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Comment Re:It really didn't do THAT much to begin with (Score 1) 195

by neilt83 on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @08:11AM (#35288920) Attached to: Microsoft and Nvidia Abandon PC Gaming Alliance

You can see how interested MIcrosoft is in PC games with the Fable series. They didn't even release Fable 2 on the PC and Fable 3 was meant to have a simultaneous release on XBOX nad PC before xmas, but now we don't even have a projected release date for it on the PC.

Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common 585

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 14, 2009 @12:58PM from the first-cameras-then-evil-toll-robots dept.

bfwebster writes "Here in Denver, we have E-470, a toll section of the 470 beltway, that uses the usual transponder attached to your windshield. Fair enough, and I make use of it, particularly in driving to the airport. But they've just implemented new technology on E-470 that allows anyone to drive through the automated toll gates. If you don't have a transponder, it takes a photo of your license plate and sends a monthly bill to your house. As a result, the company that runs E-470 plans to close all human-staffed toll booths by mid-summer. And as an article in this morning's Rocky Mountain News notes, 'Such a system could be deployed on other roads, including some that motorists now use free. The result: a new source of money for highways and bridges badly in need of repair.' You can bet that legislators, mayors, and city councilpersons everywhere will see this as an even-better source of income than red-light cameras. You've been warned."

Firefox Faster In Wine Than Native 493

Posted by timothy on Friday February 13, 2009 @08:33AM from the that-sounds-hard-to-swallow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tuxradar did some benchmarks comparing Firefox's Windows and Linux JavaScript performance. 'We did some simple JavaScript benchmarks of Firefox 3.0 using Windows and Linux to see how it performed across the platforms — and the results are pretty bleak for Linux.' Later on, they tried Wine. 'The end result: Firefox from Mozilla or from Fedora has almost nil speed difference, and Firefox running on Wine is faster than native Firefox.'"

UK Government Plans 10-Year Database of Citizens' Travel 289

Posted by timothy on Monday February 09, 2009 @04:54AM from the always-on-vacation-in-oceania dept.

moderators_are_w*nke writes "The UK government is planning yet another database to track its citizens, this time keeping track of their movements in and out of the country for ten years. Just like all their other databases, this one 'is essential in the fight against crime, illegal immigration and [of course] terrorism.'" I'd be very surprised if the US is not already doing this, and just not making a point to let anyone know.

Major Spike in Security Threats To Online Games 48

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 06, 2009 @10:56PM from the i-blame-world-of-warcraft dept.

Gamasutra reports on data from security software firm ESET, which shows a major increase in the number of gaming-related security threats over the last year. They attribute the rise in attacks to the amount of money involved in the games industry these days. ESET's full report (PDF) is also available. "[ESET's research director, Jeff Debrosse] explains: 'It's a two-phase attack. If someone's account was compromised, then someone else can actually [using their avatar] during a chat session, or through in-game communication... they could leverage that people trust this person and point them at various URLs, and those URLs will either have drive-by malware or a specific [malware] executable. What ends up happening is that folks may end up downloading and using it. This is just one methodology.' These attackers also target gamers in external community sites, says Debrosse, through 'banners on websites or URLs in chat rooms or forums' — which can lead to unsafe URLs. 'If [users] don't have adequate protection, they could very well be downloading malware without their knowledge.'"

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