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Vulnerabilities in Niagara Framework exposed
Vulnerabilities in Niagara Framework exposed
Tridium’s Niagara Framework enables millions of devices to be controlled centrally via the internet, but it also opens up vulnerabilities to attacks from hackers, according to a story by the Washington Post.
July 12, 2012
Warren Spector's lessons learned from Epic Mickey
Warren Spector's lessons learned from Epic Mickey
"The emotional level [from Epic Mickey fans] was so much greater than Deus Ex or System Shock," says industry icon Warren Spector, who plans to inject more of his signature design style into Epic Mickey 2.
July 11, 2012
Activision on the block: Assessing the potential buyers
Activision on the block: Assessing the potential buyers
Rumors circulated Wednesday that companies including China's Tencent, Time Warner, and even Microsoft are potential buyers for the Call of Duty company, but are any of them realistic suitors?
July 11, 2012
Top-Grossing Android games: Final Fantasy III cracks top ten
Top-Grossing Android games: Final Fantasy III cracks top ten
The latest North American Google Play game charts by revenue see Rage of Bahamut and Slotomania leading today's rankings, as Final Fantasy III and Airport City also report top earnings.
July 11, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: CSR Racing heads up multiplatform revenue charts
Top-Grossing iOS Games: CSR Racing heads up multiplatform revenue charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see CSR Racing and Kingdoms of Camelot earning top iPhone sales, while DragonVale and Slotomania HD remain big sellers on the iPad.
July 11, 2012
Want to make your game fun? Challenge player expectations
Want to make your game fun? Challenge player expectations
Expectation and uncertainty are some of the biggest barriers to fun in video games, reasoned a panel of game researchers and developers at the Develop conference today.
July 11, 2012
Current platform proliferation is great for developers, says BioWare Mythic VP
Current platform proliferation is great for developers, says BioWare Mythic VP
The current proliferation of video gaming hardware is the first to happen for the industry that is actually a great thing for developers, argues BioWare Mythic's Eugene Evans.
July 11, 2012
Free 2012 Game Career Guide issue available from Game Developer
Free 2012 Game Career Guide issue available from Game Developer
The fifth annual Game Career Guide issue of Game Developer is out, featuring beginner-friendly tutorials for Unreal Engine and Source, a postmortem of experimental student game The Snowfield, and more.
July 11, 2012
Man in the Browser (MITB) becomes Man in the Mobile (MITMO)
Man in the Browser (MITB) becomes Man in the Mobile (MITMO)
MITB malware, personified by Zeus and SpyEye, has long been the bane of desktop online banking. Now Trusteer reports that MITB has migrated to Android; and calls it Man in the Mobile.
July 11, 2012
Mobile carriers provided more than one million phone records to police in 2011
Mobile carriers provided more than one million phone records to police in 2011
Last year, US mobile carriers responded to 1.3 million requests from law enforcement agencies for consumers’ cell phone records, according to a report released by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.).
July 11, 2012
Best of iOS news: From TheEndApp to Outwitters
Best of iOS news: From TheEndApp to Outwitters
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like TheEndApp, Nihilumbra, Outwitters, and Blind Man's Dungeon.
July 10, 2012
Valve: Steam Greenlight is the solution to 'an intractable problem'
Valve: Steam Greenlight is the solution to 'an intractable problem'
"We had this huge business problem," admitted Valve's Jason Holtman. "How do we go through the thousands of indie games submitted?" The answer, he says, is Steam Greenlight.
July 10, 2012