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IMMUNIO changes the DevOps game with Security-as-a-Service
Web and mobile development have been maturing for a very long and, during that tenure, developers have learned a great deal about what security treats applications face. This has meant the growth of best practices and defensive design. However, developers are rarely in control of all the code, often third party libraries are needed to ...
Overwatch introduces three new heroes, release date June 2016 | #BlizzCon
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. just announced three new heroes for its highly anticipated first person shooter (FPS) that pits superheroes against supervillains Overwatch—and with them the anticipated release date of June 21st, 2016. When it goes live, players will be able to pre-order at BuyOverwatch.com for what is expected to be $39.99 for the regular edition ...
The Overwatch branded Razer gaming hardware is out—and it’s very orange
Today is a big day for fans of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. as BlizzCon 2015 ramps up. Amid the announcements fans and players expect something to be revealed about Blizzard’s upcoming first person shooter (FPS) game Overwatch, which pits superheroes and supervillains against one another in a game style reminiscent of Team Fortress 2. Expecting a ...
Guild Wars 2 releases beta 64-bit client, here’s how to get it
For a very long time, players of the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Guild Wars 2 could get the game in one flavor: 32-bit. However, many people currently run on systems and OSes that can support 64 bit—in fact, according to a report over 92 percent of all new PCs sold worldwide and running Windows ...
Kim Dotcom at it again with plans for private internet with MegaNet
Kim Dotcom, from MegaUpload (Mega Limited) controversy and fame, just announced that he intends to build his own private internet–with emphasis on the private. The web mogul says plans for “MegaNet” will make the communication infrastructure secure and distributed by using the unused bandwidth and computing power of smartphones and computers running nodes on the ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 November 4: Bitcoin market boom nears $500, Bitcoin Unicode symbol coming, Taiwan declares Bitcoin illegal
This Bitcoin Weekly would be remiss if the first thing mentioned was not that Bitcoin market value nearly hit $500 on some exchanges today. The community has been watching the slow but very apparent rise in market value over the past few weeks with some interest. Keep reading for some speculation as to what’s behind the ...
An MMO Halloween retrospective: Friends, ghosts and ghouls across the multiplayer industry
Spooks, ghouls and horror movies in TV make the vanguard of the onrushing Halloween holiday for the mass media. Often it’s a lot of build up to a final climax of costume parties and walking the streets dressed as Elsa from Frozen or trying to make a “I’m in the shower,” costume work without being awkward. ...
Botnet takes over Twitch Installs Linux, partially installs Gentoo
Lately a fad of allowing crowdsourced control of video games has invaded popular videogame streaming website Twitch TV (Twitch Interactive, Inc.). First it was Twitch Plays Pokemon then more interesting iterations appeared such as Twitch Plays Dark Souls (an extremely difficult game for someone without hundreds of fingers going in opposite directions). Over the weekend ...
Oculus co-founder says mobile VR will dominate before PC VR goes wireless
Next year, a flood of virtual reality (VR) headsets will be hitting the consumer market leading the way for an entire market of VR-based entertainment. VR currently promises to be a new way interacting with computers, an immersive science fiction iteration on film and gaming. However, according to Oculus Inc. co-founder Palmer Luckey, VR on ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 October 28: European Union rules BTC exempt from VAT, Bitfinex bitcoin debit cards debut, BTCC margin trading service launches
As of writing, BitcoinAverage.com is currently reporting that the market price of BTC is $300.98. This marks the first time that Bitcoin has remained above the $300 mark for a sustained period of time since January this year. (There was a brief spike during July, but that didn’t last.) This marks the third week of ...