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<title><![CDATA['Evil Dead' seeks rebirth in iPhone game]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 07:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A screen shot from the iPhone game version of the famous film 'The Evil Dead.'(Credit:Trigger/Ghost House)These days, Sam Raimi is famous for making the &quot;Spider-Man&quot; trilogy of movies. But to a core group of die-hard fans, he'll always be known as the director of 1981's cult-favorite &quot;The Evil Dead.&quot;Though that horror-comedy classic has had 30 years to blend into the cinematic background, it still has a passionate and devoted following. And now Raimi and production partner Robert Tapert and their Ghost House Pictures have teamed up with the Los Angeles-based entertainment consultants TriggerGlobal to fire up those fans--as well as try to create a new fan base for the film--with the official Evil Dead iPhone game.(Credit:Trigger/Ghost House)Next month, the game is expected to be released in the Apple App Store, and according to Jason Yim, Trigger's president and executive creative director, it was designed to be extremely faithful to the look and feel of &quot;The Evil Dead.&quot; In an interview, Yim told CNET that much of the game follows the movie's action &quot;beat for beat&quot; and was designed that way to speak to the film's many fans. That means plenty of scenes with Ash taking on endless zombies and the attendant buckets of gore.Raimi wasn't available to speak to CNET about the project, but in an interview, Aaron Lam, vice president of production at Ghost House, said the company's interest in collaborating on an &quot;Evil Dead&quot;iPhone game began with the opportunity to give &quot;Evil Dead&quot; fans &quot;something fresh to play with,&quot; and its longtime familiarity with Trigger, with which it previously worked well on &quot;Spider-Man&quot; Web projects.The game is, Lam said, a case of &quot;an older franchise [meeting] new media technology,&quot; the blending of non-stop action with a story line near and dear to enough people's hearts that the two companies clearly are betting that it will quickly go viral.When Trigger and Ghost House began working together on the project, they knew that they were going to be making something that would both rekindle the enthusiasm original fans of the movie had for it, and at the same time, have the potential of hooking an newer generation of horror fans who might not be as familiar with the 1981 film. That could be especially important to Ghost House if, as Lam said is the plan, a new &quot;Evil Dead&quot; sequel is released in the next year or two. After all, it can be difficult to generate a new fan base for a decades-old franchise if it has been years since anything new came along.Learning from Angry BirdsLam suggested that other old films with strong grassroots support could also benefit from putting out an iPhone game--as long as the marriage of film content and game was done well, and made sense according to the original film story.&quot;It's easy to pair a movie to a game,&quot; Lam said. &quot;But first and foremost, it has to be fun to play.&quot;A big part of that can be resurrecting fans' favorite characters--and that's a big reason why the new &quot;Evil Dead&quot; game is built around Ash, the main character from the original film: he's someone that a lot of &quot;people are such fans of,&quot; Lam said.But while Raimi and Tapert may know how to make hit films, Lam said the folks at Ghost House were definitely not versed in what it takes to make a hit iPhone game. They decided to look elsewhere for inspiration on how to make it work. The question, Lam said, was because the success of the game would depend first and foremost on game play, they wanted to know how do you build a committed audience with no famous back story. The folks at Rovio Mobile, makers of Angry Birds had clearly demonstrated it was all about creating a fun experience, and served as a model, he said.Build that first, they seemed to conclude, and then add a beloved fiction to the mix, and you could very well have a winner.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony's recurring security headaches (week in review)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hemuqajaz</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[After nearly four weeks offline, Sony relaunched itsPlayStation Network, but not without continuing hurdles.The entertainment and electronics giant began returning its entire portfolio of online games, game forums, and Web sites to service last weekend. But shortly after service resumed, users started complaining on Twitter that it wasn't active long before it was unavailable again.Sony said &quot;extremely heavy traffic&quot; was to blame for the service interruptions and said it had to &quot;turn the service off for 30 minutes in order to clear the queue &quot; of too many password resets submitted at once.But that wasn't good enough for Japan--Sony's home country. An official in Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry said the government is waiting for Sony to deliver better security measures.To add insult to injury, a new exploit was discovered that allowed hackers to change PSN users' passwords with the data stolen during the break-in to the service last month. The Web sites that allow PSN users to sign in and reset their passwords were taken offline briefly to fix the exploit.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Sony: PSN back, but no system is 100 percent secure&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Sony attack may have been multipronged&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' How to stay safe on Sony PlayStation NetworkMore headlinesSenators press Apple, Google on location privacyApple and Google return to Capitol Hill to defend themselves against accusations from politicians who say companies aren't doing enough to protect their customers' location privacy.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Sweeping bill would update privacy law&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' FCC, FTC to hold mobile location privacy forumApple near cloud-music dealsApple already had a deal to offer cloud music from Warner Music and is said to have agreement in place with EMI, music industry sources tell CNET. Sony Music and Universal Music are also close.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Report: Apple signs Sony for cloud-music service&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Apple patent adds clues to streaming music serviceVerizon to offer tiered family plans for data devicesWill Verizon be the first to jump onto the bundled family plan for data devices Either way, it comes at the demise of flat-rate data plans for smartphones.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Verizon CFO hints at global 'iPhone 5,' talks LTELinkedIn soars in first day of tradingShares of the business social network end the day at $94.25, more than double the opening price on the NYSE of $45.Intel CEO: Big shift to mobilePaul Otellini says the chipmaker is redirecting its focus to low-power and small devices like smartphones, Netbooks, andtablets.&amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Intel smartphone push questionedGoogle fixes Android Wi-Fi security holeNowAndroid will force secure connections to calendar and contacts servers for all Android users to prevent someone from snooping on data. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Android phones vulnerable to snooping attackHow bad is the Mac malware scare (FAQ) Windows users are familiar with the fake anti-malware ruse, but this is the first time it's been targeted at the smaller Mac market. CNET tells you what Mac Defender is and what it means for Macintosh users.  &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' How to remove MacDefender fake antivirus program Yes, Clearwire really is on the ropes Clearwire says it has enough money for the next year to fund its network build, but what happens after that Its COO is bullish on the future, but competition makes for an uphill climb. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Ericsson to manage Clearwire's 4G network &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Report: Sprint, Clearwire weigh network hosting dealReport: Netflix swallowing peak Net traffic fastNetflix grabs nearly one-third of peak traffic, according to a report by Sandvine, with most of the traffic coming from gaming devices (and probably &quot;Harry Potter&quot; streaming parties). &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Broadband prices down 50 percent in past two yearsShuttle Endeavour rockets into orbit on its final flightKnifing through low clouds, the shuttle Endeavour streaked into orbit Monday after a two-week delay, kicking off the orbiter's 25th and final mission. &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Woman on plane films Endeavour rocketing to spaceAlso of note &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Amazon: Kindle books outselling all print books &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' Bill Gates giddy over Skype acquisition &amp;149'&amp;nbsp' McDonald's hires 7,000 touch-screen cashiers  .postBody h4, .postBody h4{font-size: 1.2em'margin: 10px 0 0 0 'padding: 0px'font-weight: bold'border-bottom: none'} <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Week in review: Bing wrests share from Google]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Herea4a4s our roundup of the weeka4a4s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:Microsofta4a4s Bing wrests search share from Google &amp;8212' Microsofta4a4s search engine, Bing, now has 27 percent of the search engine market and is quickly gaining on Google, according to Hitwise. HP unveils a cool reclining touchscreen PC straight out of Star Trek &amp;8212' It seems like therea4a4s no end of uses for the touchscreen.Angry Birds get Super Bowl appearance and Android SMS payments &amp;8212' The Super Bowl  ad represents huge exposure for Rovio, which was barely known more than a year ago, and its blockbuster Angry Birds mobile game.Verizon iPhone launch is no AT&amp;038'T iPhone launch &amp;8212' The much-hyped Verizon iPhone is finally available for purchase, and if you havena4a4t preordered or picked one up yet, therea4a4s still a very good chance youa4a4ll be able to snag one.HPa4a4s WebOS TouchPad reveals iPada4a4s multitasking weaknesses &amp;8212' Unless Apple significantly revamps iOS for the iPad, ita4a4s going to be blown away by HPa4a4s upcoming WebOS TouchPad tablet when it comes to multitasking.And here are five more stories we think are important, thought-provoking, fun, or all of the above:Symbian is dead: Nokia jumps to Windows Phone 7 &amp;8212' Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced a long-rumored partnership with Microsoft yesterday that would make Windows Phone 7 Nokiaa4a4s primary mobile platform.Memo to the government: Nissan will not sell 25,000 Leafs this year &amp;8212' For such a hotly anticipated car, the Nissan Leaf has seen deliveries creep slowly off the assembly line a4&quot; but dona4a4t tell the Department of Energy.Silicon Valleya4a4s shopping spree: One Kings Lane, Abea4a4s Market and more &amp;8211' A new wave of e-commerce is coming, backed by tends of millions of dollars from Silicon Valleya4a4s savviest investors, thata4a4s reinventing more than just how consumers shop online.AOL picks up The Huffington Post for $315M a4&quot; so whoa4a4s next &amp;8212' AOL has agreed to buy The Huffington Post, the fast-growing Internet-publishing startup backed by a controversial political figure, for $315 million in its third major acquisition of a power player in online media.Bing Gordona4a4s love poem to the game industry, and to me (video and poem text) &amp;8212' Bing Gordon accepted one of the video game industrya4a4s highest honors this week.Previous Story: Nokiaa4a4s Windows Phone 7 concept devices look like sexy beastsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Bing, e commerce, iPhone, Nissan Leaf, TouchPad, Windows Phone 7Companies: Abe&amp;'s Market, aol, Apple, AT&amp;amp'T, Google, Hewlett Packard, HP, Microsoft, nokia, One Kings Lane, The Huffington Post, VerizonPeople: Stephen Elop          Tags: Bing, e commerce, iPhone, Nissan Leaf, TouchPad, Windows Phone 7Companies: Abe&amp;'s Market, aol, Apple, AT&amp;amp'T, Google, Hewlett Packard, HP, Microsoft, nokia, One Kings Lane, The Huffington Post, VerizonPeople: Stephen ElopAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DEMO: Screenreach takes interaction from small screens to big ones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Screenreach is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the  DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif.  After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of  them remains objective.Screenreach, a service that lets smartphone users interact with digital signs or other large video displays, launched with an additional 800 locations at the DEMO Spring 2011 conference today.Screenreach&amp;'s mobile application, called Screach, lets mobile-device users interact with video content playing on a large monitor that&amp;'s tied into Screenreach&amp;'s application. Screach users can cast votes and interact with whatever&amp;'s on the display, which can range from polls to quizzes and much more. For example, a user could watch a soccer game and pick his favorite player, and then share his choice, as well as a coupon or other reward, with his friends on Facebook.Screach automatically collects that information and uses it to profile its users, and packages that information for advertisers. The idea is to help out-of-home advertisers who place ads on digital signage in public venues better target their ads for the demographics present. In its ad-targeting aspect, it bears some similarity to 140Fire, another startup that launched at the Launch Conference last week that also helps advertisers better target their ads.The company is launching its service with 13 museums in the United Kingdom and a fan voting service with the Newcastle United Football Club. It&amp;'s also launching its Faces application a4&quot; which lets users take a picture of themselves and display it on a screen in-store a4&quot; at 800 coffee shops in the United States. (Those 800 locations come via a deal with RMG Networks, an out-of-home advertising network.) Screenreach has raised $1.2 million from angel investors and Hotspur capital partners. The company, based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K., has eight employees in the United Kingdom and Romania. It was founded least year.Update: This story has been corrected to reflect the fact that Screenreach is launching its Faces application in coffee shops in the United States, not the United Kingdom, as well as clarifying the nature of Screenreach&amp;'s service.Next Story: DEMO: ShowUhow&amp;'s video guides promise to reduce product returns Previous Story: DEMO: News360 takes personalized news feeds mobilePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: DEMO, DEMO Spring 2011, online video, out-of-home advertisingCompanies: Screenreach          Tags: DEMO, DEMO Spring 2011, online video, out-of-home advertisingCompanies: ScreenreachMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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