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How Henk Rogers Brought Role-Playing Games to Japan

February 22, 2012, 7:40 pm
In 1976, when computers were still a faraway concept, Rogers moved to Japan not knowing he would soon find himself on the launchpad of modern gaming.

Signal Ops Charts New Forms of Gaming

February 21, 2012, 11:34 pm
We want to give gamers something new with each game, something they haven't seen before to rekindle that sense of wonder and challenge in our audience.

USB Drive Saves Photos Permanently

February 20, 2012, 7:21 pm
One of the problems with the proliferation of cameras—whether on your phone, in your pocket, or slung over your shoulder—is finding where to store the files after the [...]

TurboTab Z Tablet Goes for $169 With Android 4.0

February 20, 2012, 7:18 pm
Idolian set out to create tablet PCs costing between $100 and $299, and their latest addition lands smack dab in the middle of that. The TurboTab Z, which was just upgraded to [...]


Cyber Freedom

Project to Expose Threats to Bloggers Announced by Digital Rights Group

Less than six weeks into the new year, there have already been at least 14 netizens threatened for content posted online—ranging from tweets to blog posts.


Twitter to Selectively Censor Tweets

Twitter on Thursday announced that it has developed technology that it would allow it to selectively block tweets if a country wants it done.



Cyber Security

IRS Names Identity Theft, Phishing as Top Scams

With tax season underway, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) identified identity theft and phishing—a deceitful practice involving the extracting of passwords and other [...]


Senators Push to Secure Nation’s Networks

Senators are responding to the onslaught of cyberattacks against public and private networks with the bipartisan Cybersecurity Act of 2012, introduced Feb. 14.



Features

Apple Vows to Strengthen Privacy After App Flap

While Path is not the only iOS app to access users’ private data and address books, its lack of an opt-out mechanism and user warning caused the public outcry.


Chinese Electric Cars Do More Harm Than Gas Vehicles, Researchers Find

Researchers at the University of Tennessee (UT) found that pollution from Chinese electric cars could be more harmful to health than that of gasoline vehicles.



Innovation

Researchers Readying for Massive Data Flood From Telescope

The world’s largest radio telescope, yet to be built, will produce more data in a single day than the entire world generates over a year.


New Aluminum iPhone Case Built in the U.S.

The space-age-looking case goes along with designs common for the company.



Products

‘Snapshot’ a Puzzle Game of Photographic Teleportation

After years of work, the indie game developers over at Retro Affect are getting ready to release Snapshot.


Motorola Droid 4 Coming to Verizon on Feb 10

Motorola Mobility’s latest Droid smartphone, the Droid 4, will come to Verizon Wireless on Feb. 10.



Reviews

Review: Adobe Revel

Revel works across different platforms and uses the same tools and interface for each.


Review: To the Moon

In PC gaming, “To the Moon,” the journey to satisfy a dying man’s last wish, is one of the most powerful experiences I’ve had with a game.



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