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An Innovative Infrastructure to Capture the Value of the Internet of Everything
An Innovative Infrastructure to Capture the Value of the Internet of Everything
As the saying goes, the constants in life are death and taxes. We all know there are more than those two, including change and its counterpart, disruption. Business success will...
Dec. 12, 2013
Big Data in Security – Part IV: Email Auto Rule Scoring on Hadoop
Big Data in Security – Part IV: Email Auto Rule Scoring on Hadoop
Following part three of our Big Data in Security series on graph analytics, I’m joined by expert data scientists Dazhuo Li and Jisheng Wang to talk
Dec. 12, 2013
IPv6-Centric Networking: Innovation Without Constraints
IPv6-Centric Networking: Innovation Without Constraints
Over the last several months, I’ve been pleased to invite Mark Townsley, Cisco Fellow and recognized expert on Internet Protocol (IP), to discuss IPv6 as
Dec. 12, 2013
This Week in Video Game Criticism: Our Marketing, Ourselves
This Week in Video Game Criticism: Our Marketing, Ourselves
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Alan Williamson on topics including more on 'procedural death labyrinths' and the marketing legacy of games.
Dec. 12, 2013
Strategy game specialist Nival lands $6M in funding
Strategy game specialist Nival lands $6M in funding
Russian strategy game company Nival has raised $6 million in a new round of funding, with the aim to expand its audience reach to a global scale.
Dec. 12, 2013
Developers resurrect abandoned Sonic 2 level for Sega
Developers resurrect abandoned Sonic 2 level for Sega
A pair of independent developers has resurrected a forgotten Sonic 2 level as part of game's iOS and Android remastered release, with brand new enemies, obstacles, and a boss battle.
Dec. 12, 2013
5 events that shook the game industry in 2013
5 events that shook the game industry in 2013
Gamasutra's UK editor Mike Rose continues Gamasutra's annual year-end roundups series by looking back at the biggest events that defined 2013.
Dec. 12, 2013
Monster Madness Online: The first Unreal Engine 3 browser game
Monster Madness Online: The first Unreal Engine 3 browser game
While some developers believe that HTML5 will provide the future for browser games, Firefox company Mozilla has plans to bridge the gap between existing technologies and the web.
Dec. 12, 2013
Now Presskit() toolset is even more useful, with version 2.0 update
Now Presskit() toolset is even more useful, with version 2.0 update
Presskit(), the brilliant marketing toolset from Vlambeer's Rami Ismail, has received a notable version 2.0 update, which brings new visual and technical options.
Dec. 12, 2013
Join us for the Guacamelee! postmortem at GDC 2014
Join us for the Guacamelee! postmortem at GDC 2014
PSN and PC developer DrinkBox Studios on Guacamelee!, EA Mobile's Loeb on player retention, and Immersyve's Scott Rigby and Troy Skinner on player autonomy are the newest highlights for GDC 2014.
Dec. 12, 2013
November digital sales: DLC up 25%, while mobile spend jumps 34%
November digital sales: DLC up 25%, while mobile spend jumps 34%
Year-over-year, players have been enticed to spend more on PC/console add-on content and mobile game, says research firm SuperData, at the expense of MMOs.
Dec. 12, 2013
Cyber-espionage Campaign Ahead of G20 Summit Compromised Several European Ministries
Cyber-espionage Campaign Ahead of G20 Summit Compromised Several European Ministries
Ahead of the G20 summit in Russia in late summer, a group of perpetrators (who may be Chinese) carried out a targeted attack on diplomatic missions, including ministries of foreign affairs (MFA), using the crisis in Syria as social engineering bait.
Dec. 11, 2013