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Half of Global Firms Failing on PCI Compliance
Half of Global Firms Failing on PCI Compliance
Half of Global Firms Failing on PCI Compliance. Verizon says key in-house skills often missing
Aug. 31, 2017
Ransomware Infections on Course to Top 2016 Figures
Ransomware Infections on Course to Top 2016 Figures
Ransomware Infections on Course to Top 2016 Figures. Symantec claims organizations are increasingly in crosshairs
Aug. 31, 2017
Cyber-squatters Target Luxury Brands from Fendi to Prada
Cyber-squatters Target Luxury Brands from Fendi to Prada
These domains are often used in phishing and scams, including pay-per-click ads, for-profit survey sites and social media scams.
Aug. 31, 2017
Nottinghamshire County Council Exposes Elderly, Disabled PII for 5 Years
Nottinghamshire County Council Exposes Elderly, Disabled PII for 5 Years
The council has been fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Aug. 31, 2017
WikiLeaks official website hacked by OurMine hacking group
WikiLeaks official website hacked by OurMine hacking group
The official website of whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks was hacked Thursday morning by OurMine, a Saudi Arabia based hacking group. The hackers left a
Aug. 31, 2017
Learn how to design immersive, interactive environments at VRDC Fall 2017!
Learn how to design immersive, interactive environments at VRDC Fall 2017!
This panel will discuss the critical importance of creating believable and immersive VR worlds through four unique experience lenses, products and platforms.
Aug. 31, 2017
Game Design Deep Dive: Making Spartaga, a VR twin-stick shooter
Game Design Deep Dive: Making Spartaga, a VR twin-stick shooter
"Spartaga set out to translate the staples of the twin-stick/bullet hell shooter genre into VR. Here's the 3 goals that we set at the beginning on how we'd do it, and how they went."
Aug. 31, 2017
Choices in games should be deeper than good vs. evil, argues Obsidian co-founder
Choices in games should be deeper than good vs. evil, argues Obsidian co-founder
“It can be often too easy to make it about good and evil, right," says Feargus Urquhart. "So player choice needs to be legitimate and it needs to be about the player and not the designer.”
Aug. 31, 2017
Nintendo ordered to pay $10M following Wii patent infringement suit
Nintendo ordered to pay $10M following Wii patent infringement suit
iLife Technologies’ $144 million patent infringement case against Nintendo has ended with the tech company being awarded $10 million for infringing tech in Wii Remotes.
Aug. 31, 2017
Former EA exec Rod Humble to head up TinyCo Studio
Former EA exec Rod Humble to head up TinyCo Studio
Humble, who joined up with Jam City last year, is now heading up one of the company’s subsidiaries in San Francisco.
Aug. 31, 2017
The Gamescom survival guide as an indie game developer
The Gamescom survival guide as an indie game developer
We've been to the Gamescom 2017, this article describes our experiences during 2 days there, Do's and Don't when you are an indie game developer and why Gamescom is such an important event!
Aug. 31, 2017
Urban Design and the Creation of Videogame Cities
Urban Design and the Creation of Videogame Cities
Brief (relatively) but (quite) thorough guide to creating believable, immersive, and interesting cities and urban environments for video games. Based on my 2017 Develop: Brighton talk.
Aug. 31, 2017