Atari buys Cryptic Studios, Windows Security Exploit and Ebooks on the Nintendo DS

Atari has purchased Cryptic Studios for $26.7 million. This means that all upcoming Cryptic titles (Champions online and Star Trek online) will be published under the Atari logo. What this will mean for quality is still unknown as Atari have had a mix of quality in their titles. What thi swill mean is more money for Atari.

Another Windows security hole has been uncoverd...after a major batch of fixes. This hole allows hackers to exploit a venerability in Wordpad's Text Converter. Because of Microsoft's monthy patch cycle the earliest it could be patched is January 9 2009. This is another Microsoft problem and I, like everyone, am tired of all the security holes in Windows. I hope there won't be as many in Windows 7, but as we all know there probably will.

Finally, Nintendo, in partnership with book publisher Harpercollins, will start publishing ebooks on the Nintendo DS. This is great news as it means if you have a DS then you don't have to buy a separate ebbok reader. For people without a DS, tis is an added feature to lure them into buying the Nintendo DS. The service will be launched in the UK on Boxing Day for 30 dollars and will feature many classic books. It is not known when the rest of the world will get this feature. What sort of DRM will be used to stop people illegaly sharing the ebooks the books is also unknown.

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