Independent game developer Zombie Studios officially announced their next big project called Daylight during the DICE summit last week. So far, so good, but the really interesting side of the story is that Daylight will use Epic's Unreal Engine 4 and…
Microsoft says a crack which allows hackers to download paid-for Windows Store apps without spending a dime is the fault of insecure app code and not a Windows Store issue. Redmond is essentially placing the onus of protecting apps against…
Posted November 22, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, The Web
It appears Mozilla has quietly toe-tagged 64-bit builds of its Firefox browser for Windows. In a Google Groups discussion, managing engineer Benjamin Smedberg requested coders halt development on nightly builds of its 64-bit Windows distribution.
Finnish phone maker Nokia has stopped development of its Meltemi software platform, which it hoped would eventually compete directly against Android on mid-range handsets, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the company’s plans speaking with Reuters.
Amazon has announced plans to combine the teams of the two UK-based media companies it purchased last year, creating job opportunities in the area and opening a new international center for digital media development near Silicon Roundabout in central London,…
Posted July 20, 2012, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web
Email startup Sparrow has been acquired by Google. The company’s CEO Dom Leca announced the news on the company's site and Twitter account this morning, saying that the team behind the popular iOS and Mac email client will be joining…
Posted May 30, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
Twitter has announced multiple changes to their site designed with speed and performance in mind. Engineering manager for the web core team Dan Webb published a post on the official Twitter engineering blog outlining the changes.
Posted April 17, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Microsoft
Microsoft is reportedly playing an active role in developing Ultrabooks that will run Windows 8, industry sources have told Digitimes. Microsoft is concerned about a specific design element that they feel needs refining in order to provide the best possible…
Posted August 19, 2011, 10:27 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Software
Crytek has announced that they will be releasing their CryENGINE 3 SDK for anyone to download free of charge. According to CEO Cevat Yerli, this free SDK contains all of the features of its commercial version, including game sample code…
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