Thursday, 15 January 2009 04:07

EA drops Pandemic

Creators of Destroy All Humans, Star Wars Battlefront, Full Spectrum Warrior and recently The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Pandemic Studios has been closed down by Electronic Arts. Some say The Dark Knight was to blame.

Published in Radioactive IT

TrustDefender highlights danger of updated Torpig rootkit and variants

Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.

Published in Home IT

Oh woe is PS3

The US continues to be an unhappy hunting ground for the PlayStation 3. Whilst rival game platforms, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 continue to increase sales, the PS3 seems to be wallowing. Surely the established brand of PlayStation will win the console generation war, but maybe it will take a little longer that first anticipated.

Published in Radioactive IT