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The singularity beckons: A classic Robotron: 2084 postmortem
The singularity beckons: A classic Robotron: 2084 postmortem
"It was kind of a magical experience. The feeling was amazing when we put it out." - Eugene Jarvis offered GDC goers a delightful postmortem for his 1982 cabinet arcade game Robotron: 2084.
March 20, 2014
Pump up the Volume: A candid chat with Mike Bithell
Pump up the Volume: A candid chat with Mike Bithell
Volume dev Mike Bithell discusses how if he were launching Thomas Was Alone now, it'd be a whole different ballgame.
March 20, 2014
Behind the sales numbers of mobile hit Badland
Behind the sales numbers of mobile hit Badland
One of the developers behind Badland developer Frogmind provides some insight on what worked and what didn't in terms of sales for their popular mobile game.
March 20, 2014
One Life Left vs. Gamasutra: GDC 2014 #3 - Going Bananas
One Life Left vs. Gamasutra: GDC 2014 #3 - Going Bananas
Recorded on the afternoon of the 19th of March 2014, live from the foot of the escalators in North Hall of the Moscone Center, One Life Left presents OLL vs Gamasutra Show #3: THE THREEQUEL.
March 20, 2014
Trustwave Acquires Cenzic to Add Dynamic Testing
Trustwave Acquires Cenzic to Add Dynamic Testing
Trustwave announced Tuesday that it has acquired Cenzic for an undisclosed sum, thus combining Trustwave's static application security testing capabilities and Cenzic's dynamic application security testing into a single platform.
March 19, 2014
Undetected for Years, Operation Windigo Affects Millions of Servers
Undetected for Years, Operation Windigo Affects Millions of Servers
A vast spam and malware campaign has been uncovered that has seized control of more than 25,000 UNIX servers worldwide, daily affecting half a million computers. The backdoor trojan is responsible for sending more than 35 million spam emails every day.
March 19, 2014
Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Not Our Enemy, and Encryption Can Protect It
Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Not Our Enemy, and Encryption Can Protect It
Edward Snowden was a surprise speaker at TED2014 in Vancouver. Beamed in via a telepresence robot from his exile in Russia, he spoke to TED presenter Chris Anderson, and was joined by 'father of the web' Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Snowden said there is more to come, and that encryption remains the internet's best defense.
March 19, 2014
19-Year Old Saves City of London From Certain Cyber Disaster – Takes Home Masterclass Title
19-Year Old Saves City of London From Certain Cyber Disaster – Takes Home Masterclass Title
Once again, the UK's most promising amateur cyber defenders competed to defend the City of London from a simulated cyber-attack, as part of the Cyber Security Challenge Masterclass. A 19-year-old student was crowned the UK Cyber Security Champion after beating all comers over the course of a year-long competition that tested computer defense skills.
March 19, 2014
NSA Collects the Whole Voice Conversation of an Entire Nation
NSA Collects the Whole Voice Conversation of an Entire Nation
It could, in fact, be at least five nations, with a sixth scheduled for inclusion soon. These revelations were published yesterday in a report based on Snowden leaks just after Edward Snowden himself warned the TED2014 Conference audience in Vancouver that there are more – and worse – revelations to come.
March 19, 2014
Sally Beauty Supply Endures the Latest Retail Data Breach
Sally Beauty Supply Endures the Latest Retail Data Breach
Security isn’t a cosmetic concern, as we’re seeing from the latest retail data breach report. Following the disclosure of an unauthorized attempted intrusion into its network on March 5, Sally Beauty Supply has reported that it has indeed suffered a data breach as well.
March 19, 2014
Best of Interop Networking Finalist: Cisco ISR 4451-X
Best of Interop Networking Finalist: Cisco ISR 4451-X
Enabling a Platform for Branch Innovation In an era of content explosion, where IT is challenged by exponential traffic growth due to mobility, video,
March 19, 2014
Connected “Things” I’d Like to Try
Connected “Things” I’d Like to Try
There is a plethora of connected devices out there and even more that will bombard us in the coming months and years.  I thought I’d put together a sample
March 19, 2014