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GameFly expands streaming service to Samsung TVs
GameFly expands streaming service to Samsung TVs
Launched exclusively for Amazon's Fire TV set-top device, the popular game rental company's streaming service is going bigger, and going global.
Aug. 20, 2015
Game outsourcing outfit Keywords snaps up Liquid art firm for $9M
Game outsourcing outfit Keywords snaps up Liquid art firm for $9M
Keywords Studios is continuing to consolidate its power as a one-stop video game outsourcing shop by snapping up the 200+ strong art services studio Liquid Development for $9 million.
Aug. 20, 2015
Chelsea Manning Convicted on New Charges
Chelsea Manning Convicted on New Charges
She received 21 days of recreational restrictions, excluding her from time in the gym, library and outdoors.
Aug. 19, 2015
Caltech Kicks Off Anomaly-Based Data Security Research Program
Caltech Kicks Off Anomaly-Based Data Security Research Program
Discoveries will be published and used to enhance data breach detection and incident response capabilities.
Aug. 19, 2015
AlienVault Closes Another $52M in Financing
AlienVault Closes Another $52M in Financing
The series E round brings total funding to nearly $116 million, to be used to enhance the company's threat intelligence and management platforms.
Aug. 19, 2015
An Enduring Commitment to Strengthening Cisco’s Communities
An Enduring Commitment to Strengthening Cisco’s Communities
It started one day with a quiet knock on a classroom door where I was volunteering. A student at Joseph George middle-school in East San Jose asked if she
Aug. 19, 2015
#WednesdayWalkabout Series: Smart Parking and Lighting Make All the Difference
#WednesdayWalkabout Series: Smart Parking and Lighting Make All the Difference
Co-authored with Dani Schrakamp Let there be light…and parking spots! There’s nothing like the quiet (or in my case, not-so-quiet) desperation of circling a few city blocks, over...
Aug. 19, 2015
Unicef India Website Hacked by Turkish Hackers
Unicef India Website Hacked by Turkish Hackers
A group of Turkish hackers hacked and defaced the official website of Unicef India (The United Nations Children's Fund) last Sunday.
Aug. 19, 2015
Dead Realm publisher disregards FTC disclosure guidelines for YouTubers
Dead Realm publisher disregards FTC disclosure guidelines for YouTubers
Popular YouTubers who co-founded 3BlackDot are producing videos about its latest game, Dead Realm, without clearly disclosing that they helped develop it and stand to gain directly from its success.
Aug. 19, 2015
Amazon UK shuts down video game trade-in scheme
Amazon UK shuts down video game trade-in scheme
Amazon UK is shutting down its video game trade-in scheme, with the online retailer announcing it will stop accepting trade-in submissions after August 31.
Aug. 19, 2015
New advertising guidelines look to enforce vlogger transparency
New advertising guidelines look to enforce vlogger transparency
The UK Committee of Advertising Practice has produced a fresh set guidelines for vloggers currently taking payment in exchange for promotional videos.
Aug. 19, 2015
Video: How graphics worked on the NES, C64 and other '80s tech
Video: How graphics worked on the NES, C64 and other '80s tech
Tech enthusiast David Murray deconstructs how game developers in the '80s managed to create striking multi-colored graphics within the harsh (by modern standards) contraints of systems like the NES.
Aug. 19, 2015