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Game Devs Migrating Toward iPhone, Away From Wii 143

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 06, 2010 @02:59PM from the paper-toss-2-the-revenge dept.

A new report by Game Developer Research reveals that the number of developers working on games for the iPhone continues to rise, roughly doubling in number from last year. At the same time, the amount of work done on games for Nintendo's Wii dropped significantly: "Just over 70 percent of developers said they were developing at least one game for PC or Mac (including browser and social games), rising slightly from last year; 41 percent reported working on console games. Within that latter group, Xbox 360 was the most popular system with 69 percent of console developers targeting it, followed by 61 percent for PlayStation 3. While those console figures stayed within a few percent of last year's results, the change in Wii adoption was much more significant: reported developer support for the system dropped from 42 percent to 30 percent of console developers, supporting numerous publishers' claims of a recent softening of the Wii market."

Microsoft To Issue Emergency IE Patch 79

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 21, 2010 @08:57AM from the protect-ya-neck dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft will release its emergency patch for Internet Explorer on Thursday, the company said, as it also admitted that attacks can be hidden inside rigged Office documents. 'We are planning to release the update as close to 10:00 a.m. PST as possible,' said Jerry Bryant, a program manager with the IE group. Microsoft has updated the security advisory it originally published last week when it acknowledged a zero-day IE vulnerability had been used by hackers to break into the corporate networks of Google and other major Western companies. Google has alleged that the attacks were launched by Chinese attackers. Subsequently, security experts have offered evidence that links the attacks to China."

Comment Re:Who cares? (Score 1) 261

by packageman on Sunday March 22, 2009 @12:46AM (#27285543) Attached to: It's <em>Not</em> the 15th Birthday of Linux

I celebrate XMas, but I don't believe Jesus was born on 12/25

Comment Re:Think Different! (Score 1) 696

by packageman on Friday December 19, 2008 @02:01PM (#26174787) Attached to: 2009, Year of the Linux Delusion

I couldn't agree more. Linux and open source in general should give more of a reason than "it does everything windows does, just better". Apple, whether you like them or not, understands that you have to redefine the computing experience to create a niche for yourself.

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