BattlePaint is an addictive geometric shooter game

In BattlePaint, you play a cube. In fact, you're not even a cube -- just a square. But boy, are you fast! And you can shoot in all directions. That's important, because there are baddies coming in from all over the place.

The "baddies" are swarms of other squares, in all sorts of pretty colors. They track you all over the screen, and you run around very quickly and just shoot, shoot, and shoot some more. If that doesn't sound very emotionally deep, it's because it isn't. But it's fun!

After you shoot a baddy, it splashes paint as it disappears. You need to skate across this blob of paint and "eat it up" to get points. This game is fast. It clocked in at around 60-70 FPS on my system, and was loads of fun to play. It does tend to insult you when you die, though, but don't be offended -- I don't think it's personal.

BattlePaint is an addictive geometric shooter game originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Talking The Talk: Verbally Lets The Speech Disabled Communicate Using The iPad (For Free)

Intuary, a mobile app startup, recently launched its first app, called Verbally, which is designed to bring speech to those without. Verbally is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solution built for the more than six million people in the U.S. suffering from speech disabilities -- caused by Lou Gherig's Disease, stroke, brain injury, Parkinson's, cerebral palsy, autism, and more. The app allows users to tap the words they wish to communicate onto the app's keyboard, or choose from pre-prepared words or phrases, which are then in turn transmitted into audio phrases.

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Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look

While not a game per se, I found Mitoza intriguing enough to spend quite some time with it. You start off with a seed, and are then presented with two choices: you can either click a flower pot, or click a cute little birdie.

If you click the flower pot, a flower pot appears and the seed is planted inside. You're then presented with two further choices -- a water can or a bottle of fertilizer. Each choice you make causes your creation to morph, and presents you with two other choices.

There's no winning or losing, really. Each "game" usually lasts around four or five choices, at which point the plant/animal dies in some creative (but not too gruesome) way. At this point you instantly start over with a new seed.

The graphics are captivating; the whole thing has a cinematic feel to it, with a bit of artificial camera shake added for style.

All in all, it's a fun, peaceful way to spend a few minutes, and it might even make you think a little bit while you're at it.

Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hackers move fast to exploit just-patched IE bug

Just three days after Microsoft patched 11 bugs in Internet Explorer (IE), hackers are exploiting one of those vulnerabilities, a security company said Friday. Microsoft fixed the flaw Tuesday in an 11-patch update for IE. That update was part of a larger Patch Tuesday roll-out that quashed 34 bugs in 16 separate security bulletins.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/hackers-move-fast-exploit-just-patched-ie-bug-586

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LinkedIn Compliance Enforcement Gets Easier For Financial Services

Actiance Socialite eases conformity with federal regulations that require pre-approval of profile updates on social media.

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You don't know tech: InfoWorld news quiz

It's a hacker's world, we just live in it. That point was made abundantly clear this week, as cyber avengers took aim at a wide range of government and corporate sites in an attempt to spread digital mayhem. But this week's news was more than just "lulz." The first browser-centric Chromebooks debuted this week, another highly anticipated high-tech IPO hit the Street, and Facebook apparently has a few new tricks up its sleeve (though it's not talking about them). Do you have the magic to pull off a perfect score on our quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/misadventures/you-dont-know-tech-infoworld-news-quiz-509

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Spear Phishing Attacks On The Rise

Symantec warns that spear-phishing attack volume has hit a two-year high as attackers try to install botnet software, keylogging applications, or other malware.

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