28 May 10 Blizzard Boss Says Restrictive DRM Is a Waste of Time
Stoobalou writes "Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce reckons that fighting piracy with DRM is a losing battle. His company — which is responsible for one of the biggest video games of all time, the worryingly-addictive online fantasy role player World of Warcraft — is to release StarCraft 2 on July 27th, and Pearce has told Videogamer that the title won't be hobbled with the kind of crazy copy protection schemes which have made Ubisoft very unpopular in gaming circles of late. StarCraft 2 will require a single online activation using the company's Battle.net servers, after which players will be allowed to play the single-player game to their hearts' content, without being forced to have a persistent Internet connection."
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07 Jul 10 EMC to acquire data analyzer Greenplum
EMC plans to acquire Greenplum for an undisclosed sum and form a new division around the privately held company's data warehousing technology.
Greenplum sells software for analyzing large amounts of structured data, breaking up the information into multiple databases and working on each separately for quick results, according to co-founder and President Scott Yara. Its technology works across both computing and storage infrastructure to allow individual employees, instead of just IT departments, to ask questions and generate answers about an organization's data.
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05 Oct 10 'The Social Network': Betrayal, Billions, and Bill Gates?
"The Social Network" topped the box office this weekend, but is it an accurate portrayal of Facebook's history or one-sided, glitzy Hollywood production that glosses over some facts when it comes to its co-founder Eduardo Saverin?Tagi: accurate portrayal, th weekend, facebook, eduardo saverin, bill gates, betrayal, co founder, billions, box office, hollywood
