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Gaming start-up Scalify receives $2m funding boost from Starfish Ventures
New start-up company Scalify has received a $2 million funding boost from Starfish Ventures for its peer-to-peer technology called Badumna.
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R18+ games legislation hits parliament
Minister for home affairs, Jason Clare, has introduced legislation into parliament that will pave the way for an R18+ classification for video games. The state and territory governments will also have to introduce legislation to allow adults only games.
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iGEA cautiously backs R18 games classification guidelines
While the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has welcomed the proposed Guidelines for the Classification of Computer Games, it is concerned about references in the document to the high impact of games on players.
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Datasquirt halves FY11 loss
Enterprise communications solutions provider Datasquirt (ASX:DSQ) narrowed its net loss 51% to NZ$599,000 ($519,000).
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Fed Govt distances R18+ games from Norway violence
Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, has sought to distance the government’s push for an R18+ classification for video games from the mass violence in Norwayat the weekend.
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Attorneys-general back R18+ games classification
The two day meeting of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has endorsed the idea of an R18+ classification for video games. The in principle decision was backed by all states and territories, with the exception of NSW Attorney-General, Greg Smith, who abstained.
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Mobile game on! Xperia Android 'PlayStation phone' arrives
Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson has announced its Xperia Play Android will be available from Telstra and Optus from June 8.
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Sydney promoted as Asia Pacific digital hub
The NSW government is keen to promote Sydney as an Asia-Pacific digital hub. The government used CeBIT to launch the initiative — a showreel will showcase NSW digital strengths during CeBIT Australia, the Vivid Festival and globally.
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Will World of Warcraft drive ISP IPv6 adoption?
Whether IT networking boffins like it or not, one of the biggest drivers toward IPv6 adoption may turn out to be Blizzard’s massively online multiplayer monolith, World of Warcraft (WoW).
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Telcos fight to retain business in digital world: ACMA
New research from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) suggests consumers are reaping the benefit of greater telecommunication and media competition caused by the internet.
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Sony asks for restraining order over PS3 hack
Sony Computer Entertainment has launched legal action against five hackers who recently released a set of tools that allows illegally copied games to run on the PlayStation 3 game console.
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Findings on video violence 'too hasty'
A federal government review of research into the effects of violent video games has been too hasty to dismiss studies showing links to aggression, the Australian Christian Lobby says.
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Black Ops' total kill count has surpassed the planet's population
It's been less than three weeks since Activision's "Call of Duty: Black Ops" went on sale. The game quickly broke entertainment sales records, with worldwide revenue of US$650 million during its first five days in stores. The game's online component is wildly popular, with hundreds of thousands of players simultaneously logged in to battle each other, and is creating some big numbers of its own.
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Top ten most influential of 2010: E-health
Each Friday until the end of the year, Computerworld Australia is revealing one of the top ten most influential people, technologies and trends that shaped 2010 in Australia.
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Nvidia announces its fastest graphics card to date
Nvidia on Tuesday announced its next-generation graphics processing unit, the GeForce GTX 580, which the company said is its fastest-performing GPU to date.
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Nintendo loses grip on handheld gaming, drops into loss
Nintendo reported a 2.01 billion yen (US$24.6 million) net loss for the six months to Sept. 30, as its sales of hardware and software dropped, the company said on Thursday. It sold 42 percent fewer handheld game consoles than a year earlier.
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Oz gamers step out with animated film
Independent Australian game producers Krome Studios have hit the global stage with a `movie game' interwoven with a major new animated film to premiere in Australia on Friday.
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Game engine switches on uni for real world protection modelling
Researchers at the Edith Cowan University in Perth have turned to video game engine Torque 3D to model and formulate protection methods around critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid.
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Microsoft gaming director moves to Amazon
Amazon may be preparing a move into gaming after hiring away Microsoft's director of games platform strategy.
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Facebook location service unlikely to have game component
Facebook's former privacy chief said he doubts that any location-related services from the company will center on games.
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