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DICE has a mobile Frostbite engine in the works
DICE has a mobile Frostbite engine in the works
DICE has confirmed the existence of a mobile version of its Frostbite game engine, noting that a number of Frostbite-powered mobile games are currently in development.
May 15, 2013
Activision wants to buy a piece of itself back from Vivendi
Activision wants to buy a piece of itself back from Vivendi
Activision Blizzard's majority stake holder Vivendi is gearing up to have another go at selling its stake in the World of Warcraft company.
May 15, 2013
Judge allows redacted disclosure of Reddit co-founder's documents
Judge allows redacted disclosure of Reddit co-founder's documents
The US government and MIT/JSTOR had agreed that documents concerning the prosecution of Aaron Swartz could, in part, be made public. The Swartz estate asked for the documents in full. The court has denied the estate and allowed the government and MIT/JSTOR to redact certain information.
May 14, 2013
Howard Schmidt Announces SAFECode secure software development training
Howard Schmidt Announces SAFECode secure software development training
At the Security Development Conference in San Francisco, Howard Schmidt, executive director, SAFECode, announced that the non-for-profit organization is tackling software development and engineering security with a set of free online training courses, available via on-demand webcasts and covering a range of issues, from preventing SQL injection to avoiding cross-site request forgery.
May 14, 2013
DDoS-for-hire sevices turn to mainstream advertising
DDoS-for-hire sevices turn to mainstream advertising
DDoS services for hire – so-called “booters” that can be hired to knock, or boot, a website offline – are making their way out of the dark shadow-world of hacker message boards and forums, instead taking payments via PayPal and advertising in mainstream venues like YouTube with handy videos featuring hired actors.
May 14, 2013
Architecture Options for Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Architecture Options for Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Today Cisco is introducing an expanded architectural portfolio and partner ecosystem in support of our successful desktop virtualization solution built on
May 14, 2013
Sponsored: Win $100K in Intel's Perceptual Computing Challenge
Sponsored: Win $100K in Intel's Perceptual Computing Challenge
Intel wants to inspire developers to forge new ground by integrating voice control, gesture control, facial recognition, and augmented reality with apps and games on PCs.
May 14, 2013
GDC Europe sees 25% submission boost, adds Crytek, CD Projekt board members
GDC Europe sees 25% submission boost, adds Crytek, CD Projekt board members
Organizers of this August's GDC Europe have announced more than 275 talk submissions, adding Advisory Board notables from CD Projekt (The Witcher) and Crytek (Warface).
May 14, 2013
Get a job: Wargaming is hiring a Build Engineer
Get a job: Wargaming is hiring a Build Engineer
"Wargaming is looking for a Build Engineer to be responsible for maintaining the build environment, performing daily/nightly software builds, and deploying builds to development and clients."
May 14, 2013
Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita
Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita
Sony's counting on a wide breadth of developers to save the slow-selling PlayStation Vita. We talk to Sony biz dev manager Shahid Kamal Ahmad about the future of the platform.
May 14, 2013
Capcom's Phoenix Wright franchise goes download-only
Capcom's Phoenix Wright franchise goes download-only
Capcom has made the decision to release the upcoming Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, the latest in the popular court-room adventure game, as a download-only title for Nintendo 3DS.
May 14, 2013
Nvidia's Android handheld costs as much as a Wii U
Nvidia's Android handheld costs as much as a Wii U
The Nvidia Shield, an upcoming handheld game device that can both play Android games and stream games from your PC, will launch in June for $349.
May 14, 2013