Neowin News Feed for: Serious

Uploaders earning serious money from Youtube

Damien Reynolds — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:00:18 +0000

If you are looking to earn some steady money from the internet then YouTube could be the destination for you. The New York Times are running an article about how popular and how profitable... Read more...

BBC Exposes Serious Facebook Privacy Flaw

Tom Warren — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:56:01 +0000

The BBC's technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy. Using a simple malicious application could open up yourself and your friends (who do not... Read more...

Microsoft: We're serious about Internet safety and privacy

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:06:47 +0000

At RSA Conference 2008, Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, announced his company's "End to End Trust vision," which aims to give users more control over what is trustworthy online. Microsoft published a... Read more...

Paul Thurrott: Serious Windows Home Server concerns

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:30:45 +0000

As is the case with my problems with the Xbox 360's Fall 2007 Dashboard Update, where I am having many issues that no one else seems to be having, I'm sort of hoping that what... Read more...

NY School Opens Lab for Serious Games

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:22:48 +0000

A new research lab at the prestigious Parsons design school aims to develop video games with a conscience - called "serious games" - and study whether playing them can be a force for social good.... Read more...

Serious vulnerability found in Gmail

Steven Parker — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:18:21 +0000

Security researcher Petko Petkov has revealed a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Gmail that makes it possible for a malicious web site to surreptitiously add a filter to a user's Gmail account that forwards e-mail... Read more...

Hacker Finds Serious Flaw in Adobe PDF

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:23:39 +0000

The same hacker who discovered a recently patched QuickTime flaw affecting the Firefox browser says he has found an equally serious flaw in Adobe Systems Incorporated's PDF file format. Using Adobe Reader 8.1 on Windows... Read more...

Apple fixes serious QuickTime bug

Wed, 30 May 2007 01:36:33 +0000

Apple has released a security update for QuickTime 7.1.6, fixing two issues in the way the media player works on the Java platform. The most serious of these problems could give criminals a way of... Read more...

Google patches Serious Desktop Flaw

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:42:15 +0000

Security researchers at Watchfire discovered a serious flaw in Google's desktop software over a month ago, but it has only been made public today. Google was first notified of the problem way back on January... Read more...

Microsoft: Home Server Sports Serious Security

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:04:15 +0000

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Home Server software will include security features taken from its enterprise-grade Windows Server 2003 software, but will not work as a central distributor for patches to PCs on the home network, a... Read more...

Adobe Acquires Serious Magic

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:32:51 +0000

Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) today announced it has acquired Serious Magic Inc.™, maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets. With Serious Magic solutions such as DV Rack... Read more...

Serious Engine 3 news

Todd Tanner — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:10:16 +0000

I'll just post this straight from the Seriouszone forums. Apparently the CroTeam has been showing their Serious Engine 3 to people behind closed doors lately, and this beta tester was one of those lucky few... Read more...

Walt Disney in Serious Talks to Acquire Pixar

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:46:37 +0000

The post-Eisner Walt Disney is close to buying Pixar Animation Studios in a deal that could allow Steve Jobs and his team to exert significant creative influence at the entertainment giant, reports The Wall Street... Read more...

Serious Sam II Retail Patch v2.066

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:11:15 +0000

2K Games has released the promised new retail patch for Serious Sam II, upgrading the fast-paced first-person shooter sequel by Croteam to version 2.066. This update adds dedicated server support, multiplayer improvements, configuration enhancements, graphics... Read more...

Serious Snort Bug Could Lead To Next Slammer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:40:00 +0000

A vulnerability in the Snort open-source intrusion detection software puts companies at serious risk, the researcher who discovered the bug said Wednesday. "The vulnerability is very easy to exploit, and potentially quite workable," said Neel... Read more...

Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:50:00 +0000

Encouraging signs from the Wikipedia project, where co-founder and Ã¼berpedian Jimmy Wales has acknowledged there are real quality problems with the online work. Criticism of the project from within the inner sanctum has been very... Read more...

Serious Sam II has gone gold, available October 11th

Todd Tanner — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:10:04 +0000

According to bluesnews, 2K Games has announced that Serious Sam II has gone gold and will ship to retail outlets in North America on October 11th. This is for the PC and X-Box version. Both... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 Demo

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:53:04 +0000

As promised yesterday, the Serious Sam 2 Demo is now available for download. The file comes in at 236MB and includes the Seriousopolis Uptown level, which is playable alone or in co-op mode with... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 Multiplayer Features Announced

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:24:01 +0000

2k Games today announced what multiplayer features will be included in the upcoming 'over the top' FPS, Serious Sam 2. The game will allow a massive sixteen players to play in co-operative mode over a... Read more...

Serious Sam II Screenshots

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:52:22 +0000

A new set of screenshots for Serious Sam II is now available for download in regular and high resolutions to more than double the available imagery of this frantic first-person shooter sequel being developed at... Read more...

Serious Sam II E3 2005 Video

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:26:46 +0000

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software released the E3 2005 movie of Serious Sam II featuring thirty seconds of gameplay footage. Serious Sam II features over 40 beautiful, expansive levels spread out... Read more...

Serious Sam II screenshots

Wed, 18 May 2005 15:54:47 +0000

Seven new screenshots for Serious Sam II are now available for download in medium and high resolutions to reveal more of the fast-paced first-person shooter sequel under construction at Croteam. As always, the images have... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 announced

Todd Tanner — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 03:36:52 +0000

New York, NY – April 20, 2005 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today announced Serious Sam II, the much-anticipated return of Sam "Serious" Stone to PC and the Xbox®... Read more...

Serious IE Hole Opens Pre XP SP2 PCs Up to Attacks

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:21:23 +0000

US-CERT on Wednesday warned of a fresh hole in Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to take control of a PC via an HTML e-mail message or a malicious Web page. The flaw is all... Read more...

Game makers pursue serious concerns

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:39:19 +0000

Glucoboy, a glucose meter that can be connected to a Nintendo GameBoy, will be available for kids with diabetes this spring. SuperCharged!, released last year, helps physics students understand electromagnetism; Virtual U, released in 2001,... Read more...

Serious Games Summit announced for D.C. in October

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:50:40 +0000

Summit on non-entertainment applications of gaming will establish east coast event separate from GDC. Digitalmill and CMP Game Group are collaborating to present the Serious Games Summit in Washington, D.C. on October... Read more...

Mac OS X hit with another serious security issue

Mon, 17 May 2004 20:01:01 +0000

When it rains, it pours. Yet another "highly critical" hole has been found in Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system, which will allow remote system access by getting someone to visit a malicious... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 Tech Demo Impressions

Marcel Klum — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:51:07 +0000

A non interactive tech demo of Serious Sam 2 has been running at both Microsoft's DirectX booth and ATI's booth at GDC today. This is the first time that anything from Croteam's first person shooter... Read more...

One serious misunderstanding...

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:00:07 +0000

When we published the article about techtommorow.com, it appeared hard to believe that a site could so blatently take other work, and post it as their own. Erm.... well it is hard to believe, because... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 development update

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:20:57 +0000

Croteam updates its official Web site with news on how the development of Serious Sam 2 is progressing. Croteam has recently updated its official Web site with a post from its CEO,... Read more...

Serious Sam 2 update

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:00:49 +0000

Croteam's Roman Ribaric gives us an update on everyone's favorite frantic action series. We recently checked in with Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric for a brief update on the studio's current development plans.... Read more...

Microsoft eyeing Universal Music; Apple not too serious

Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:06:45 +0000

Apple Computer Inc. may have some competition if it plans to purchase Universal Music Group from Vivendi Universal. Microsoft Corp. is apparently interested in buying the music giant, but its interest at this point is... Read more...

Intel's Centrino 'a serious threat to WLAN chip makers'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:09:46 +0000

Wireless guru Nick Hunn has predicted the death of several silicon suppliers who make wireless LAN (WiFi) components, following the decision of both Intel and AMD to provide the bulk of the circuitry needed, on... Read more...

Serious Sam: Second Encounter v1.05 - v1.07 Patch

Steven Parker — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:02:14 +0000

Thanks Euphoria for sending in this news. v1.05-v1.07 changelog, notes 1.07 is not net-game compatible with older versions. everyone need to upgrade - both servers and clients save games and demos are retained... Read more...

Update: Serious Sam 2 demo now.

Marcel Klum — Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:10:33 +0000

The demo will include many of the new features that are appearing in The Second Encounter, including new enemies, new weapons and the new Serious power-ups. Along with the demo there will also be a... Read more...

Serious Sam sequel hits alpha

Mon, 01 Oct 2001 21:28:32 +0000

Croteam is beginning alpha testing for its upcoming action game, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. Croatian game developer Croteam has announced that its upcoming action game, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, is... Read more...

Serious Sam sequel this holiday season

Steven Parker — Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:52:35 +0000

Thanks Scuba for the heads up on this.. Croteam announced the first sequal to its first-person shooter, Serious Sam: The First Encounter. The sequal is almost complete and is now entering the alpha phase.... Read more...