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GDC: LucasArts prioritizing PS3 dev, unleashing Force »

In recent months, the PlayStation 3 versions of many multiplatform games have been released after their Xbox 360 counterparts–or canceled outright. Others, like Grand Theft Auto IV, have seen both versions delayed because, having optimized the game first on the 360, the developers encountered difficulties with the PS3 edition.
This week at the 2008 Game Developers […]

Google’s Brin fears the Microhoo borg »

Speaking at an event for the Google Lunar X Prize on Thursday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterated his company’s position on a Microsoft-Yahoo union, the Associated Press reported.
“The Internet has evolved from open standards, having a diversity of companies. And when you start to have companies that control the operating system, control the browsers, […]

T-Mobile offering home phone service, new Internet telephone »

T-Mobile USA said Thursday it’s testing a new Internet telephony service in Dallas and Seattle that will replace consumers’ wireline home phone service.
Subscribers will be able to connect any regular home telephone to a T-Mobile router that will send calls over the Internet much the same way as services like Vonage operate. The service costs […]

Internet Network Forum Headed for Boston »

By JOHN DUNBAR, AP
Internet users should be free to surf where they want and download what they please. But shouldn’t the owners of the networks that make the Internet possible also have rights?
That, in a nutshell, is the topic of debate at a special public meeting of the Federal Communications Commission at Harvard Law School […]

Goolag Tool Lets Google Aid Hackers »

The hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow has released a tool that should make Google hacking a little easier for novices.
Called Goolag, the open-source software lets hackers use the Google search engine to scan Web sites for vulnerabilities.
This is something that hackers have been doing for years, but it can be tricky work — […]

XNA Game Studio And Xbox Live: Games By People For People »

Do you want to be a famous games creator? Or just share your vision about games with a community? Then Microsoft has all you need. During GDC 2008, Chris Satchell, general manager and chief XNA architect at Microsoft, announced that the games created with Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio 2.0 would be made available on the […]

US Judge Approves Vista Capable Lawsuit »

U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled that the consumers may go ahead with a class action lawsuit against the software company Microsoft over “Vista Capable” advertising program, the Associated Press informs.
Introduced in 2006, Vista Capable program was initiated by Microsoft and its hardware partners in order to help the customers to make informed decision when […]