IBM X-Force Report Reveals Mobile Security Exploits to Double in 2011

September 30, 2011 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

IBM released the results of its X-Force 2011 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, which demonstrates the rapidly changing security landscape characterized by high-profile attacks, growing mobile vulnerabilities and more sophisticated threats such as “whaling.” To help clients combat these and other security issues, IBM is opening the Institute for Advanced Security for Asia Pacific, which joins the IBM Institutes in North America and Europe.

Poised at the frontline of security, the IBM X-Force team serves as the eyes and ears for thousands of IBM clients – studying security attack techniques and creating defenses before many vulnerabilities are even announced.  The X-Force Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report is based on intelligence gathered through IBM’s research of public vulnerability disclosures as well as the monitoring and analysis of an average of 12 billion security events daily since the beginning of 2011. Read more

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TopCoder Announced 2011 TopCoder Open Champions From Japan, China, Philippines, Indonesia and Poland

September 30, 2011 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

Top Programmers Share $150,000 in Prizes and International Honors in Global Software Competition in Ft. Lauderdale

TopCoder, the leader in online programming competition, skills assessment and competitive software development, announced the Champions for all 6 tracks of the 2011 TopCoder Open. Japanese member Makoto Soejima, known by his TopCoder handle rng_58, took top honors in the Algorithm competition. Member yeung (Yang Li) from China won the Mod Dash track, j3_guile (Franklin Guevarra) of the Philippines the Development track, BLE (Wujian Ye) of China the Design track, Psyho (Przemyslaw Debiak) of Poland the Marathon Competition, and the TopCoder Studio track was won by abedavera (Junius Albertho) of Indonesia.

The competition attracted over 6,000 registrants earlier in the year, and after a series of online qualification rounds, the top finalists were flown in from countries spanning the globe to compete for $150,000 in prize money live on stage at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sponsors of the 2011 TopCoder Open included Intel, Facebook, Mashery and memSQL.  Full details of the 2011 TopCoder Open are available at http://community.topcoder.com/tco11/ .

“We celebrate the thinking skills and talent of all our competitors and the full TopCoder community today,” said Rob Hughes, President and COO of TopCoder, Inc. “We extend our congratulations to each and every one of them as they embrace the spirit of meaningful and collegial competition.”

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Rockstar Games Announced L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition Release Date for PC

September 29, 2011 · Filed Under Games · Comment 

Rockstar Games and Team Bondi Pty. announced that L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition will launch on Windows PC, Steam, and OnLive in North America on November 8, 2011 and in Europe on November 11, 2011.

In addition to the original full game, consumers that purchase L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition will receive a multi-use code to access all downloadable add-ons and cases. This includes all previously released DLC from the console versions, including the “Nicholson Electroplating” Arson case, “Reefer Madness” Vice case, “The Consul’s Car” Traffic case, “The Naked City” Vice case and “A Slip of the Tongue” Traffic case.

The PC version of L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition was developed by Rockstar Leeds. It will run on a wide range of PCs and feature increased resolution and graphical detail along with keyboard remapping and gamepad functionality. L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition on PC will also feature support for NVIDIA 3D Vision for an even greater sense of interaction and immersion. Read more

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EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 12 in Stores Now

September 28, 2011 · Filed Under Games · Comment 

Electronic Arts announced  that EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 12 — the number one selling sports videogame franchise on the planet* — is in retail stores now throughout North America, and will be available in the rest of the world beginning Sept. 30.

Launching on 12 different platforms — including Mac for the first time ever — anticipation for FIFA Soccer 12 has reached record levels. Fans have already pre-ordered 800,000** copies of FIFA Soccer 12 — an EA SPORTS all-time high and a 108% increase year over year — while the FIFA Soccer 12demo for the PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, received a record 3.49 million downloads*** through the first seven days of release — the most ever for an EA SPORTS game***.

FIFA Soccer 12 is launching to global critical acclaim. It is currently the highest rated sports videogame ever^ on PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 with an average review score of 92 on the PlayStation3, and 91 on Xbox 360. In addition, FIFA Soccer 12 was chosen “Best Console Game” at gamescom 2011, winner of the prestigious E3 Game Critics award for “Best Sports Game” at E3 2011, and 23 other awards to date. Read more

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New iOS-App for HiDrive Online Storage Now Available in the App Store

September 27, 2011 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

Strato’s online storage product – is now available.

Users can download the HiDrive App with the search term ‘HiDrive’ at the App Store or at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hidrive/id422282392?l=de&ls=1&mt=8.

HiDrive can now be accessed via iPhone, iPad and iPod when users are on the go. With this newly launched App, Strato now provides three applications for mobile access to HiDrive – for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 devices. Strato also announces today that new smartphone App enhancements are available for Android and Windows Phone 7, which include file sharing and optimised access to photos and images. To make use of the Apps go to http://www.free-hidrive.com and activate a HiDrive Free online storage account, which offers users 5 GB of free storage space.

With the new iOS-App, users can easily access their HiDrive accounts; they only need to log in with their username and password, and all online stored folders and files are displayed on their mobile device. Photos, videos, music and documents in all common file formats can be opened with the iOS-App for HiDrive. These include jpg, gif, bmp, png, mp3, wav, mp4, doc, xls, ppt, pdf, txt and html. The HiDrive App even accommodates large files on any iOS device: anyone wanting to watch a film can start to stream it without delay. Likewise, users can send files of up to 25 MB per email irrespective of the file format. Secure access to files is guaranteed as well, because the iOS-App for HiDrive establishes its connection to the online storage system over encrypted WebDAV. Read more

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