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Sega profits up in ‘weak’ year

Sega has seen its Q2 profits leap year-on-year . Sega Sammy generated 569m for the last quarter ending June 30th, 2012, a 7.1 per cent increase over the same period the year before. Profits reached 20.3m, which is up over an 18m loss last year. The company reports ‘weak’ demand …

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Microsoft Surface launching simultaneously with Windows 8

Microsoft’s Surface tablet will arrive alongside Windows 8 in late October. CNET reports the company confirmed the release date in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week. "The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, …

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UPDATED: Ubisoft DRM loophole allows remote hackers to access PCs

A potentially very serious issue with the PC DRM employed by Ubisoft seems to have left many gamers susceptible to hackers. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that a problem with the Uplay/DRM infrastructure of a number of Ubisoft titles that allows websites to plant potentially malicious code onto the PCs of …

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