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Frozenbyte Releases Shadowgrounds Source Code, Trine Level Editor
Frozenbyte Releases Shadowgrounds Source Code, Trine Level Editor
As its "Humble Frozenbyte Bundle" proceeds pass $700k, indie developer Frozenbyte releases development tools for its games into the wild, as well as an early demo for its next game, Splot.
April 22, 2011
Take Good Care Of Our Baby: Developing Cars 2 With Pixar
Take Good Care Of Our Baby: Developing Cars 2 With Pixar
Pixar and developer Avalanche Software talk to Gamasutra about their surprisingly detailed collaboration on a Cars 2 video game, and the delicate balance studios must reach with deceptively complex licenses.
April 22, 2011
5th Cell: 'The Focus Should Be On The Game First'
5th Cell: 'The Focus Should Be On The Game First'
In a new Gamasutra feature interview, the developers of Scribblenauts and the forthcoming Hybrid argue that traditional publisher milestone arrange
April 22, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of April 22
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of April 22
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Activision, Zynga, and more.
April 22, 2011
Humble Bundle Backed By $4.7 Million In Venture Capital
Humble Bundle Backed By $4.7 Million In Venture Capital
A recent SEC filing has revealed that Humble Bundle -- the company that packages indie games together for charity -- has acquired $4.7 million in venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital.
April 22, 2011
Oak Ridge National Lab shuts down internet access after phishing attack
Oak Ridge National Lab shuts down internet access after phishing attack
A phishing email attack that injected data-stealing malware into its networks forced the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to shut down internet access and email last week, according to news reports.
April 22, 2011
Transition to IPv6 poses information security challenges, says Fortinet
Transition to IPv6 poses information security challenges, says Fortinet
Information security challenges are confronting organizations as they transition from IPv4 to IPv6, according to Patrick Bedwell, vice president of product marketing at network security appliance provider Fortinet.
April 22, 2011
Infosecurity Europe 2011: NuBridges intros cloud-based tokenisation-as-a-service
Infosecurity Europe 2011: NuBridges intros cloud-based tokenisation-as-a-service
NuBridges, an authentication services specialist that has just been acquired by Liaison Technologies, has taken the wraps off what it claims is the industry's first tokenisation-as-a-service (TaaS) facility that stores all data in the cloud.
April 22, 2011
Eugene Kaspersky's son missing, reported kidnapped
Eugene Kaspersky's son missing, reported kidnapped
Infosecurity is saddened to report that the 20-year-old student son of Kaspersky Labs founder Yevgeny (Eugene) Kaspersky has gone missing and may have been kidnapped.
April 22, 2011
Skype fixes flaw in Skype for Android application
Skype fixes flaw in Skype for Android application
Skype has released a new version of Skype for Android that fixes a vulnerability in the application identified last week. Adrian Asher, Skype’s chief information security officer, announced the news in recent blog.
April 22, 2011
BlackBerry's security strategies revealed
BlackBerry's security strategies revealed
Some observers have criticised the PlayBook, the BlackBerry tablet computer, which was unveiled this week, for not having on-tablet email and allied office functions. But, says Nader Heinen, a security advisor with BlackBerry's security group, there's a reason for this omission - security.
April 21, 2011
Terrorists using bluetooth for subversive and illegal information relay
Terrorists using bluetooth for subversive and illegal information relay
Al Qaeda - AQ - is now using bluetooth broadcasting to radiate terrorist material between users' mobiles. The technology has been successfully used by the terrorist organisation to broadcast subversive promotional videos and material, including ritual beheadings, on a pocket-to-pocket basis between cellphone users.
April 21, 2011