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Apple To Debut Mac-Specific App Store
Apple To Debut Mac-Specific App Store
Apple has announced plans for an App Store for Mac computers, offering downloadable games and applications to all Mac computer users running the Snow Leopard operating system "within 90 days".
Oct. 21, 2010
Developers Pay Tribute To An Icon On 25th Anniversary Of Super Mario Bros.
Developers Pay Tribute To An Icon On 25th Anniversary Of Super Mario Bros.
Game designers including Hironobu Sakaguchi, Todd Howard, Keiji Inafune, and Hideo Kojima pay tribute to Mario on the 25th anniversary of the release of seminal Famicom platform game, Super Mario Bros.
Oct. 21, 2010
2011 Independent Games Festival Announces Record Main Competition Entrants
2011 Independent Games Festival Announces Record Main Competition Entrants
Independent Games Festival organizers have revealed an all time-record of nearly 400 game entries for the IGF Main Competition -- with screenshots and video of all titles available for viewing.
Oct. 21, 2010
Biometrics 2010: Automated border controls explained
Biometrics 2010: Automated border controls explained
Biometrics-driven border controls in the UK are now well advanced, with a trial at London Stansted so successful, that the technology is now being rolled out at Heathrow Airport.
Oct. 21, 2010
Panda Security spots malware fraudsters targetting Russians
Panda Security spots malware fraudsters targetting Russians
It appears that online frauds are not generating the revenues they used to, as Panda Security says it has seen a fraud campaign whose pitch is aimed at Russian speakers.
Oct. 21, 2010
Australia’s New South Wales clueless about agencies’ information security safeguards
Australia’s New South Wales clueless about agencies’ information security safeguards
Australia’s New South Wales government does not know whether its agencies have adequate information security safeguards in place, according to a report by the state’s auditor-general.
Oct. 21, 2010
Unauthorized intrusions at large US companies jumped 26% in 2010
Unauthorized intrusions at large US companies jumped 26% in 2010
The number of large US companies reporting unauthorized intrusions in their networks increased to 67% in 2010 from 41% in 2009, according to VanDyke Software’s Enterprise IT Security Survey.
Oct. 21, 2010
NPD's Top Ten U.S. Retail Games See Halo, Mario Dominate
NPD's Top Ten U.S. Retail Games See Halo, Mario Dominate
As we enter the holiday season, Gamasutra's Matt Matthews has exclusive NPD figures identifying the top 10 best-selling U.S. retail games of the year so far -- also analyzing September's figures.
Oct. 20, 2010
Analysis: Playing Video Games With Your Significant Other - A Case Study
Analysis: Playing Video Games With Your Significant Other - A Case Study
Gamasutra columnist Connor Cleary explores the potentially difficult but rewarding act of gaming with a romantic partner -- featuring real-life stories around New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Conker's Bad fur Day.
Oct. 20, 2010
Critical Reception: Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas
Critical Reception: Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Obsidian and Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas, which reviews describe as "effortlessly, shamelessly entertaining."
Oct. 20, 2010
EA Acquires UK Angry Birds Publisher Chillingo
EA Acquires UK Angry Birds Publisher Chillingo
Electronic Arts confirmed today that it purchased popular mobile publisher Chillingo for an undisclosed sum. [UPDATE: EA and Rovio clarify that the purchase doesn't include rights to any IP, including Angry Birds.]
Oct. 20, 2010
NPD: New Stat-Reporting Policy 'Important Step For Industry'
NPD: New Stat-Reporting Policy 'Important Step For Industry'
NPD Group said this week that its new policy of not reporting monthly U.S. video game unit sales data is "an important step for the industry" because the retail-centric data is causing "unnecessary angst" for the sector.
Oct. 20, 2010