Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity Asia Times | By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. | This is particularly in light of the deterioration of bilateral...
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Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms Hits 8M Users The New York Times | Free-to-play online games were pioneered in Asia and are making lots of money for game publishers there who sell virtual goods to users inside the free games. | That model seems to be taking off in the U.S. now, based on the latest announcement from Sony Online Entertainment. The San Diego, Calif....
China plans online gambling crackdown The Star | BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website. | The campaign will "concentrate on investig...
NetEase calls halt to new WoW account registration China Daily | The nation's third-largest online game operator NetEase.com suspended new user registrations for World of Warcraft (WoW) in China, the company said in a statement on its website yesterday. | China's publishing regulator, the General Administration ...
Letters and Blogs China Daily | Smoke out gaming addiction with taxes | There is a skyrocketing number of Internet addicts among young Chinese. There reportedly were 24 million by 2009, almost double the figure in 2005. The predominant cause of Internet addiction is not hard to i...
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity Asia Times | By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. | This is parti...
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Custom Aliens PS3 Case Mod IGN Insider | Sony's flagship gaming device gets some bad digestive problems. | by | February 5, 2010 - Amongst the deluge of standard tech hype, we've been able to return to our roots a littl...
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Phot...
Evening Reading: Games Need Better Endings Shacknews Watching the credits to Mass Effect 2 all I could think about was the continuing struggle it seems to be for video games to nail an ending. It's one of the clearer examples of the hurdles designers face in uniting the narrative of a game with the pla...
An Education Learns IGN Insider | Teaching on DVD and BD. | by | February 8, 2010 - is experiencing higher learning on DVD and Blu-ray. | The Academy Award nominee is coming home on both formats from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on March 30, 2010. The drama revolves around a te...
Mr. and Mrs. Reboot IGN Insider | Brangelina starrer gets redux. | by | February 8, 2010 - Fox and Regency Enterprises have taken a cue from Paramount and set their phasers for reboot. Or you could say that, like Sony, they're spinning the reboot web. Or perhaps, as Warner Bros. di...
Kansas City, Kan., casino faces one more test Kansas City Star More News | TOPEKA | A partnership hoping to build a casino in Kansas City, Kan., is expected to clear its final regulatory hurdle this week. | The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission is scheduled Friday to consider a background report on Kansas Entertainment LLC. It wants to build the casino at Kansas Speedway, a NASCAR track in the Kansas City ar...
Sehwag hopes India will save game The Hindu | Special Correspondent | The century-maker appreciates Steyn and Badrinath's effort | LONE RANGER: Virender Sehwag, whose century brightened up a bleak Indian batting performance, remains optimistic of the host remaining afloat in the first Test. | NAGPUR: Virender Sehwag said India's batsmen were disappointed with their performance on the third d...
