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Next-gen Android trojan uses Google Library disguise
Next-gen Android trojan uses Google Library disguise
China's NetQin - in conjunction with a research team with North Carolina state university - claim to have discovered a new type of Android trojan that disguises itself as a Google Library.
Nov. 15, 2011
Verizon says high-IQ network and enterprise clouds will be the security challenges for 2012
Verizon says high-IQ network and enterprise clouds will be the security challenges for 2012
In its annual review of the top business IT trends for the year ahead Verizon says that high-IQ networks and the enterprise cloud will foster business innovation and a borderless workstyle in 2012.
Nov. 15, 2011
Barclay Simpson publishes first quarterly rate card for security contractors
Barclay Simpson publishes first quarterly rate card for security contractors
Barclay Simpson’s information security contract division has published its first quarterly rate card for contractors in the IT security industry, noting that technology risk consultants can earn £710 a day, ranging down to data privacy analysts who can command £475 a day.
Nov. 15, 2011
Fusing Street Fighter And Tekken's Disparate Styles
Fusing Street Fighter And Tekken's Disparate Styles
As Capcom prepares Street Fighter X Tekken for next March, producer Yoshinori Ono tells Gamasutra about the "trial-and-error process" of making this fighter appeal to fans of both series.
Nov. 14, 2011
Modern Warfare 3 Claims Highest Grossing UK Entertainment Opening Week Ever
Modern Warfare 3 Claims Highest Grossing UK Entertainment Opening Week Ever
Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 took to the top of the UK software sales charts last week in its opening week on sale, claiming the highest grossing opening week for any entertainment title ever.
Nov. 14, 2011
GDC China: Microsoft's Price Talks Cloud On Social Platforms, Consoles
GDC China: Microsoft's Price Talks Cloud On Social Platforms, Consoles
At GDC China, Microsoft cloud evangelist Brian Prince discussed developing for the cloud, often referencing the company's new Azure cloud service, which the company has spent billions developing.
Nov. 14, 2011
Release This: Super Mario 3D Land, Halo Anniversary Lead Domestic Lineup
Release This: Super Mario 3D Land, Halo Anniversary Lead Domestic Lineup
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Super Mario 3D Land, Saints Row: The Third and Assassin's Creed: Revelations to retailers in North America.
Nov. 14, 2011
Top Android Game Apps: DroidHen's Defender Enters Free Charts
Top Android Game Apps: DroidHen's Defender Enters Free Charts
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on the Android Market as of today, with Cut the Rope, UNO, Fruit Ninja, and Angry Birds currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Nov. 14, 2011
Scribblenauts Remix Topples Angry Birds On iPhone Game Charts
Scribblenauts Remix Topples Angry Birds On iPhone Game Charts
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Scribblenauts Remix and Asteroids Gunner to Hardest Game Ever and more.
Nov. 14, 2011
Report: 81M People Play Social Games Every Day
Report: 81M People Play Social Games Every Day
A new 2011 market report commissioned by PopCap has found that 118.5 million people now play social games at least once a week, up 71 percent compared to results from 2010.
Nov. 14, 2011
Unity Engine Not Coming To Windows Phone 7
Unity Engine Not Coming To Windows Phone 7
Unity Technologies CEO David Helgason says the closed design of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 environment means the platform won't be getting support from the company's popular game engine.
Nov. 14, 2011
Paltalk Drops Data-Sharing Patent Case Against Game Makers
Paltalk Drops Data-Sharing Patent Case Against Game Makers
Paltalk Holdings has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit that accused a number of prominent game publishers of infringing on a patent for "controlling interactive applications over multiple computers."
Nov. 14, 2011