Wednesday, March 24, 2010

IT News HeadLines (AOA - Alliance of Overclocking Arts) 24/03/2010



Symantec names riskiest U.S. cities for cybercrime

From Computer World

Seattle is the most dangerous city in the U.S. when it comes to cybercrime, Symantec said today.

The Northwest sported two of the top 10, with Portland, Ore., ranked No. 10 in the list of the nation's 50 largest metro areas. Rounding out the first five were Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco and Raleigh, N.C. Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver, and Austin, Texas completed the top 10.

At the bottom, as in least dangerous, were Detroit (No. 50); El Paso, Texas (No. 49); and Memphis, Tenn. (No. 48).


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Google Drops Censorship In China, Redirects Users to Uncensored Hong Kong Service

From Dark Reading

But China could still ultimately block citizens' access

Google today made official its plans to end censorship in China, redirecting Chinese users to its uncensored search service in Hong Kong. The search giant will maintain an R&D and sales presence in mainland China, however, the company also announced.


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Peter Molyneux interview

From Times Online:

Britain's most celebrated video game designer opens up about Natal, Fable III and the challenges of innovation

Peter Molyneux is a man who can do many things.


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PlayStation Move: what we hate, what we love

From ARS Technica

During a press event at the Game Developers Conference, Sony finally showed its motion controller to the gaming press. Welcome to the world of the PlayStation Move.

We were shown a number of videos and demos, and they all looked uncomfortably similar to what we've already played on the Nintendo Wii. Even the models, with a focus on females and families, made it look like we were in the realm of Nintendo. The reveal of the secondary controller with an analog stick—a product that again looked like a direct rip-off of a Nintendo product—drew either ambivalence or titters from the crowd. At a cocktail mixer directly after, we were able to get our hands on the Move directly, and play through the offerings.


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