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The Most Influential Games In History? 254

Posted by Soulskill from the aside-from-duke-nuken-forever dept.
Kotaku reports on a list published recently by Guinness World Records which credits Super Mario Kart as the most influential console game in history. "Tetris ranks in at number two, according to the list, and the original Grand Theft Auto is in the number three spot. Where does Super Mario Bros. turn up? Way down at number 17, beneath Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." Several other franchises have multiple entries on the list, such as Final Fantasy and Resident Evil. What console games have influenced you the most?
Books

Multiple Upcoming Games, Movies Based On Jordan's Wheel of Time 217

Posted by Soulskill from the dragon:-the-rand-al'thor-story dept.
Today film studio Red Eagle Entertainment announced plans to establish Red Eagle Games, a studio that will produce games based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The games will be developed alongside movie adaptations of the series, which Red Eagle announced a few months ago. They'll be working with Universal on the films. "[Red Eagle producer Rick] Selvage said in an interview that the game company will make a series of games that will be co-launched with the movies. In addition, Red Eagle Games will make a massively multiplayer online game based on the Wheel of Time universe." Wheel of Time fan site 'Dragonmount' recently spoke with Selvage about the movie plans.
Google

Submission + - Google's Viral Marketing Campaign for Its IME

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An anonymous reader writes: It appears admitting guilt is not the end of it. The criticism for Google Pinyin's plagiarism of Sogou Pinyin had yet to wear off, a new scandal already broke out for the young IME. Posts such as this one are now appearing on almost all major Chinese forums and blogs, with the exact same content, despite many of them being tagged as "original". Searching for "I decisively uninstalled Sogou Pinyin IME, which I used for the last half year" on Baidu shows all the repeated postings, which attempt to smear Sohu with words such as
  • "Google Pinyin's quality is actually quite good, but people no longer pay attention to its functionalities ever since the 'dictionary-gate' incident broke out. Their focus is now only on the war of words between Google and Sohu.",
  • "It's not that (Sogou Pinyin) is bad, it's just I can't stand the shameless actions of Sohu.",
  • "Everyone with clear eyes would know that this is all a publicity stunt pulled by Sohu.",
  • "Truly unfortunately, Sohu seized this tiny flaw, and attempts to use this opportunity to increase media explosure for its own product.",
  • or "Compared to (Sohu's) disgusting attention-grabbing behavior, I repect Google more for its honest and pragmatic approach."


The posts earned comments ranging from "I blush with shame for you" to less polite responses involving female reproductive organs. There are reports that Google hired Ogilvy & Mather for this viral marketing campaign.
Security

Submission + - Comcast is Easy to Social Engineer

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An anonymous reader writes: Here's a clip showing how someone armed with only a phone number and address can social engineer your personal information out of Comcast. Like many companies, Comcast doesn't train its customer service reps enough in security verification. The result is that anyone can call up, pretend to be a service tech, and get your info.
Microsoft

Submission + - The end is nigh for XP

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SlinkySausage
SlinkySausage writes: "Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analysts and computer makers are wondering if the move is premature given Vista's ongoing performance and compatibility issues. Dell recently said it would reintroduce XP on a range of machines due to customer demand but Microsoft will only allow this until the end of the year."
Music

Submission + - Howbrew album is number one on UK iTunes

Submitted by lelitsch
lelitsch writes: A homemade album with no label support has claimed the top sales spot on the UK iTunes store. [The artist], who doesn't even own her own iPod, said: "I just got my music out there," she said. "It's pretty easy. Anyone can do it. The web response is amazing." Of course everyone on Slashdot knows that Apple discriminates against independent artists, that you can't have a successful album without being raped by the major labels, and that DRM kills the small guy. So this must be a late April Fools Day joke.

Feed More Companies Throwing Away Customer Private Info (techdirt.com)

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Identity thieves may want to go back to dumpster diving as a way of getting useful information. Just a week after Radio Shack was sued for throwing out all sorts of customer info (including credit card and social security numbers) where anyone walking by could just grab it out of the trash, telco Rogers Communication was found doing the exact same thing in Toronto. The company is blaming a sales company they had hired for dumping the content without considerations for customer privacy. You would think big companies like Radio Shack and Rogers would know better than to have such information even stored on paper like that, let alone to allow it to be thrown out in the trash.

Feed Wired For Sound: How The Brain Senses Visual Illusions (sciencedaily.com)

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How do illusions fool the brain? In a study that could help reveal how illusions are produced in the brain's visual cortex, researchers have found new evidence of rapid integration of auditory and visual sensations in the brain. Their findings provide new insight into neural mechanisms by which visual perception can be altered by concurrent auditory events.

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