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Trend Micro Identifies “lol profile” Malware Spreading via Skype as DORKBOT
If you use Skype, you’ve likely been privy to an odd message coming from some of your contacts that says, “lol is this your new profile pic?” The explosion of this Trojan through various gaming communities was covered by SiliconANGLE earlier; but now Trend Micro’s malware labs have identified the malware as a variant of ...
Windows 8 App Marketplace Rings Death Knell for Microsoft Points
It’s been a long rumor in coming but it’s finally been confirmed that Microsoft Points are being phased out in favor of cash transactions and it’s going to start with Windows 8. Microsoft has already started to remove MS Points as the default purchase method for buying software, and renting music, and movies, according to ...
Skype “lol profile” Trojan Spreads Like Wildfire Through Gaming Community
In what looks like a new veneer on an old trick, a clickjacking Trojan that takes advantage of Skype users has been spreading like a pandemic through Skype affecting largely gamers. The malware hijacks a Skype session to send the message “lol is this your new profile pic?” and a shortened URL for the target ...
Xbox Election 2012 Hub Goes Into Operation During Debates, Reviews Well [UPDATED]
With the US Presidential election closing in, Microsoft’s bid to provide a new form of interactive polling, the Election 2012 hub for Xbox has started to promote questions about the recent debates. Every night at midnight PT, the hub gets updated with a new poll question, new users answer a demographic survey to place them ...
Applicasa Gives Mobile Game Developers a Monetization Platform
Currently, a shift is happening in the mobile and social gaming experience away from making money by having would-be players download games (a one time purchase) towards keeping them on in a continuing social experience. In this way, a game can be “sold” for free and then customers can enhance their gaming and social experience ...
3D Printed Gun Project Hits Setback When Printer is Repossessed
Cody Wilson, a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, discovered his project to attempt to created a 3D printed gun with a leased uPrint SE 3D printer suddenly cut short when the company that leased the printer to him recalled their device. They’d heard that he intended to use the equipment to ...
Bitcoin Foundation Flexes PR Muscles for Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Gets Futures Market
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 websites and it’s association with potential criminality. Also in the news is that ...
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 fame. He has added his own voice to previous dissent from both Blizzard ...
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, AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., and Time Warner Cable Inc. expect to start ...
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 the welder as high energy flame or electricity is used to melt molten ...