A security research company has released its own patch for critical flaws in a popular computer game, saying it had waited months for the game's creator to do something.
Earlier this week, Newport, Calif.-based PivX Solutions issued an advisory warning of three high-risk buffer-overflow vulnerabilities it discovered in "Half-Life," a popular first-person-shooter game.
Although released several years ago, "Half-Life" has remained popular, due to variants based upon the game such as “Counter-Strike” and “Day of Defeat.” It has more than 10 million players, according to online gaming sites
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Earlier this week, Newport, Calif.-based PivX Solutions issued an advisory warning of three high-risk buffer-overflow vulnerabilities it discovered in "Half-Life," a popular first-person-shooter game.
Although released several years ago, "Half-Life" has remained popular, due to variants based upon the game such as “Counter-Strike” and “Day of Defeat.” It has more than 10 million players, according to online gaming sites
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View: Company patches flaws in 'Half-Life' game News source: C|NET News
The earlier McDonald's-Cometa trial had about 10 restaurants offering Wi-Fi access in New York. The restaurant chain also has a test program with network company Wayport underway in more than 75 restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The bigger New York network is designed to let customers share a high-speed Internet connection, for free through the end of August and for $2.99 per day after that. About 60 of the 75 locations are already active, with more to be added over the summer. Customers will be able to identify locations with Wi-Fi access by a sign displaying the company's signature golden arches in the universal Internet "@" symbol.
San Francisco-based start-up Cometa formed late last year with the backing of technology giants IBM, Intel and AT&T. It is looking to install 20,000 hot spots nationwide.
Analysts have been skeptical about the business models behind equipping vast numbers of retail outlets with wireless Internet access in hopes of generating income from bandwidth rental. However, McDonald's views providing Wi-Fi access as a way to sell more meals, not as a way to get into the Internet business.
For Cometa, the partnership helps it expand the number of Wi-Fi hot spots it has installed in high-traffic areas. The company is trying to get going a nationwide network of hot spots, so it can attract carriers and Internet service providers as customers.
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