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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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Facebook’s Q2 earnings report disappoints Wall Street

Despite reporting better than expected quarterly earnings, Facebook took a beating on the stock market yesterday. The reported Q2 earnings of $1.18 billion was slightly above expectations, but those had already been lowered prior to the launch of the company’s IPO. A net loss of $157 million for Facebook’s first …

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Redundancies at Warner Bros’ Seattle studio

An unknown number of employees at Warner Bros. Seattle have been laid off. This is the second time in as many years the studio has seen job cutbacks, and it is rumored that as many as 60 employees have been affected. The office houses multiple studios, including Monolith Productions, Snowblind …

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