Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Nexon’s MapleStory Hacked, 13.2 million Korean Online Gamers’ Data Exposed

By Kyt Dotson Nov 29, 2011

Last week, a massive private data breach struck Nexon’s extremely popular massively multiplayer online game, MapleStory that affected nearly three quarters of the 18 million players. According to the MMO publisher, much of the…

Rumor: Is Microsoft really in the ‘early stages of licensing’ for a Kinect-enabled TV?

By Kyt Dotson Nov 28, 2011

Microsoft is working hard behind the scenes and right up in front to bring Kinect technology into commercial enterprise. It has already proven itself as a powerful human-computer interface for video games, and now…

Zynga the Dirty Faced Neighborhood Scoundrel

By Kyt Dotson Nov 28, 2011

When it comes to casual massively multiplayer games distributed over social media like Facebook, Zynga is the go-to-developer; but when it comes to the treatment of employees and corporate culture, they’re woefully behind the…

Free-to-play MMO Spending Up 24 Percent in the US; DC Universe Online Revenue Leaps 700 Percent After Going F2P

By Kyt Dotson Nov 25, 2011

It’s a jungle out there for massively multiplayer online gaming and the tigers like World of Warcraft are still prowling with their 7 year age and 10.3 million paying subscribers, but what does this…

Department of Homeland Security Slams Reports of Cyber Sabotage at Illinois Water Pump

By Kyt Dotson Nov 23, 2011

The Department of Homeland Security has revved up their engines to run circles around widespread media reports that hackers had taken control of a water pumping station in Springfield, Illinois. The report of the…

Study: Gamer Girls Who Play Online Enjoy More Sex

By Kyt Dotson Nov 23, 2011

If you’re a woman, a video gamer, and enjoy online gaming chances are you enjoy more sex than your non-gaming counterparts. At least that’s what a study run by Harris Interactive on behalf of…

Dried Strawberries Bitcoin Style, Uses Heat from a Mining Rig

By Kyt Dotson Nov 22, 2011

An enterprising grocer, and Bitcoin miner, from Canada has decided to put the waste-heat from his or her mining rig to good use and produced a product with it: dried strawberries. BetaBeat caught the…

Chaos Computer Club Teaches German Airports that Good Security isn’t RFID Deep

By Kyt Dotson Nov 22, 2011

It looks like the Chaos Computer Club are at it again and recently revealed during a German TV programme entitled “Data theft via wireless – security risks at German airports” that their airports have…

World of Warcraft Turns 7: Players Blow out Candles, Eat Cake

By Kyt Dotson Nov 21, 2011

The world of massively-multiplayer online (MMO) gaming still feels like it’s in its infancy even while Activision-Blizzard’s most popular MMO World of Warcraft has reached the milestone of seven years running. A significant portion…

Kinect Developers Start Your Compilers: Microsoft to Launch Accelerator Program

By Kyt Dotson Nov 21, 2011

Developers seeking to take advantage of Kinect and Natural User Interface technology might just get a boost up from Microsoft this coming spring. The software giant has begun signups for their Kinect Accelerator program.…

Kyt Dotson

Department of Homeland Security Slams Reports of Cyber Sabotage at Illinois Water Pump

Study: Gamer Girls Who Play Online Enjoy More Sex

Dried Strawberries Bitcoin Style, Uses Heat from a Mining Rig

Chaos Computer Club Teaches German Airports that Good Security isn’t RFID Deep

World of Warcraft Turns 7: Players Blow out Candles, Eat Cake

Kinect Developers Start Your Compilers: Microsoft to Launch Accelerator Program

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