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Top-Ranked Facebook Games In Privacy Breach Controversy
Top-Ranked Facebook Games In Privacy Breach Controversy
Several top-ranked games on Facebook were shut down over the weekend for breaching the site's privacy terms, including all of those developed by LOLapps. [UPDATE: LOLapps comments as games restored.]
Oct. 18, 2010
Capcom's Mobile Phone Monster Hunter Title Tops 1 Million Users
Capcom's Mobile Phone Monster Hunter Title Tops 1 Million Users
Capcom's first social mobile phone entry to the company's popular Monster Hunter series, Monhan Diary Mobile Felyne Village, has topped 1 million users in Japan just two months after its release.
Oct. 18, 2010
Take-Two's Zelnick: Digital Growth Won't Cannibalize Packaged Biz
Take-Two's Zelnick: Digital Growth Won't Cannibalize Packaged Biz
Digital distribution could become as much as 40 percent of Take-Two's business in three years, says chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick -- but he says new platforms won't "take a bite out of" existing ones.
Oct. 18, 2010
Blizzard Sues StarCraft II Hackers
Blizzard Sues StarCraft II Hackers
Blizzard continues to demonstrate it's serious about forbidding cheaters in its games, filing suit in the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles against three programmers it alleges made and sold hacks for StarCraft II.
Oct. 18, 2010
Apple's App Store Reaches 300,000 Total Applications
Apple's App Store Reaches 300,000 Total Applications
There are now over 300,000 apps on Apple's App Store in total -- the store added over 50,000 apps between now and August 25, evidence of the iOS platform's continuing strength and popularity among developers.
Oct. 18, 2010
Steam Sees 30 Million Users, Sales Up 200 Percent
Steam Sees 30 Million Users, Sales Up 200 Percent
Valve's online game platform, Steam, has now reached 30 million active accounts -- according to the company, that's a volume that represents 178 percent growth year over year.
Oct. 18, 2010
40 000 wi-fi UK hotspots open to hackers
40 000 wi-fi UK hotspots open to hackers
In a disturbing echo of Google's mapping of home Wi-Fi networks as part of its Streetview project, an ethical hacker has found nearly half of home Wi-Fi networks can be hacked in less than five seconds, according to a study.
Oct. 18, 2010
Lowest spam since 2008, but phishing up
Lowest spam since 2008, but phishing up
Symantec’s ‘State of Spam and Phishing’ report this month has highlighted an overall decrease in spam, but an increase in phishing attacks.
Oct. 18, 2010
Defending against cyber attacks is top UK national security priority
Defending against cyber attacks is top UK national security priority
Cyber attacks on UK government and business computers and networks pose a top threat to the United Kingdom, according to the new National Security Strategy.
Oct. 18, 2010
Zeus trojan disguises itself as the tax man
Zeus trojan disguises itself as the tax man
A recent attack by the Zeus trojan virus used an email and a legitimate Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website to trick users into providing sensitive tax information to cybercriminals.
Oct. 18, 2010
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 15th
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 15th
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Playdom, CCP, Bungie, Rockstar North and more.
Oct. 16, 2010
Film Victoria Accepting Applications For Game Funding In Australia
Film Victoria Accepting Applications For Game Funding In Australia
Film Victoria, an Australian group offering assistance to Victorian TV, film and digital media creators, this week announced the Game Investment program, offering up to AUS$100,000 per project.
Oct. 15, 2010