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Spoof-proof location authentication to help legitimize mobile gambling

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2012
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Locaid is announcing today that it will provide "unspoofable" location authentication for mobile gambling. The Locaid technology is a critical part of the ecosystem that can support online gambling, which is expected to be a huge industry in the U.S. in the not-so-distant future.

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Careful when ditching that old Xbox, it’s still got your credit card info

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 30, 2012
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Thinking about getting rid of your old Xbox? Be careful about where it lands next, because somewhere in the device, your credit card details...

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Blizzard makes $26M on World of Warcraft security authenticators [update]

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 29, 2011
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Update: As pointed out below in the reader comments, these estimates are likely off by a sizable amount as they do not take into account...

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Call of Duty Elite password reminders sent out in plain text

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 1, 2011
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Activision’s troubled gaming service, Call of Duty Elite, has been sending out password reminders to its users in plain text. Activision either stores player...

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Interview with Nexon America’s Min Kim, head of new Live Games division

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 30, 2011
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Game developer and publisher Nexon America has named longtime marketing executive Min Kim as its head of Live Games. Kim has also been elected...

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Not again: Sony’s online game networks get attacked, 93,000 accounts compromised

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 12, 2011
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Sony said tonight that hackers have once attacked the company’s online gaming networks, and this time they have broken into 93,000 accounts. The new...

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Updated PSN terms remove right to collectively sue Sony

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 16, 2011
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PlayStation manufacturer Sony has added a clause to its terms of service for its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), that waives users’...

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In wake of PSN hack, Sony recruits Homeland Security official as security boss

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2011
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Sony said today that is has hired a former official at the Department of Homeland Security to its new post of chief information security...

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Hackers steal 21,000 passwords from Star Wars game fan site

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 30, 2011
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A Star Wars Galaxies fan site got hacked today and thieves stole 21,000 email addresses and 23,000 passwords. And judging from an analysis of...

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Sony’s network guru: PlayStation Network downtime was a ‘great experience’

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 13, 2011
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Most companies would call a hacking attack that brings a critical service offline a disaster. Sony’s president of network entertainment Tim Schaaff thinks it’s...

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