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Romanians Lighten Up Harry Potter Game

Romanian programmers are among the most sought-after as companies turn to the country for strong computing and language skills coupled with cheap labor.

In the mobile phone version of the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" video game, the torches hanging along the dark walls of Hogwarts glow in an eerily realistic fashion.

"We invented the technology, it's called 'dynamic lighting'," said Mihai Pohontu, general manager of Romania's mobile phone branch of Electronic Arts Inc, the world's biggest video game publisher.

Romanian programmers, such as Pohontu's team, are among the most sought-after in the world as large international IT companies turn to the east European country to take advantage of strong computing and language skills coupled with cheap labor.

Read entire article on PC world

Posted: Monday, July 30, 2007

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