Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2014
Xbox moves ahead with original programming plan
When it comes to original programming, Microsoft is going to throw it at the Xbox and see what sticks.
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Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2014
How plants become zombies
(Phys.org) —Forget popular video game Plants Vs. Zombies, some plants are zombies and scientists have uncovered how bacterial parasites turn them into the living dead.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 8, 2014
Engineers design video game controller that can sense players' emotions (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —Stanford engineers have developed what could be the next big thing in interactive gaming: handheld game controllers that measure the player's physiology and alter the gameplay to make it more engaging.
Ecology
Apr 6, 2014
Researchers net 'zombie bass' with electricity (Update)
Bernie Fuller has fished for decades, yet he's never witnessed anything to match the sight of dozens of zombie bass eerily rising out of a north Alabama lake.
Security
Mar 17, 2014
Researchers develop algorithm to rapidly track down malicious cyber content
Cyber attacks are the primary domestic security threat facing the United States, FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Homeland Security Committee last year. In our brave new world, traditional warfare is now inextricably ...
Software
Mar 5, 2014
"Demokratia": mocking Russian politics through a videogame
Buy voters, divert public funds, become an all-powerful tsar: it's all part of the fun in videogame "Demokratia", whose merciless take on Russian politics has made it a runaway success in the land of Vladimir Putin.
Internet
Feb 28, 2014
China's president heads cybersecurity body
(AP)—Chinese President Xi Jinping has put himself in charge of a new body to coordinate cybersecurity, in a sign of Beijing's concern over its vulnerability to online attacks and its desire to retain tight control over the ...
Software
Feb 17, 2014
New video games aim to be deeper than first-person shooters
Miguel Oliveira is developing a video game in a tiny apartment near the University of Southern California, worlds away from the high-tech studios of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. He works on a laptop surrounded by folding ...
Software
Feb 15, 2014
Hit video game 'The Last of Us' gets new chapter
Sony Computer Entertainment America added a new chapter Friday to popular video game "The Last of Us," filled with combat against zombie-like infected people and tailored for PlayStation 3 consoles.
General Physics
Feb 6, 2014
What lies beneath: IT is helping uncover neutrinos under the Antarctic ice
(Phys.org) —A mile beneath Antarctica's surface, thousands of spherical digital sensors are suspended in the ice. It would seem they have nothing to record. At that depth, the ice appears pitch black. It's also clear; any ...
