With the help of Dartmouth College, Reuters and Canon, Adobe will be developing a tool that will be able to distinguish the authenticity of a photo. It will come in the form of a Photoshop plugin and it can link a picture to a camera and even a specific camera. The plugin will also have the ability to track all of the changes made to a photo and even detect use of the clone stamp, a tool commonly used by photo manipulators.

Microsoft Game Studios released 4 new screenshots from Forza Motorsport 2, the sequel to award-winning, fully-customizable driving simulator Forza Motorsport. Buckle up for authentic simulation physics, bone-jarring damage, and photo-realistic graphics, as well as licensed tuning and customization options. Loaded with over 300 of the world’... [ There's more ]

Maxis employee and Spore designer Chris Hecker caused quite a stir on Wednesday when he declared "The Wii is a piece of $#&%!" during a GDC-sponsored rant. He said the Wii was nothing more than two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape, and Nintendo didn't treat games as a serious art form. Apparently there was more fallout than Hecker anticipated, as he made a public apology the following afternoon.

Before beginning a talk entitled "Animating a Character... [ There's more ]

Just wanted to set a record for "two" homophones in one headline. Anyway, Valve: Half Life 2 Episode 2 will be longer on Fringe Drinking.

has word from Valve's Doug Lombardi that Half-Life 2: Episode Two will offer about eight hours of gameplay, compared with the approximately six hours of gameplay in episode one, and offers details on planned Steam features that will enhance its community ... [ There's more ]