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BlizzCon 2010 Kickoff

Kori Ellis — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:35:34 +0000

BlizzCon 2010 kicks off today in Anaheim for the fifth annual event. BlizzCon is a celebration of everything from Blizzard Entertainment including Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Over 30,000 attendees are expected at the two-day extravaganza.

Highlights include a keynote by Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime, a StarCraft II competition, and a variety of discussions and panels with tools, tips, and behind the scenes tidbits. The first arrived at 2:00am Thursday to wait in line.

Check out Joystiq.com for a live blog of the Opening Ceremony keynote, and all the details on “the impending WoW expansion, Cataclysm, to future StarCraft 2 installments, to the much-anticipated Diablo 3.”

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Demigod The Game

Milo Riano — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:38:00 +0000

My colleague knew I am a big fan of Warcraft Frozen Throne especially the DOTA map and as such, he told me about Demigod the game.

I haven’t looked much into the game but these are the things I read:

1. You would be able to choose a demigod, similar to hero in warcraft. Each demigod has their own powers.

2. The demigod can be equipped with weapons and items.

3. The demigod levels up on experience.

4. There are multiple arenas, similar to maps in DOTA

5. Real-time strategy action

6. Destroy strongholds to gain advantage and win

It seems that this is another version of Warcraft & Starcraft gameplay; and given that I like these kinds of games, I am looking forward on playing this in the future.

Image from DemiGodTheGame.

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Internet Roundup On Security Awareness

Sravan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:42:42 +0000

Microsoft released a huge security update, its biggest in five years, containing 28 packages of which 23 are marked “critical”. You better run the Windows Updates immediately; I am right now.

There is a Firefox trojan that is trolling around stealing passwords. Read the Larry Seltzer’s post for the story and a suggestion.

Friend Brian got numerous cases with a variant of Win32/FakeSecScan virus in the last couple of weeks and so compiled a helpful one-page PDF called “Beware of Fake Antivirus Programs” (PDF link warning). I have one more thing to add. When you see that popup message, open the taskmanager and kill the browser. Some of the uglier ones of this kind don’t have a better solution.

Computer World has a very alarming story. McColo Corp., a webhosting firm, was taken down a month ago resulting in a 42% drop of spam volume. Slowly, actually quickly, the spam levels are catching up again.

McAfee released its Virtual Criminology report recently. It accuses the governments of turning a blind eye to cybercrime, according to PCWorld. I agree that there is a damn lot to be done, but McAfee’s bombastic style takes away a little credibility, not of the report itself but of the accusation. If say the US government were turning a blind eye, there wouldn’t even be talking about a Center for Cybersecurity Operations, would they?

Blizzard has introduced two-factor authentication in World of Warcraft. On top of the usual password, there will be a six-digit authentication code generated by the %6.50 worth keyfob on-demand for each login.

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