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5 tips for first-person face-punching
5 tips for first-person face-punching
If there's one studio that knows how to punch people in the face with style and finesse, it's Santiago, Chile-based ACE Team. Here, the team provides tips for designing first-person hand-to-hand combat.
May 17, 2013
Steam Trading Cards: The next-gen of achievements?
Steam Trading Cards: The next-gen of achievements?
With Valve's Steam Trading Cards, we glimpse a theory of next generation in-game achievement systems that are meant to motivate play, not just to reward it.
May 17, 2013
Twitter Uses Automation to Improve Security
Twitter Uses Automation to Improve Security
The Twitter product security team are improving the security of their code by adopting more security automation.
May 16, 2013
Enhanced and advanced Pushdo botnet is back
Enhanced and advanced Pushdo botnet is back
Pushdo, one of the more enduring and resilient botnets, has already survived four takedowns in five years. Now a new variant with new evasion techniques has been detected.
May 16, 2013
CISO: Chief Infosec Scapegoat Officer
CISO: Chief Infosec Scapegoat Officer
CISOs are often the first victim following a major security breach. Given the prevalence of such breaches, the average tenure of a CISO is now just 18 months; and this is likely to worsen if corporate security doesn’t improve.
May 16, 2013
Did Stuxnet help rather than hinder Iran’s nuclear program?
Did Stuxnet help rather than hinder Iran’s nuclear program?
Stuxnet is often cited as history’s first true cyber weapon. By common consensus it was developed and used by the US and Israel to successfully disrupt Iran’s nuclear program – but a new report questions its success.
May 16, 2013
DHS: Critical infrastructure threats up 68% in 2012
DHS: Critical infrastructure threats up 68% in 2012
Critical infrastructure threats are up significantly according to US officials – a worrying state of affairs that spans a wide range of threat vectors and potential participants.
May 16, 2013
MegaTrends: Cisco TrustSec from User Access to the Data Centre
MegaTrends: Cisco TrustSec from User Access to the Data Centre
In my previous Blogs I have talked about Megatrends including BYOD, the Next-Generation Workspace, Video and the Internet of Things. One unfortunate
May 16, 2013
Securing the Internet of Everything: An Introduction
Securing the Internet of Everything: An Introduction
Towards developing a Secure Architecture for the Internet of Everything, I plan to kick off a series of blogs around this pivotal topic. In discussing
May 16, 2013
Cisco Employee Honored as Military Veteran at the White House
Cisco Employee Honored as Military Veteran at the White House
There are certain things in life most would consider “once in a lifetime” occurrences.  The feeling that you get when your dad releases his grip one last time – and...
May 16, 2013
Nintendo cracks down on fan-made videos
Nintendo cracks down on fan-made videos
UPDATED Nintendo has announced it is implementing ads in order to monetize YouTube videos featuring their gameplay content.
May 16, 2013
Nintendo and EA's 'unprecedented partnership' is looking frosty
Nintendo and EA's 'unprecedented partnership' is looking frosty
The collaboration between EA and Nintendo does not appear to involve much support for the Wii U at all, as an EA spokesperson announced today the company has no titles in development for the platform.
May 16, 2013