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Will Low-Level APIs Like Mantle be the next Game Development Battle Ground?
Posted on Tuesday, 24 June 2014
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Sean Kalinich
In development it has always been a given that if you can code for a specific build of materials or specific hardware platform you can usually get more out of the application you are developing. Nowhere was this more evident…
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Will PC Games be Dumbed Down to Match Next Gen Consoles?
Posted on Tuesday, 24 June 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Ubisoft dumbing down Watchdogs for PC, Crytek losing money, game devs claiming next gen consoles will match the graphical look of the PC on Ultra: all of these are interesting signs to a troubling possibility. Is the gaming industry moving…
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Doom 4 Teaser Sounds Just Like Terminator 2...
Posted on Friday, 13 June 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Unless you have been under a rock you have probably heard all about the Doom 4 teaser that was shown off at E3 2014. We saw it a couple of days ago, but at the time really did not think…
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Microsoft's Fight Against Search Warrant Could Have Big Consequences
Posted on Wednesday, 11 June 2014
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Sean Kalinich
When Edward Snowden revealed the extent of US Government surveillance and just how much corporations cooperated with them to accomplish their goals everyone was shocked. Many could not believe that the companies we trust would betray us in the ways…
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Microsoft drops the One console to rule them all push
Posted on Tuesday, 10 June 2014
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Sean Kalinich
When the Xbox One was released Microsoft pushed it as the center of an new ecosystem that started in the living room. The message was clear, start with the One and build out from there using Microsoft products from the…
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Google's Email Encryption Efforts are Little More Than Window Dressing Until Laws are Changed
Posted on Thursday, 05 June 2014
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Sean Kalinich
A couple of days ago Google started pushing encryption for e-mail. No, we are not talking about the typical https connection required for Gmail. We are talking about actually encryption of email as it moves from server to server using…
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The State of Data Security is Unlikey to Change Unless Consumers Demand It.
Posted on Thursday, 29 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
This morning as I was cursing through the internet news sites I noticed a trend. I saw multiple articles about the state of security all of them claiming that the bad guys a winning or lamenting about the increase in…
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Bitcoin Mining utility hidden in Watch Dogs Torrent, The Karma side of the story
Posted on Tuesday, 27 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Whenever a new game hits the streets you can bet there will be a less-than-legal copy either right before, or right after. This was the case with the new game "Watch Dogs. Shortly before the retail release there were multiple…
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Samsung rumored to be releasing a stand-alone smartwatch soon
Posted on Friday, 23 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Irony is described by Miriam Webster as: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. This is exactly what we have in the current (and…
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Microsoft aims the Surface 3 Pro at “People”
Posted on Friday, 23 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Microsoft is a company with some serious identity issues, at least they have become a company with identity issues. It seems that they do not really know where they want to be or where they belong. Looking back at their…
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How to beat the “fast lane” and get back net neutrality
Posted on Thursday, 22 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Unless you have been living under a rock you have probably heard all about ISPs asking the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) for the right to charge premium fees for prime access across their networks. The argument started when Comcast was…
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Anonymous social networking app Secret comes to Android, is this a bad thing?
Posted on Wednesday, 21 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
The anonymous social networking app Secret has been finally released for Android users. Now, if you have not heard about this then let me give you a short overview. Imagine Facebook where the images, posts and links were not related…
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Mobile slots inside casinos: the next big thing for online gaming?
Posted on Wednesday, 07 May 2014
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Playing slots on mobile phones isn’t something new. But being able to play slot machines on your smartgadget outside New Jersey and Nevada – the only states in the US that allow online gambling – is something that can change…
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Current Security Methods are seriously Outdated... Time for a new Model.
Posted on Wednesday, 07 May 2014
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Sean Kalinich
Malware and breaches are inevitable. Anyone that has been in security knows that this is a simple fact. Every day there are hundreds of attempted (and successful) attacks executed against businesses, consumers, and the government. These attacks have been traditionally…
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Google Encrypts Search... Too bad it Won't Stop the NSA
Posted on Thursday, 13 March 2014
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Sean Kalinich
The big news today is that Google is preparing to encrypt their search data. They are planning to automatically encrypt not only the connections, but the information sent back to the user. On the surface this would seem to be…
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Is It Time for an Internet Bill of Rights?
Posted on Wednesday, 12 March 2014
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Sean Kalinich
We talk a lot about privacy, net neutrality, digital right and other topics that have become more and more important over the last few years. As the internet becomes the defacto way we communicate these items HAVE to be addressed…
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