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EA's Origin seeks a distinct identity in its sophomore year
EA's Origin seeks a distinct identity in its sophomore year
Origin enjoyed its first anniversary last week, and while EA had no big announcements to celebrate the birthday at E3, it has a focused plan on what the service needs to accomplish in its sophomore year.
June 12, 2012
Facebook testing game promotion through notifications
Facebook testing game promotion through notifications
Facebook is testing a new feature designed to help users discover and re-engage with social games on its site, by alerting them about apps their friends are interacting with through notifications.
June 12, 2012
SandForce SF-2000 SSD Processor’s AES-256 is broken
SandForce SF-2000 SSD Processor’s AES-256 is broken
SandForce, acquired by LSI earlier this year, produces flash storage and SSD processors. For more than a year it has been selling its SF-2000 SSD Processor product with AES 256 encryption – that doesn’t work.
June 12, 2012
‘Adding Game’ on Facebook spam alert
‘Adding Game’ on Facebook spam alert
Barracuda Labs has discovered a new Facebook spam methodology currently being seeded across the social network giant.
June 12, 2012
Security is a pillar of Dell's strategic vision
Security is a pillar of Dell's strategic vision
Michael Dell participated in one of the keynotes at this week’s Gartner Security and Risk Summit outside Washington DC, in what amounted to a fireside chat with Gartner analysts about Dell’s future in IT security.
June 12, 2012
US attorney general appoints prosecutors to probe Stuxnet leak
US attorney general appoints prosecutors to probe Stuxnet leak
Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed US attorneys to investigate the leak of information about the US government’s involvement in developing the Stuxnet worm, along with other recent national security breaches.
June 12, 2012
One-third of CEOs have never been briefed by CISO on security
One-third of CEOs have never been briefed by CISO on security
A disturbing 36% of chief executive officers (CEOs) have never received an information security report from their chief information security officer (CISO), a survey sponsored by CORE Security found.
June 12, 2012
Rovio denies plans to move headquarters to Ireland
Rovio denies plans to move headquarters to Ireland
Angry Birds developer Rovio may move its headquarters from Finland to Ireland, as it looks to take advantage of Ireland's low tax rates.
June 11, 2012
League of Legends European user accounts hacked
League of Legends European user accounts hacked
Riot Games' League of Legends is the latest hacking victim, with the company confirming that personal player information in Europe has been accessed by an unknown assailant.
June 11, 2012
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier takes third consecutive UK number one
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier takes third consecutive UK number one
Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier took its third consecutive week at the top of the UK sales charts since its initial release, despite a 48 percent drop in sales week-over-week.
June 11, 2012
Opinion: The coming storm
Opinion: The coming storm
In this opinion piece, originally printed in Game Developer magazine, former Firaxis lead designer Soren Johnson examines the potential of cloud gaming and notes how it could shake the entire industry to its core.
June 11, 2012
In-depth: In praise of idleness
In-depth: In praise of idleness
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Valve Software's Bruce Dawson explains why busy waiting is rarely a good idea right now, and will become an even worse idea in the future.
June 11, 2012