game

Mon
31
Mar
Brandon Dimmel's picture

'Free Spider Solitaire 5.0', and 'RouterPassView 1.53'

Free Spider Solitaire 5.0 Looking for a new take on the traditional game of Solitaire? Then try Free Spider Solitaire, a card game collection that includes five different spider game types. This game presents players with more than nine trillion ... possible games to play in addition to fully customizable decks and background. Note: scroll 3/4 down the page to access the Free Spider Solitaire download link. http://www.treecardgames.com RouterPassView 1.53 Hoping to recover the password for your favorite router? RouterPassView helps you recover lost passwords and keys for your router. This program ... (view more)

Fri
28
Mar
Brandon Dimmel's picture

Virtual Reality: Fad or Flop? Facebook Invests $2B

Facebook has made a major investment in virtual reality technology by purchasing Oculus VR, a virtual reality technology firm for $2 billion US dollars. For the past several years Oculus VR has been developing Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset ... that is said to revolutionize home entertainment. The Oculus Rift was first unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (or "E3") during the summer of 2012. The head-mounted display generated a great deal of interest among the video game community. This interest led Oculus VR to initiate an August 2012 Kickstarter campaign to further ... (view more)

Tue
10
Sep
Dennis Faas's picture

'NeuroRacer' Game Improves Multitasking Abilities

Video games are blamed for a lot of things -- exposing kids to violence, encouraging antisocial behaviour, and generally 'rotting' peoples' brains. But a new study finds that a computer game called 'NeuroRacer' can actually improve neurological (or ... brain) activity. In fact, the game is apparently having the most positive impact on players over age 60. NeuroRacer was specially designed for the Gazzaley Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). There, neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley and a team of researchers have been using the game to test its impact on the neurological activity ... (view more)

Wed
10
Jul
Dennis Faas's picture

Apple Releases Free Stuff on App Store Anniversary

It's been five years since Apple launched its popular App Store. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, the Cupertino, California-based firm is giving away free applications and games. Apple's App Store originally launched in 2008 (shortly after the ... release of the iPhone) with roughly five hundred different applications. Today, the App Store is approaching one million apps. Earlier this week Apple unveiled a new section of its App Store displaying five free apps and five free games for the iPhone and the iPad tablet computer. (Source: latimes.com ) Typically each of these apps / games costs a ... (view more)

Tue
09
Jul
Dennis Faas's picture

Microsoft Loses Prominent Executive to Zynga

One of Microsoft's leading executives has been acquired by a social media game company. Don Mattrick, who until recently headed Microsoft's Xbox division, will receive a $5 million signing bonus and stock awards totaling $40 million from Zynga. The ... 49-year-old Mattrick has been a major presence in the video game industry for many years now. He started his own game company at the age of 17 and subsequently sold the firm to Electronic Arts, where he worked until 2007. Xbox One Mired in Controversy Mattrick then made the jump to Microsoft, where he became a Senior Vice President and oversaw the ... (view more)

Fri
08
Mar
Dennis Faas's picture

New SimCity Wracked with Technical Problems

SimCity, one of the PC gaming industry's most renowned franchises, has finally received an update. Unfortunately, the new game, while visually attractive, is suffering from some paralyzing technical problems. SimCity is the first game of its kind in ... a decade. If you never played the original (or one of the updates, like SimCity 3000), the game challenges players to build their very own city. Along the way, they must deal with all of the problems faced by city leaders, including crime, natural disasters, and controversial business operations. DRM Presents Problems The problem with this new ... (view more)

Wed
07
Nov
Dennis Faas's picture

'Random Password Generator 1.2', and 'Game Booster 3.4'

Random Password Generator 1.2 Random Password Generator is designed to help you create secure, random passwords that are extremely difficult to crack. This program produces passwords that feature a combination of random lower and upper case letters, ... numbers, and punctuation symbols. Easy to use, and very important if you go online regularly. http://www.iobit.com Game Booster 3.4 Game Booster 3 is capable of delivering a great gaming experience even if you are playing on an older PC. It does this by temporarily shutting down the computer's background processes and any unnecessary Windows ... (view more)

Tue
07
Aug
Dennis Faas's picture

'Microsoft Kodu Game Lab 1.2.88', and 'EventSentry 2.93.1.5'

Microsoft Kodu Game Lab 1.2.88 Kodu is new, free software that lets users create games on the PC and Xbox with a simple visual programming language. Intended for children, Kodu helps to teach creativity, problem solving, and storytelling, as well as ... computer programming. Anyone can use Kodu, even adults. It is available to PC users at no charge. http://fuse.microsoft.com EventSentry 2.93.1.5 Failed service? Defective hard drive? Now you can be notified immediately when important events occur inside your computer, so you can take corrective action before the event snowballs. EventSentry has ... (view more)

Fri
22
Jun
Dennis Faas's picture

Facebook Users to Pay Monthly Fee for Apps, Games

Facebook plans to allow companies to charge monthly fees for the use of applications on the popular social media website. This new policy could create a lucrative market for Facebook versions of newspapers, magazines, and more. At the moment, it's ... not possible for software developers to charge people who like and use their applications on Facebook. Instead, they can charge only for one-off purchases that people make within the application itself. The best known example of this is Zynga's Farmville. Currently, users can play the app free-of-charge. But if they want to get an extra advantage ... (view more)

Thu
19
Apr
Dennis Faas's picture

Sinister New Trojan Horse Poses as Popular App

Online deviants have released malware that's disguised as a legitimate version of Angry Birds Space, the popular strategy puzzle game released a few weeks ago. As you probably know, Angry Birds is a popular video game available for a number of ... platforms. Angry Birds Space is an extension of that original game that recently recorded 10 million downloads within its first three days of availability, followed by another 10 million downloads in the first week. (Source: pcmag.com ) Unfortunately, says security software company Sophos, a malicious program is already masquerading as a legitimate ... (view more)

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