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Monday, 21 July 2014 06:38
Crytek Engineer, Tiago Sousa, leaves for id Software and Doom 4
Written by Sean Kalinich
The next version of Doom will be picking up some new talent to work on it in the form of Crytek Lead R&D Graphics Engineer, Tiago Sousa. In a tweet made over the weekend Sousa says that he will be…
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Friday, 18 July 2014 07:01
Security Flaws in Residential Routers to be shown off at SOHOplessly Broken Competition
Written by Sean Kalinich
The P0wn2Own competition is getting s sibling. Now we are not talking about the competition sponsored by Google or even Microsoft. We are talking about a knockdown drag out competition to hammer the (lack of) security in residential and SOHO…
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Friday, 18 July 2014 06:29
Microsoft Closes Xbox Entertainment Studios as Part of 14% Staff Cut
Written by Sean Kalinich
Microsoft has announced that they will be closing the doors on their Xbox Entertainment Studio. This move is part of the recent job cuts that new CEO Satya Nadella announced. Nadella is slimming things down as part of a mobile…
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Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:40
Destiny Beta to run at less than 1080p on the Xbox One
Written by Sean Kalinich
It seems that Microsoft is not getting the love from former Halo developer Bungie. Bungie is working on a new game that is aimed at next generation consoles, but instead of partnering up with their old buddies Microsoft they decided…
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Thursday, 17 July 2014 07:09
New Study Shows Movie Piracy Has No Statistically Significant Impact on Revenue
Written by Sean Kalinich
We have talked about how the MPAA, RIAA and others use fantasy math to come up with the figures about how much Piracy hurts them. Usually they use these fantasy number when asking lawmakers for harsher punishments and also to…
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Thursday, 17 July 2014 06:36
Dropping the Kinect from the Xbox One has Doubled Sales
Written by Sean Kalinich
This morning some news flitted across my desk that made me thing of an old TV commercial. In this ad an older man in a suit ask the question: “How do we measure success?” His response is: “One client at…
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Wednesday, 16 July 2014 09:56
Dungeons and Dragons Enters the Digital Age with Downloadable Rules for Version 5.0
Written by Sean Kalinich
As a kid I can remember one of my brothers bringing home a new game. This game was not like anything I had seen at the time, it consisted of three books (there was a fourth, but that came later)…
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Monday, 14 July 2014 16:47
If You Do Not Have a Landline, the CDC Says You Are Probably a Drunk and Get Sick A Lot
Written by Sean Kalinich
If you have ever wondered about the veracity of studies (any kind really) done then we have a great article for you. For many people the thought of someone putting in the time to perform a study means they will…
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Recently a comment from former Valve contractor, Fabian Giesen that VR is “bad news” brought up an interesting point. On the surface the technology has some interesting implications for making gaming, multi-media and even social networking more interactive and engaging.…
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Monday, 14 July 2014 06:31
Scientists develop superblack material from carbon nanotubes
Written by Sean Kalinich
If you thought carbon nanotubes were just for making CPUs then you (just like us) were way off. It seems that in addition to their usage in building smaller and faster CPUs they can also be used to make materials…
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Friday, 11 July 2014 16:15
China Claims the iPhone is a National Security Threat and Windows 8 is Spyware...
Written by Sean Kalinich
Yesterday we reported that Apple had lost a big to toss out a patent suit aimed at their iPhone and iPad in China. This was quite a blow to the company that has made China its manufacturing home. Normally Apple…
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Friday, 11 July 2014 16:09
Newegg, Google, Canon, Dropbox, SAP and othes join to fight Patent Trolls.
Written by Sean Kalinich
Have you ever heard of a PAE? No? Well it stands for Patent Assertion Entity, Still not sure what they do? You might recognize them if we call them patent trolls. PAEs are companies that own the rights to patents…
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New photos of the upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone device have leaked. This time the represent the new cheapest device on this mobile platform, Luma 530 which will be the successor of the famous model 520 which is currently the best…
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Friday, 11 July 2014 08:14
Unpatched AVG SafeSearch Leaves Users Open to Script Exploits
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is nothing like finding out that the application you bought to keep you safe on the internet can actually be used to insert malicious code. Well this is what AVG Secure Search toolbar users are finding out this morning…
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Friday, 11 July 2014 06:30
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Microsoft Has to Find Thier Soul
Written by Sean Kalinich
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has finally come out and publicly said what we have been reporting for the last couple of months. Things are changing from the Ballmer way. What that exactly means is yet to be determined though as…
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Thursday, 10 July 2014 07:01
Apple Could Face a Ban on the iPhone and iPad in China
Written by Sean Kalinich
Apple is having a rough time in China again and the situation seems very ironic to many following is (not to mention the whole Karma angle). In 2012 a Chinese company by the name of Zhizhen filed a patent infringement…
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