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Square Enix have told Japanese publication 4Gamer that Bravely Default’s future is dependant on the success of Bravely Second. The company says that says 2014 is an important year due to this and that they hope that the second game is a resounding success.

Thanks, Kenny

This is a heartwarming video in the spirit of the holidays. The owner of Fstoppers.com surprises his dad with his ultimate dream car, a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro, on Christmas morning.

Enjoy the video.

-Nick

Gamers ansiosos pelo lançamento de GTA V para computadores precisam ficar atentos. Um aplicativo para Android chamado “GTA V PC contagem regressiva”, que teoricamente faz apenas a contagem regressiva para o suposto lançamento do jogo nos PCs, coleta informações particulares e deixa o sistema vulnerável à execução remota de códigos.

A “surpresa desagradável” para os fãs da série acontece graças ao framework AppLovin, também conhecido como Vulna. Ele está incorporado ao app, e, segundo os laboratórios da Bitdefender, um invasor precisa apenas conseguir responder a uma solicitação de update vinda do dispositivo-alvo para invadi-lo. Isso é possível até por meio de ataques “simples”, como a HTTP Injection usada no teste.

De acordo com os pesquisadores da companhia, a invasão “só é possível graças à falta de criptografia no tráfego de dados e de um mecanismo de autenticação de update”. Para contornar a brecha, bastaria aos desenvolvedores usarem o protocolo HTTPS, que tornaria o ataque inviável.

Toshihiro Nagoshi, Sega Chief Creative Officer, has spoken to Famitsu about the company’s plans to release more free to play titles for the Nintendo 3DS. Nagoshi is already working on Sega’s first free-to-play game for the Nintendo 3DS, Initial D: Perfect Drift Online. Nagoshi says that he is up to the challenge of making free to play games – which are popular on smartphones and tablets – work on the Nintendo 3DS.

“We don’t intend to stop with this title, and after looking over its results, we’ll think about what to do next. However, unlike games for smartphones, I believe there’s a perfect shape of ways to do things, somewhere out there, for the Nintendo 3DS. I believe that finding it will be our challenge, and in many ways, Initial D will be our first step.”

“At the moment, I can say that we’ve been thinking about plenty of things. We have suggestions…

Nos laboratórios da empresa Enerkem, a equipe descobriu que a nova tecnologia que utiliza os resíduos é mais viável que a produção de combustível convencional, gastando menos dinheiro e menos energia nos processos de elaboração. De acordo com o site Vida Más Verde, a produção já foi patenteada e não expõe a riscos de contaminação nem o meio ambiente, nem o pessoal envolvido nos processos. CicloVivo

Se depender de um ambicioso projeto da Nissan, os prédios comerciais do Japão vão começar a ser abastecidos com os carros elétricos durante os horários de pico de consumo, quando a tarifa é mais cara. Chamado de “Vehicle-to-Building”, o plano conecta os carros estacionados à fiação do prédio, e, após o fornecimento, os automóveis podem ser usados normalmente, uma vez que o sistema devolve a mesma eletricidade às baterias. Gabriel Felix

As calçadas dos estabelecimentos da cidade-luz estão prestes a receber toldos…

Apple(s aapl) might have won some recent battles against Samsung, but it’s still looking to win the war. FOSS Patents reports that Apple on Thursday renewed its motion for a permanent injunction against certain Samsung smartphone sales in the U.S.

Apple is looking to ban Samsung devices that violate a number of patents, including pinch-to-zoom, rubber-banding and tap-to-zoom-and-navigate. What’s interesting is that most of the products named by Apple are no longer even available in the U.S., so a ban on the products identified wouldn’t have much of an immediate effect. But, as FOSS notes:

It’s important to focus on the asserted patents, not the accused products. Obviously, the products that are named in an April 2011 lawsuit (such as the Galaxy S II) are no longer commercially relevant. But Apple is seeking an injunction that would also cover “any other product not more than colorably different from an Infringing Product…

Rdio is killing its streaming video service Vdio, abandoning plans to combine the two in a joint subscription media offering and raising the question whether any newcomer at this point can compete with Netflix (S NFLX), Hulu and Amazon (S AMZN) Prime Instant.

Rdio announced the decision on its website Friday, writing:

“Despite our efforts, we were not able to deliver the differentiated customer experience we had hoped for. We want to thank all customers who have tried our service, and we have given gift cards to all those who have purchased content or have unused rental content.”

The announcement marks the unexpected shuttering of a premium video offering backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis that at one point intended to heads-on compete with Netflix.

Vdio’s stealthy and rocky beginnings

Vdio was founded in December of 2009 under the stealth startup name Project WBS, and remained in stealth mode…