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Games pay off for tertiary students
News Over half of students in Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology program get jobs in the sector, while two games go commercial.
Tags: Games, Product development and design, Software engineering/development, Certification, Microsoft Xbox Live, Singapore, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, R&D, strategy, computer game
Netbooks changing the PC game
News Boosted by telco bundles, netbooks are "the only PC segment enjoying growth this year" and forcing big change to the industry, says Canalys.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Notebooks and tablets, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, Sales, leader, analyst, telecommunications company, computer game, PC
Security firm warns of critical holes in Half-Life
News A security research firm has released its own patch for critical flaws in a popular computer game after waiting months for the game's creator to do something.
Report: U.S. army to sink US$50M into combat training games
News The U.S. army is preparing to invest millions into combat training games and systems, in a move to prepare its soldiers for battle.
Tags: Games, Defense/military, Training, Video, U.S. Army, News.com, Air Force, United States Coast Guard, homeland defense, blog
UK police enlists artificial intelligence in fight against crime
News Artificial intelligence will potentially be used in Web counter-terrorism surveillance, fighting Internet fraud, masking identities online and data mining.
Tags: Security, Forensics, Database, Cloud Computing, Computer, Artificial Intelligence, Silicon.com, U.K., network, knowledge
New Firefox extension turns Amazon.com into illegal free-for-all
News A new Firefox extension adds Pirate Bay BitTorrent links to product pages on Amazon.com, putting the retailer in a tough position.
Tags: Piracy, BitTorrent, Digg, Extension Developer, Amazon.com Inc., movie, News.com, blog, MP3, Firefox Extension
EA posts sizable loss, but touts big Sims 3 sales
News Video game giant's first-quarter broad results are not good. But the third full iteration of the Sims franchise got off to an impressive start.
Tags: Digital media, Video Game, Video, Sales, game company, Digital media, Electronic Arts Inc., computer game, PC, game
Short Take: Thai gamers use girlfriends as stakes
News Some Thai youths are using sex with their girlfriends as stakes in video game competitions.
Workplace gaming could benefit firms
News Many companies take a dim view of members of staff who play computer games at their desk, but new research suggests the practice should actually be encouraged.
Lara Croft inspires Adelaide gamers
News Group computer gaming is set to take off in Adelaide, with tech whiz kids all set for a 12-hour non-stop computer gaming showdown.
CyberWorks Japan to close some units, fire staff to save money
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Japan Co, a computer game unit of Hong Kong's biggest phone company, said it will close some businesses to save about 1.2 billion yen (US$9.6 million) over the next 12 months.
CyberWorks Japan to close some units, shed staff
News Pacific Century CyberWorks Japan Co, a computer game unit of Hong Kong's biggest phone company, said it will close some businesses to save about 1.2 billion yen (US$9.6 million) over the next 12 months.
New Kazaa beta makes debut
News Sharman Networks, maker of peer-to-peer file-sharing software Kazaa, has announced the release of a new beta version of the popular program.
How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
News Insensitivity to cultural issues has led to some of the software giant's products being banned in some countries.
Tags: Software
S'pore govt lifts Half-Life ban
News Just two days after rejecting an appeal to lift the ban on award-winning action-game Half-Life, the Singapore government has now overturned that earlier decision. Today, it lifted the ban on Half-Life.
