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Looks like Bitcoin is getting itself a little more news recently with the formation of the Bitcoin Foundation—a recently formed PR organization seeking to clean up the bad reputation that the cryptocurency has gained in the wake of numerous hacks of trading …
Notch of Minecraft Fame Reignites Indie Gamer Issues with Windows 8
As Microsoft continues to prepare Windows 8 for its eventual launch, more and more game developers in the indie spotlight have continued to highlight problems that they see potential in the platform. The most recent has been Markus “Notch” Presson of Minecraft …
Major Cable ISPs Challenge Xbox on its Own Turf with Cloud Gaming
On the cusp of cloud-gaming outfit OnLive going down in flames and evaporating, it appears that major ISPs are looking into their own cloud-gaming delivery services to players who use Internet-enabled devices such as smart TVs. According to a report in Bloomberg, …
Augmented Reality Welding Helmet Prototypes How Awesome the Technology Can Get
While Google Glass has gotten a lot of press lately for doing augmented reality for consumers, there’s a great deal of other applications that require an augmentation of human vision. One such application is welding: a bright light sits in front of …
DevOps Answers: Should Developers Install Software on Production Themselves?
The connection between development and operations in IT means that developers and sysadmins get a lot more cozy in order to make sure that everything runs a great deal more smoothly. However, while this means breaking down a lot of bureaucratic barriers, …
Facebook Returns to the Nymwar: Users Asked to Snitch on Friends Not Using Real Names
The fight over the ability to maintain a type of anonymity on social media originally spoken of as fiascos surrounding “Real Name policies” and dubbed the “Nymwar” (after psudeonym) has returned to the table once again as Facebook opened up another salvo. …
HoneyMap: Visualizing Malware Attacks Across the Globe with the Honeynet Project
The Honeynet Project is making some real waves in the malware community by setting up “sensors” across the Internet (in the fashion of honeypot servers pretending to be possible targets) in order to track the spread and distribution of malware. Now, they’ve …
Inventive Redditor Builds Xbox 360 Into a Laptop Case and Walks into a Bar
Interestingly, it’s not a joke, yet that is the punch line for this inventive marvel. Most game consoles are a little bit less-than-portable—that’s why the mobile market is awash with handhelds that act like consoles but run in their own little world. …
Gaming Giant King.com Hooks into Cloudera Hadoop to Understand Players
King.com is a European powerhouse for mobile and web gaming that receives over half of its traffic from Facebook. As a platform, mobile gaming is highly monetized and looking at outfits like Zynga it’s also highly lucrative (although still a rocky place …
BitInstant’s CEO Goes to Brazil for Money Conference Returns With ‘World’s Current Monetary System is Inferior to Bitcoin’
BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem and Erik Voorhees went down to Rio de Janeiro for the annual Global Payments Forum held by the North American Payments Association (NACHA) to speak about Bitcoin’s niche as “virtual currency.” In a post on BitInstant’s blog Voorhees …