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Europol takes down major card fraud network
Europol takes down major card fraud network
Europol has today announced the arrest of 56 suspected card fraudsters, 38 in Bulgaria, 17 in Italy and one in The Netherlands, in an operation involving 400 police officers coordinated from the Operational Centre at Europol headquarters in The Hague.
Dec. 14, 2012
Samsung’s 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) 830 Series
Samsung’s 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) 830 Series
With Solid State Drives (SSDs) reigning the market for data storage, Samsung managed to slice its way through with an aim to grab some market share for it’s
Dec. 14, 2012
Windows Store now accepts PEGI 18 rated games
Windows Store now accepts PEGI 18 rated games
Microsoft is slowly but surely revising the rating system for its Windows Store, most recently allowing 'Mature' games to be released on the store. Now the company is welcoming PEGI 18 rated games in Europe too.
Dec. 13, 2012
The Avant-Game - brain food for the hardcore weirdos
The Avant-Game - brain food for the hardcore weirdos
Originally published in Game Developer magazine, this piece on diversity in games from editor-emeritus Brandon Sheffield explores titles that push just a little further than what we're used to.
Dec. 13, 2012
EA merges its Play4Free service into the Origin platform
EA merges its Play4Free service into the Origin platform
As part of a move to reduce ambiguity and house all of its digital products under one roof, Electronic Arts has announced the launch of Origin Free To Play.
Dec. 13, 2012
EVE Online has more subscribers than ever, nearly 10 years later
EVE Online has more subscribers than ever, nearly 10 years later
Some rare good news for subscription-based games, as the nine-year-old MMO space combat simulator surpasses a 450,000 subscriber milestone for the first time in its history.
Dec. 13, 2012
GDC 2013 debuts QA Summit, including talks from BioWare, Riot
GDC 2013 debuts QA Summit, including talks from BioWare, Riot
GDC 2013 organizers have revealed sessions for its first-ever QA Summit, including Riot Games on rapid test iteration, BioWare on QA and development integration, and a Sony, VMC, and Disney panel on test automation.
Dec. 13, 2012
The top 10 game developers of 2012
The top 10 game developers of 2012
It's that time. Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine staff present the studios and developers who pushed creative, commercial and cultural boundaries during the course of the year.
Dec. 13, 2012
The cloud is loved, but not trusted
The cloud is loved, but not trusted
'Do as I say, not as I do' seems to be the attitude toward the cloud held by security professionals – it’s good enough for company data, but not our own data.
Dec. 13, 2012
Mixed bag of attitudes and success with encryption
Mixed bag of attitudes and success with encryption
Almost half of businesses worldwide have started using encryption technology to protect critical data, and encryption is now the fifth most used protection technique claims a new report.
Dec. 13, 2012
BeyondTrust purchases Windows system management specialist
BeyondTrust purchases Windows system management specialist
Access management specialist BeyondTrust, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, has acquired Blackbird Group to bolster its product portfolio.
Dec. 13, 2012
Fighting off botnets demands public–private sector partnership
Fighting off botnets demands public–private sector partnership
Botnets are a rising tide in the malware ocean, but implementing a set of security best practices can aid organizations in erecting levies against it.
Dec. 13, 2012