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The 5 most significant video game controversies in 2012
The 5 most significant video game controversies in 2012
Controversy defined 2012. Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander rounds up the five biggest, as the voice of our community, the spirit of social change and the very shape of games crashes hard against old ways.
Dec. 10, 2012
IGF 2013 highlights initial Design, Technical Award jurors
IGF 2013 highlights initial Design, Technical Award jurors
2013 Independent Games Festival organizers have added jurors for multiple of its discipline-specific Awards, including Journey's Robin Hunicke, The Walking Dead's Sean Vanaman, and lots more.
Dec. 10, 2012
GPU cluster can crack any NTLM 8-character hashed password in 5.5 hours
GPU cluster can crack any NTLM 8-character hashed password in 5.5 hours
A cluster of 25 AMD Radeon GPUs using OpenVCL and the Hashcat password recovery software is claimed to make 348 billion guesses per second against NTLM hashed passwords, and 63 billion against SHA1 hashed passwords according to a presentation at last week’s Passwords^12 conference in Oslo.
Dec. 10, 2012
Shamoon was an external attack on Saudi oil production
Shamoon was an external attack on Saudi oil production
In its first comment on the apparent purpose behind the August Shamoon attack on Aramco, Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it was an external attack not just against Aramco, but against the Saudi economy.
Dec. 10, 2012
Internet of Everything: Fueling an Amazing Future #TomorrowStartsHere
Internet of Everything: Fueling an Amazing Future #TomorrowStartsHere
It’s easy to take our connectedness for granted, isn’t it? We often don’t even think about all the innovation behind our connections, but it’s mind
Dec. 10, 2012
Pushing the Presentation Envelope
Pushing the Presentation Envelope
The TechWiseTV Fundamentals series continues to enjoy a great run - this concept of character animation and tight scripting we started with back in the
Dec. 10, 2012
McMPI
McMPI
Today's guest blog entry comes from Daniel Holmes, an Applications Developers at the EPCC.  I met Jeff at EuroMPI in September, and he has invited me to
Dec. 10, 2012
Benchmarking at Ultra-Low Latency
Benchmarking at Ultra-Low Latency
Since we started shipping the Nexus 3548 with AlgoBoost to our customers in the beginning of November, there has been more and more interest in testing
Dec. 10, 2012
Pakistan Hacks Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry & 26 Other Websites
Pakistan Hacks Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry & 26 Other Websites
The official website of Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry (www.mofa.gov.bd) has been hacked and defaced by the hackers from Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA).
Dec. 9, 2012
Subway China and Singapore Hacked by Cyb3rSec of Malaysian Crew
Subway China and Singapore Hacked by Cyb3rSec of Malaysian Crew
The official websites of Subway China & Singapore have been hacked and defaced by Cyb3rSec from Malaysia.
Dec. 8, 2012
Great Big War Game makes $83 in first week on Windows RT
Great Big War Game makes $83 in first week on Windows RT
The studio behind mobile hit Great Big War Games has criticized the Windows RT platform, noting that in its first week on sale, their flagship game made just £52 ($83) in sales on the platform in its first week.
Dec. 7, 2012
Browser-based PlayStation Store goes live
Browser-based PlayStation Store goes live
Sony has finally launched a web version of its PlayStation Store, allowing PlayStation 3 and PS Vita users to view, and purchase game titles outside of PlayStation consoles for the first time.
Dec. 7, 2012