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Google releases Glass minigames to entice game developers
Google releases Glass minigames to entice game developers
Google is trying to encourage developers to make games for Glass headsets, and earlier this week the company published five downloadable minigames that demonstrate the hardware's capabilities.
Jan. 29, 2014
Killzone: Shadow Fall sells over 2 million in 2 months
Killzone: Shadow Fall sells over 2 million in 2 months
Sony announced today that more than two million copies of Guerrilla Games' PlayStation 4 sci-fi shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall have been sold worldwide across both digital and retail channels.
Jan. 29, 2014
American McGee's Spicy Horse studio downsizes to survive
American McGee's Spicy Horse studio downsizes to survive
In an update to Kickstarter backers of the successfully funded Akaneiro, the iconoclastic expat developer explains that his company has taken a $1.7m bath on the title so far.
Jan. 29, 2014
Beyond the finalists: IGF 2014 Best In Narrative jury picks
Beyond the finalists: IGF 2014 Best In Narrative jury picks
We highlight the IGF 2014 entrants that earned at least one vote for the Best In Narrative award from an IGF juror, but didn't reach the critical mass of votes to become a finalist.
Jan. 29, 2014
Nintendo discusses plans for smartphones, helping the Wii U rebound
Nintendo discusses plans for smartphones, helping the Wii U rebound
UPDATE Today in Tokyo, Nintendo held its first shareholder briefing following its disappointing third quarter results, which showed poor Wii U sales -- and here's the news that came out of it.
Jan. 29, 2014
Road to the IGF: Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll's The Yawhg
Road to the IGF: Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll's The Yawhg
Continuing our Road to the IGF series of interviews with finalists, we talk to Damien Sommer about The Yawgh, a local multiplayer choose-your-own adventure game latticed with depth and beauty.
Jan. 29, 2014
GDC 2014 adds Nintendo history exhibit, trivia challenge, more
GDC 2014 adds Nintendo history exhibit, trivia challenge, more
Ahead of early reg deadlines, GDC 2014 organizers have revealed a bevy of video game history exhibits, plus a 5-minute game trivia competition, a board game lounge and much more.
Jan. 29, 2014
NSA and GCHQ Harvest User Data From Leaky Mobile Apps
NSA and GCHQ Harvest User Data From Leaky Mobile Apps
Security experts have long warned that users should be more concerned about the sometimes excessive personal data that some apps take from their hosts. Now it seems that criminals and advertisers are not the only people interested in this information: NSA and GCHQ have been developing the ability to take advantage of leaky mobile apps.
Jan. 28, 2014
The Blackholing Side-effect of IP Reputation Filtering
The Blackholing Side-effect of IP Reputation Filtering
A new report from a secure cloud hosting company shows that the effective use of IP reputation filtering creates an additional, or 'blackhole', layer of security. When probes from known attack sites return no response, the attackers don't probe deeper, they just give up and move on to an easier target.
Jan. 28, 2014
Mozilla Patches Thunderbird Remote Exploit Vulnerability
Mozilla Patches Thunderbird Remote Exploit Vulnerability
Mozilla Thunderbird, a free, open-source, cross-platform application for managing email and news feeds, has a critical validation and filter bypass vulnerability in version 17.0.6.
Jan. 28, 2014
Cisco Announces Open and Secure Hybrid Cloud with the Collaboration of Cloud Providers and Technology Partners
Cisco Announces Open and Secure Hybrid Cloud with the Collaboration of Cloud Providers and Technology Partners
In my previous blog ,  I noted that IT is increasingly transitioning towards an IT service broker role, taking advantage of multiple sourcing options to become an intermediary of...
Jan. 28, 2014
New Year, New Challenges, New Successes: SDN Bringing Agility, Security and TCO to Campus and Branch Networks
New Year, New Challenges, New Successes: SDN Bringing Agility, Security and TCO to Campus and Branch Networks
Before recently taking on a new role as Cisco’s vice president and general manager of Software-Defined Network (SDN) with the enterprise networking group, I served as the vice president and...
Jan. 28, 2014