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Flip Video announces new version of FlipShare with social features and mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices 

Sydney, Australia, 4 April 2011 – Cisco’s Flip Video™, a pioneer in the shoot and share video camera category, has announced new social and video sharing capabilities with the launch of its latest FlipShare™ software as well as FlipShare Mobile apps for iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch® and Android™ devices. Existing users will be notified of the available upgrade automatically when they open the FlipShare application, or users can go to FlipShare.com to download it.

The FlipShare software, which comes with every Flip video camera, now has enhanced video sharing capabilities. The new software includes FlipShare Groups, a new and social way for consumers to share video more securely with friends and family. After creating a FlipShare Group, users and their friends can access their videos from FlipShare.com and through the FlipShare Mobile apps that are now available for iPhone, iPad and Android. Within FlipShare Groups users can comment, read and post messages on each other’s videos and Groups.

Scott Jackson, Marketing Manager of Cisco Consumer Products ANZ, says, “Capturing precious moments is just the first step because as soon as you have the footage, you want to share it with friends and family. The upgraded FlipShare makes this even easier to do while FlipShare Mobile apps now extend the FlipShare experience to mobile devices and allow users to share videos and pictures with friends, family and colleagues whilst on the move.”

FlipShare continues to allow unlimited private video sharing via email, without the inconvenience of sending huge attachments. The FlipShare greetings card library now offers animated and personalised card templates for creating individual messages. Compatible with both Mac and PC computers, FlipShare allows contacts to be imported directly from Gmail™, MSN™, Yahoo™ and AOL™ so users can easily  create address books for sharing videos.

New Features for FlipShare:

• Create and manage FlipShare Groups
• Watch all your videos anywhere, anytime at FlipShare.com
• Comment on videos and read what others have posted in return
• Import contacts from your email address book
• Expanded greetings card library
• Enhanced video quality and performance for private email video sharing

The all new FlipShare Mobile apps, available at no cost, make it even simpler to share any mobile video or photo to Facebook™, YouTube™ and Twitter™ or directly to friends and family, while on the move. You don’t even need to own a Flip because the new apps are specially designed to bring the signature FlipShare simplicity to other popular mobile devices.

Features for Mobile App:

• Available for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Android – with or without owning a Flip video camera
• Share up to five mobile videos and/or photos at once to Facebook, YouTube or Twitter – or send directly to friends and family
• Post a comment, share, or “favourite” a video with the click of a button 
• Built-in filters let users quickly navigate and organise their video library
• Compatible with iPhone 3G or higher, iPod touch 2^nd generation or higher, iPad  Requires iOS 4.0.0 or higher, and Android 1.6 or higher
• Available now at iTunes Store and Android Market.

NCsoft and ArenaNet are excited to introduce players and fans to the Commando profession featured in the upcoming Guild Wars 2 video game. Based in a world on the cusp of the industrial age, the addition of the Commando to Guild Wars 2 completely upsets the balance of warfare by introducing real-life modern day warfare tactics and technology to a culture completely unprepared for its assault.

Bows and arrows will clash against flash grenades, sniper rifles, air assaults and night vision as the Commando brings an unfair advantage to the battlefield. Victory will surely belong to the warrior who can meld the old ways with the new.

Visit the Official ArenaNet Website to view brand new video footage of the profession and developer commentary on the Commando class and its effect on Guild Wars 2 – www.guildwars2.com.

MARVEL™ AND ACTIVISION® ANNOUNCE SPIDER-MAN™: EDGE OF TIME

High-Octane, Adrenaline-Fueled Adventure Tasks Players with Saving Spider-Man this Fall

Sydney, Australia – April 1^st, 2011 –Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) today announced Spider-Man: Edge of Time, where Spider-Man faces one of his greatest challenges ever – saving Spider-Man. Developed by Activision-owned studio Beenox, Spider-Man: Edge of Time challenges the player to take on the roles of both classic Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 to correct a timestream gone awry and prevent a catastrophic future brought on by the early and untimely death of Peter Parker.

The first Spider-Man entry by Beenox, Spider-Man™: Shattered Dimension was touted as one of the best Spider-Man games to date from both critics and fans,” said Vicharin Vadakan, Director, Global Brand Management. “Beenox is once again taking a fresh and different approach to bring a high-octane adventure and unexpected story to life in Spider-Man: Edge of Time.”

At Beenox, we are constantly listening to the fans and looking for new and creative ways to innovate the gameplay experience for them,” said Dee Brown, Studio Head, Beenox.  “We want to create a totally distinct experience in Spider-Man: Edge of Time by working with Peter David on the story and creating this urgent, high-stakes experience where time is working against you and the fate of Spider-Man hangs in the balance.”

Spider-Man: Edge of Time is a focused, action-packed adventure set in two connected and evolving timelines, from the contemporary times of the Amazing Spider-Man to the corrupted future world of Spider-Man 2099, against the backdrop of a rich, tightly crafted narrative by acclaimed Marvel veteran Peter David (co-creator of the comic book series Spider-Man 2099).  The game features all-new “cause-and-effect” gameplay, where players will see how the immediate and sometimes unexpected effects of their actions as one Spider-Man changes the timeline of the other Spider-Man.  Spider-Man: Edge of Time is slated for release this fall.

For more information on Spider-Man: Edge of Time tune in to the HeroHQ community on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/heroHQ.

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.  Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.  For more information visit www.marvel.com.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com.

Check out an all-new L.A. Noire video featuring the Traffic desk case “A Slip of the Tongue” (available as a pre-order and launch exclusive bonus through JB Hi-Fi in Australia and New Zealand and to be made available after game release as DLC).

In “A Slip of the Tongue”, a seemingly run-of-the-mill car theft ends up sparking an explosive investigation into the largest auto fraud racket the city has ever seen.

Sydney, 1 April 2011 – Pure Hacking, the Australian experts in helping organisations protect their information assets earlier this week demonstrated to the cards and payments industry how to think like a hacker. The security specialist outlined the prevalence of security compromises for computer networks, hand held devices, WIFI locations and data held on social media sites. Pure Hacking’s CTO, Ty Miller, confirmed in two simple steps how to use a hacked iPhone to bypass SMS 2-factor authentication to make online retail purchases with stolen information.

“Smart phones, tablet PCs and mobile devices are now being used with online payment and banking networks that require more security than a smartphone generally provides,” he outlined. “Compromising these devices is relatively simple as most are not patched with security updates on a regular basis and most people are even unaware that an attack has taken place.”

Miller highlighted the two steps required to capture a username and password being typed into the phone, followed by acquiring the highly secure 2-factor SMS token that is used to ensure that the transaction is being made by the owner of the phone and not a hacker.

“A smartphone can be compromised in the same way that a laptop can be compromised through visiting a malicious website. As apps on phones become more sophisticated with features all intent on improving the end user experience, the security to protect this becomes more complex. Inevitably this leads to vulnerabilities being introduced. We can only expect continued increases in mobile security exploits,” Miller continued.

The prevalence of malicious software being installed on networked computers to capture ecommerce usernames and passwords, as well as credit card details remains a concern for the online payments sector.

“There is not one anti-virus system on the marketplace that can ward off a persistent hacker and phishing attack. I cannot emphasise that enough to organisations and consumers that phishing attacks are here to stay. Financial services organisations, retailers and consumers all must share joint responsibility to take the required steps to protect personal data,” he stated.

During digital forensic investigations performed by Pure Hacking, Miller released that the top three most common external attack techniques for compromising online payment systems include SQL Injection, Remote File Inclusion and System Command Injection. Each of these attacks are aimed at exploiting a web-based vulnerability in order to compromise the underlying web server operating system.

“Once a web server has become compromised, the attacker has a foothold to the internal network that allows them to gain unauthorised access to databases. This allows the attacker to compromise usernames, passwords and potentially credit card details,” said Miller.

He concluded, “Internal attacks are also one of the major concerns to ecommerce organisations these days. This is because rogue employees are able to perform much stealthier attacks to gain full access to the online payment environment. The larger successful attacks to perform fraud often originate internally via rogue employees, which maps directly to the ease of exploitation of systems from an internal attack vector”.

UPLIFTING STORYBOOK ROMP COMES TO LIFE IN AN ACTIVE, FAMILY GAME FOR KINECT FOR XBOX 360

Sydney, Australia – February 16, 2011 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, an innovative, engaging and funny, new video game on Kinect™ for Xbox 360®. Being developed by award-winning Double Fine Productions, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster will be available in Australian spring 2011.

In a truly original interactive experience, young players join Cookie Monster, Elmo and other Sesame Street characters as they explore a living storybook titled Once Upon a Monster. In the book, they make new zany monster friends from the Once Upon a Monster world and share in their adventures, solving problems, forging friendships and learning key life skills along the way. Parents and children literally become part of the whimsical storybook adventure by getting active together through dancing, jumping, flying and more.

“As a mother, I couldn’t be more thrilled with the inspiring activities we’ve created for kids and families to play together in Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Combining Double Fine Productions’ talent for making highly creative games and the beloved Sesame Street brand, the game mixes original gameplay with a memorable learning experience.”

“It’s great to be working with Warner Bros., especially on a game like Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, which brings together so many things we all care about,” said Tim Schafer, President and CEO of Double Fine Productions. “Sesame Street had a profound effect on me, and many members of the Double Fine team, when we were children. So did video games. Now many of us are parents and we want to share with our kids the great experiences we had, but also the completely new ones made possible by cutting-edge technology like Kinect for Xbox 360. So it’s a labour of love on many levels.”

Guided by a social and emotional curriculum set forth from Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, young players engage in activities that promote lifelong lessons about making friends, cooperation, and recognizing and labelling emotions.

“We are excited to collaborate in the development of this game where families can play together, be physically active, and parents have the opportunity to foster the social and emotional development of their children,” said Rosemarie Truglio, Vice President of Education & Research at Sesame Workshop.