudoku Championship began in 2006 and has been conducted in various locations throughout the world with significant prize monies.

Howard Garns, an American architect is credited as the father of the modern version of this puzzle which it didn’t reach mass appeal until Nikoli; a Japanese company renamed it as Sudoku, meaning single digit and released their version in 1984.

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• New (and free) Zune HD games now available

  
  Gear Live — Authority: 556
  Following up on the promise of more free games for the Zune HD , Microsoft has released six new titles that are now available for your downloading pleasure. We’ve got a blurb on each game here, but we’ve gotta just say, after playing with PGR Ferrari Edition, we are thankful for that Tegra processor that the Zune ...
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• Will Shortz Presents Sudoku for a Brain Workout: 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles

  
  Passion for Puzzles — Authority: 128
  Theres always time for a little mental exercise and what better way to flex your mental muscles than with Sudoku? So grab a pencil and strengthen your mind today! Features: - 100 all-new easy to hard puzzles - Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz - Big grids with lots of space for easy ...
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• Color Sudoku Game

  
  techviva — Authority: 495
  Sudoku is a game of skill and extreme patience. It takes time to get the numbers in to the square properly, but comes with complete satisfaction at the end. The Color Sudoku Game takes the classic game and puts a spin on it. You use colors instead of numbers to win. The game is completely [...]
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• Circular Sudoku

  
  Mark Wadsworth — Authority: 144
  The difficult Sudoku in last Fridays Metro looked like this: I completed it as far as I could as follows (my entries are the underlined numbers). The four missing numbers are two 1s and two 9s but there appear to be two different ways of placing them. Is this accident or design? Is one answer right and another one ...
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• Fun & games, 11-9-09

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 535
  Sudoku and crossword puzzle answers for Mon., Nov 9, 2009.
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• Google Wave Seminar by Ycademy

  
  Yorgo Nestoridis — Authority: 528
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• Carnival of Maths #59 is up!

  
  360 — Authority: 112
  The Number Warrior is hosting this month’s carnival!  It’s up here , and I was impressed with the entries [both in number and quality].  Plus, there was even something on Bourbaki, though not the symbol I wrote on earlier. I also really like the post right before the Carnival , about a possible case of ...
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• 7 new titles added to online Nintendo store – UNO & Tales of Monkey Island

  
  Brutal Gamer — Authority: 514
  7? Holy shit, it’s practically Christmas! Nintendo did something they’re not really that well known for, they’ve added 7 (SEVEN) new titles to its online store which covers both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. The new titles which have been added range from UNO – don’t worry, no webcam is involved and ...
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• European Nintendo downloads: Banana fighting street

  
  Smash Gamers — Authority: 154
  Finally , the wait for Fighting Street is over for Europe! We suppose it’s timely, given that a new Street Fighter game is in the news now, but … it’s still Fighting Street . The continuation of Tales of Monkey Island should be a bit more welcome, as should the DSiWare Bomberman Blitz . Manic Monkey ...
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• Fun & games, 11-6-09

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 535
  Sudoku and crossword puzzle answers for Fri., Nov 6, 2009.
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• Winners of Sensible Sudoku Contest Announced

  
  Nokia 5800 'Tube' Blog — Authority: 424
  Yeah, its that part of the week when we announce the winners of our Tube5800 contest for Sensible Sudoku 2 . We had a good participation in this contest and we are glad to announce 10 winners of the contest, whom we chose after shuffling the name list. Sensible Sudoku 2, which you may know by now is one of the ...
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• Fun & games, 11-4-09

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 535
  Sudoku and crossword puzzle answers for Wed., Nov. 4, 2009.
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• My 2, 5, 7!

  
  Of hope and love — Authority: 129
  I think my brain has gone quite hypoxic from me sleeping so much. It is coffee-free days with loads of slumber, hot choc and a bit of wine. I sound like I am in confinement! Hahah. I am trying to read some pharmacology at the moment, but I just end up doing really random stuffs.. for instance, trying to solve my ...
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• Free E71 Games from Nokia OVI Store - Limited Time Only!

  
  All New Phawville — Authority: 472
  Thanks to Nokia’s partnership with Gameloft we can now download free E71 games from the Nokia OVI store! The games are not only for the E71 but for other models as well. I am not sure what other models are supported so I would not list them here. This offer is for a limited time only. From what I have heard, it is ...
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• Fun & games, 11-2-09

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 535
  Sudoku and crossword puzzle answers for Mon., Nov. 2, 2009.
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• Sudoku Tournament Scandal

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 151
  WTF, a cheating probe at a sudoku tournament, what has the world come to? Officials of the Philadelphia Inquirer National Sudoku Championship are rightly pissed after discovering contestant Eugene Varshavsky was unable to complete some easy steps in the puzzle during the final round.Varshavsky, who played in a hoodie ...
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• Handmark launches six new Android apps

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 498
  Handmark is obviously serious when it comes to committing its resources towards the Android platform. In that sense, the mobile software maker has launched 6 new applications: New Oxford American Dictionary…
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• What’s Your Favorite Google Wave Gadget?

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 460
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• Windows Live And Windows 7 – Easier Than The Easiest !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 439
  Windows Live and Windows 7 Everyday, you use your PC and Windows Live, now Windows 7 makes the things you do every day even easier. You can learn how PCs with Windows 7 work the way you want them to. It helps you find stuff quickly Windows 7 has fewer clicks, quicker searching, and easier browsing, so there’s ...
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• Fun & games, 10-30-09

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 535
  Sudoku and crossword puzzle answers for Mon., Oct 30, 2009.
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