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Zach Gage Tackles A Genre He Hates With SpellTower
Zach Gage Tackles A Genre He Hates With SpellTower
"Making a game in a genre you hate is actually one of the most interesting experiences ever," says SpellTower dev Zach Gage, who also gives an inside look at how the App Store has evolved in just a few years.
Nov. 17, 2011
Asteroids, Gauntlet Designer Ed Logg Honored With Pioneer Award
Asteroids, Gauntlet Designer Ed Logg Honored With Pioneer Award
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has named veteran game designer and programmer Ed Logg the recipient of its 2012 Pioneer Award, calling his work "brilliant and game-changing."
Nov. 17, 2011
Activision Vets Form Hardcore 'First Person Social' Studio
Activision Vets Form Hardcore 'First Person Social' Studio
Activision veterans Dusty Welch and Chris Archer are heading Bellevue's U4iA, which is developing a "new hardcore freemium, first-person social game" due next year.
Nov. 17, 2011
China's Shanda Reports Record $212.9M Quarter
China's Shanda Reports Record $212.9M Quarter
Chinese online game company Shanda Games Limited has reported its highest quarterly revenue in company history, on the backs of its popular free-to-play MMOs.
Nov. 17, 2011
Good Old Games To Sell New Games, Too
Good Old Games To Sell New Games, Too
CD Projekt-owned classic games-on-demand service Good Old Games is expanding its output to also include new titles, following the success seen from its self-published The Witcher 2.
Nov. 17, 2011
White Hat Events Raise Over £500K For Childline/NSPCC
White Hat Events Raise Over £500K For Childline/NSPCC
White Hat events are pleased to announce that they have now exceeded £500k in their fundraising activities in support of ChildLine/NSPCC.
Nov. 17, 2011
For small and medium-sized firms, ignorance is not bliss
For small and medium-sized firms, ignorance is not bliss
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do not consider themselves targets of cyberattacks, and thus are not implementing safeguards to protect their information, a Symantec survey concludes.
Nov. 17, 2011
Lieberman Software warns of more cyber-espionage cases in wake of EDF/Greenpeace saga
Lieberman Software warns of more cyber-espionage cases in wake of EDF/Greenpeace saga
Lieberman Software says it expects to see more case of cyber espionage after French energy giant EDF was fined €1.5m for hacking into Greenpeace computers to download the environmental group's plans to block four planned nuclear power plants in the UK.
Nov. 17, 2011
ISACA guide offers advice on secure mobile payments
ISACA guide offers advice on secure mobile payments
With MastercCard having just reported a surge in mobile payments (31% of Russians have used this technology), ISACA has issued a white paper looking at the security risks involved and offering guidance for IT security professionals.
Nov. 17, 2011
Say hello to PittPatt: it will search the web and identify your image in 60 seconds
Say hello to PittPatt: it will search the web and identify your image in 60 seconds
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon university – in partnership with Google - have developed a Windows application that can scour the internet, comparing images found online with a submitted picture, and identify you within 60 seconds.
Nov. 17, 2011
Stolen laptop exposes data on four million Sutter Health patients
Stolen laptop exposes data on four million Sutter Health patients
Sutter Health, a healthcare system in northern California, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing personal information on more than four million patients was stolen from its Sacramento offices.
Nov. 17, 2011
Supreme Court Video Game Defender Honored With Free Speech Award
Supreme Court Video Game Defender Honored With Free Speech Award
Paul M. Smith, the lead counsel for the video game industry in this year's U.S. Supreme Court victory over California's violent game law, will be honored at an anti-censorship benefit.
Nov. 16, 2011