Monday, December 7th, 2009
ZDNet UK has an interesting post about security researchers from Fraunhofer SIT that have managed to bypass the BitLocker disk encryption technology in Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008. According to the firm, there's nothing wrong with BitLocker per se; it's just that the encryption it uses isn't foolproof, even when a hardware-based... »
Tags: attacker, bitlocker, disk-encryption, encryption, fraunhofer, research-paper, security, such-protection, trusted, vista, windows, windows 7
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
That's $30 off the normal price, if you're curious, and since this is the holiday bundle, you also get two free games (LEGO Batman and PURE) as well. Not a bad deal, I guess. Check out the listing on Amazon.com for details. »
Tags: batman, black-console, cable-sold, features, free-games, get-two, holiday, normal-price, the-holiday, the-listing, videogame
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
I only call the iPhone an iPhone because it's quicker to say. But when I want to be really descriptive, I call it the TowerDefensePhone. And not just because the genre is so well represented »
Tags: actually-better, call-the-iphone, defense-games, defense-swarm, game diaries, geometry-wars, iphone, latest games, the-best, thousand-tower, tower-defense
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
If you were playing videogames in 1983, you probably remember M.U.L.E. It was a deep strategy game, equal parts economics, real estate, planning, psychology, and luck, yet simple enough to be played with a joystick and a single button. It was non-violent, yet it could be brutally competitive »
Tags: actually-better, call-the-iphone, defense-games, friends, game diaries, geometry-wars, latest games, over-the-rules, strategy games, the-best, thousand-tower, tower-defense
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
On one hand, Ubisoft should be glad to see the videogame based on Avatar getting a plug on Late Night with Conan O'Brian. »
Tags: butt, conan, joke-on-prime, night, plug-on-late, the-butt, ubisoft, videogame, videogame-based
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
One of my criticisms of Solium Infernum , the excellent turn-based strategy game about conquering Hell, is that it's hard to figure out and the game itself doesn't do much to help you. There is no tutorial and no in-game documentation. Although the manual is comprehensive, it can be demanding »
Tags: criticisms, extreme computing, first-several, infernum, learn-the-hard, manual, nether-regions, plug-on-late, solium-infernum, the-butt, the-manual, the-tutorial, tutorial
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
From Microsoft: Microsoft Services recently released professional services offerings to help organizations deploy Windows 7 and Exchange Server 2010. More than ever, businesses are looking to gain efficiencies, cut costs and get the most value out of their technology investments. »
Tags: application, deployment, environment, exchange-server, frontline, help-customers, image, microsoft-services, officer-norm, project, risk-assessment, servers, services, technology, windows 7
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Square/Enix and Eidos have released a few new screenshots displaying Just Cause 2's blatant disregard for the responsible use of transportation. One of the screenshots below has convinced me to never parasail again »
Tags: blatant-disregard, eidos, extreme computing, galleries, infernum, latest games, plug-on-late, responsible, screenshots, takes-jet, the-butt, the-screenshots, tutorial
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Electronic Arts dumps The Saboteur by the side of the road this week. It is the last gasp of 2009's releases and it's really not worth the bother. As far as open-world games go, it's no embarrassment like Godfather II »
Tags: bother, brutal-legend, extreme computing, game diaries, news, nintendo, offering-next, saboteur, wallet-threat, week
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