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Syria's civil war reaches across borders to silence video game developer
Syria's civil war reaches across borders to silence video game developer
"I can't practice my freedom of making art or releasing my own creations. I always have to consider these other things. We are not free. I am not free." - Syrian game developer Radwan Kasmiya.
July 25, 2012
Valve's active interest in making you install Linux
Valve's active interest in making you install Linux
"Our perception is that one of the big problems holding Linux back is the absence of games. I think that a lot of people...don’t realize how critical games are as a consumer driver of purchases and usage."
July 25, 2012
Puzzle Quest developer regains its independence
Puzzle Quest developer regains its independence
"I think everybody agreed that Infinite does its best work when it's independent, and so we headed back out into the wilderness to work on our own stuff again."
July 25, 2012
GDC Online debuts Smedley, Old Republic, MMO community talks
GDC Online debuts Smedley, Old Republic, MMO community talks
October's GDC Online in Austin has added a trio of new talks -- featuring SOE's John Smedley on transitioning to the free to play model, BioWare on the platform supporting Star Wars: The Old Republic, and CCP on nurturing an MMO community.
July 25, 2012
New Mac trojan discovered: OSX Crisis (or Morcut)
New Mac trojan discovered: OSX Crisis (or Morcut)
Mac security firm Intego was the first to sound the alarm yesterday, calling the newly discovered trojan Backdoor:OSX/Crisis. Today Sophos issues its own warning about OSX/Morcut.A – which seems to be the same malware.
July 25, 2012
Financial malware uses Facebook for new children’s charity scam
Financial malware uses Facebook for new children’s charity scam
Earlier in May it was found that Citadel was delivering the Reveton ransomware. Now Trusteer has discovered it delivering a children’s charity scam to Facebook users.
July 25, 2012
Black Hat 2012: ModSecurity open-source firewall now supports Apache, IIS and Nginx
Black Hat 2012: ModSecurity open-source firewall now supports Apache, IIS and Nginx
The free open-source web application firewall known as ModSecurity – once just an Apache plug-in – now also plugs directly into IIS and Nginx web servers, and is particularly good for virtual patching.
July 25, 2012
EU reaches agreement with Google over competition issues
EU reaches agreement with Google over competition issues
European Union (EU) regulators have a reached an “understanding” with Google over concerns about anti-competitive behavior on the part of the search engine giant.
July 25, 2012
Siemens patches security flaws in SCADA systems
Siemens patches security flaws in SCADA systems
Siemens has patched a number of security holes in its SIMATIC supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, according to the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
July 25, 2012
Software-related medical device recalls raise security, privacy concerns
Software-related medical device recalls raise security, privacy concerns
Close to 15% of medical device recalls by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between January 2009 and May 2011 involved software problems, which could pose privacy risks to patient data, according to a study funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
July 25, 2012
BlackHat 2012: Microsoft Incorporates BlueHat ROP Mitigation Technology into EMET
BlackHat 2012: Microsoft Incorporates BlueHat ROP Mitigation Technology into EMET
One of the three finalist entries for Microsoft's first-ever BlueHat Prize for building new security defense technologies is now part of the software giant's free Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET).
July 25, 2012
Opinion: Game creation and the art of listening
Opinion: Game creation and the art of listening
One of the curious choices inherent to game development is the extent to which the creator does or does not listen to feedback from the community, says Gamasutra contributor Colin Campbell.
July 24, 2012