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Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z trailers won’t cost you an arm and a leg
Jun 17th
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z stars Yaiba Kamikaze, a ninja killed by primary series star Ryu Hayabusa during a duel. We’re not sure how Yaiba came back from the dead, but at least we can see how he died.
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Court appoints lead plaintiff in shareholder lawsuit against SAC
Jun 17th
June 18 (Reuters) – A New York court designated a pension fund as the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by shareholders of Elan Corp against SAC Capital, a court filing showed, as the hedge fund continued to face varied legal challenges over insider-trading charges.
Dragon Mobile Assistant 4 for Android adds driving mode, voice notifications
Jun 17th
For Nuance, it’s not enough that Dragon Mobile Assistant spares Android users from pecking at the keyboard — with the app’s new 4.0 upgrade, those users can sometimes avoid contact altogether. Dragon Mobile Assistant can now detect when you’re in a moving car and automatically invoke a Driver Mode that relies solely on voice recognition and feedback, keeping your focus on the road. Accordingly, the upgrade builds in spoken notifications for inbound calls, messages, upcoming meetings and Facebook updates. There’s also voice-aware email and customizable wake up commands. All told, 4.0 is a big boost for Android fans who see touchscreens as old hat; if you do, you can grab the update shortly (if not already) through Google Play.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile
Source: Google Play
Obama defends Syria policy, plays down NSA spying ‘ruckus’
Jun 17th
President Barack Obama promised in an interview broadcast late Monday that his decision to arm Syrian rebels does not mean the United States is “taking sides in a religious war.” Obama, speaking to PBS’s Charlie Rose, also played down the “ruckus” over the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. “If you're a U.S. person, then NSA is [...]
Obama defends Syria policy, plays down NSA spying ‘ruckus’
Jun 17th
President Barack Obama promised in an interview broadcast late Monday that his decision to arm Syrian rebels does not mean the United States is “taking sides in a religious war.” Obama, speaking to PBS’s Charlie Rose, also played down the “ruckus” over the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. “If you're a U.S. person, then NSA is [...]
Obama defends Syria policy, plays down NSA spying ‘ruckus’
Jun 17th
President Barack Obama promised in an interview broadcast late Monday that his decision to arm Syrian rebels does not mean the United States is “taking sides in a religious war.” Obama, speaking to PBS’s Charlie Rose, also played down the “ruckus” over the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. “If you're a U.S. person, then NSA is [...]
Obama defends Syria policy, plays down NSA spying ‘ruckus’
Jun 17th
President Barack Obama promised in an interview broadcast late Monday that his decision to arm Syrian rebels does not mean the United States is “taking sides in a religious war.” Obama, speaking to PBS’s Charlie Rose, also played down the “ruckus” over the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. “If you're a U.S. person, then NSA is [...]
Bruins beat Blackhawks 2-0, lead Cup finals 2-1
Jun 17th
BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.
Yahoo discloses US government data request stats: over 12,000 in six months
Jun 17th
Yahoo has just revealed just how many government requests for data it’s received in the past six months, and it’s beaten out Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell noted in a Tumblr post that the search giant received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests, “inclusive of criminal, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and other requests,” between December 1st, 2012 and May 31st, 2013. According to Mayer and Bell, the majority of requests relate to “fraud, homicides, kidnappings, and other criminal investigations.” Naturally, Yahoo notes that it can’t specify how many FISA requests are in that figure due to their classified nature, but it “strongly urge(s) the federal government to reconsider its stance on this issue.”
Mayer and Co. also announced that their first “global law enforcement transparency report” will debut later in the summer, and will include data on the first half of 2013. It’s not a one-time occurrence either — the firm plans to update the dossier twice each year.
Source: Yahoo (Tumblr)
Watch Brian Provinciano’s Retro City Rampage talk from GDC
Jun 17th
Posted by michael in Games
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One of our favorite talks from GDC was Brian Provinciano’s session, in which the indie developer discussed bringing his game, Retro City Rampage, to just about every platform known to man. It’s a valuable talk for many reasons, giving a clear picture of what it’s like working with The Big Three[TM] and the types of hurdles a determined indie developer will inevitably hit.
Provinciano’s determination to port Grand Theft Auto 3 to NES hardware escalated into a love letter to video games and pop culture. While Provinciano hasn’t announced his next project yet, he says we should expect more humorous open-world games.
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