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British Man Who Stole Zynga Poker Chips Sentenced To Two Years In Prison
British Man Who Stole Zynga Poker Chips Sentenced To Two Years In Prison
A British hacker who pleaded guilty last month to charges of stealing 4 billion virtual chips in Zynga's Texas Hold 'Em Poker h
March 23, 2011
3DS Lead Konno: Nintendo Not Satisfied With Wii, DS Digital Storefronts
3DS Lead Konno: Nintendo Not Satisfied With Wii, DS Digital Storefronts
Nintendo 3DS project lead Hideki Konno tells Gamasutra that the company "hasn't been as satisfied as we would like" with digital shops on Wii and DS, influencing the delay of the 3DS eShop.
March 23, 2011
UKIE Welcomes New Budget's Benefits For UK Games Biz
UKIE Welcomes New Budget's Benefits For UK Games Biz
UKIE, the trade body representing game developers, praised the UK government's new budget for supporting small business and encouraging external investments, despite the fact that tax breaks for the game industry were not included.
March 23, 2011
Survey: Wii Leads Living Room Marketshare, Xbox 360 Wins The Bedroom
Survey: Wii Leads Living Room Marketshare, Xbox 360 Wins The Bedroom
The living room is the most popular place for gaming consoles and Wii has the highest marketshare in it, finds a new Nielsen report -- and Xbox 360 leads in the bedroom, the second-most popular spot.
March 23, 2011
Amazon UK 3DS Preorders Now Double Those Of Wii
Amazon UK 3DS Preorders Now Double Those Of Wii
Preorders for Nintendo's imminent 3DS portable hardware on Amazon UK are now more than double what the Wii achieved in 2006, putting it ahead of all other Nintendo launches on the online retailer in the region.
March 23, 2011
In-Depth: Entries From The Roguelike Encyclopedia, Part 1
In-Depth: Entries From The Roguelike Encyclopedia, Part 1
Reprinting the latest monthly column by John Harris on sister website GameSetWatch, we look at initial entries Harris has compiled from an in-progress
March 23, 2011
ISACA speaker warns over increasing personal email usage for work purposes
ISACA speaker warns over increasing personal email usage for work purposes
Peter Wood, a member of ISACA conference committee, has warned about the increasing use of personal email services for business purposes. The result of this type of usage, he says, is that it creates security issues such as a lack of data leak prevention (DLP) controls and resultant increased data leakage due to a lack of encryption at the endpoint.
March 23, 2011
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable has updated its network security offerings to include what it claims to be world's first real-time botnet scanning facility.
March 23, 2011
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee, which was itself recently acquired by Intel, has agreed to purchase Sentrigo, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based database security products firm, for an undisclosed consideration.
March 23, 2011
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
A full 63% of US schools have suffered at least two information security breaches in the last year, according to a survey by Panda Security.
March 23, 2011
Apple Sues Amazon Over 'App Store' Trademark
Apple Sues Amazon Over 'App Store' Trademark
Apple has sued Amazon.com over its use of the 'App Store' name, citing trademark infringement and unfair competition in a filed complaint, as the Amazon Appstore prepares to launch later today.
March 22, 2011
Interview: Microsoft's Kevin Unangst On New IP, 'Building PC Exclusives'
Interview: Microsoft's Kevin Unangst On New IP, 'Building PC Exclusives'
Gamasutra sits down with Microsoft exec Kevin Unangst to talk about the importance of new IP against solid franchises, chasing core and casual markets, and how "You don’t want to just sequel, sequel, sequel."
March 22, 2011