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Malware, Macs, and crying wolf: Doing the math

by Richard Gaywood (May 14th, 2011)

Love Apple gear? Like math? TUAW's Doing the Math series examines the numbers and the science that lie behind the hardware. The contentious subject of Mac security has been back in the news in recent weeks following the emergence of a fake antivirus package called MacDefender (also known as ...

SimCity Deluxe for iPad, Risk for iPad out today from EA

by David Quilty (Dec 14th, 2010)

First mentioned back in October, Electronic Arts has finally released SimCity Deluxe for iPad, and oh my, how far we have come from the original SimCity game, which came out in 1989. Available for the first time on the iPad, SimCity Deluxe allows players to act as Mayor and City Planner to build and ...

Riskternatives: Conquist and Strategery

by Erica Sadun (Jul 26th, 2010)

I looked at two world conquest-style games that follow from the original Risk board game: Strategy and Conquist. Admittedly, I'm not a big Risk fan. I much prefer games that involve more building and planning and less random dice rolling. With that confession on the table, I did find that both ...

Galcon Labs in the App Store now

by Mike Schramm (Oct 3rd, 2009)

Galcon (App Store link) was one of the most popular games of last year -- it presented a fascinating mix of strategy and real-time arcade gameplay onto the iPhone just as it was starting out, and along with games like Fieldrunners and Flight Control, really cemented a place for the platform in the ...

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