Archive for December, 2011

Windows 8 picture security just a toy, claims RSA SecurID inventor

Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Natalie Bourne

The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it’s not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA’s SecurID token. “I think it’s cute,” says Kenneth Weiss, who now runs a three-factor authentication business called Universal Secure Registry. [...]

Hitachi-LG execs face jail time, fines for price fixing

Posted on December 13th, 2011 by Tyson Mighell

By Matthew DeCarlo December 14, 2011, 6:30 PM EST Comments 1 Three industry executives will serve prison sentences after pleading guilty to fixing optical disk drive prices, according to the US Department of Justice. The Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) workers, Young Keun Park, Sang Hun Kim and Sik “Daniel” Hur participated in conspiratorial shenaniganry to [...]

Intrusive video ads have invaded the Xbox 360 dashboard, and it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out why players dont want to be bombarded with ads when they simply want to play a game or browse the marketplace. Thankfully, a few clever Reddit users have discovered some workarounds for these ads and have [...]

New Bastion DLC on the Way

Posted on December 10th, 2011 by Tyson Mighell

Bastion is the debut game from Supergiant Games, and it has proven to be very successful for the studio. Bastion is an action RPG with a unique take on the genre in the form of a narrator who talks about your every move. There are multiple weapons and upgrades to equip your character with, and [...]