Since its beginnings late last year, Google's ambitious plans to digitize the libraries of four universities and the book collection of the New York Public Library have run into a few snags. First, we learned that some Europeans aren't too happy with the project because of a perceived US-centric focus. Then, the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) took issue with the project due to concerns over copyright. As a result, Google put the brakes on the project in order to address t... [ There's more ]

While cheating in multiplayer online games has and continues to be a problem, the company known as Even Balance has attempted to keep cheaters at bay in games that use its Punkbuster software system. With the announcement this week of the upcoming first person shooter Quake IV as the latest game to support Punkbuster, Gamecloud decided to go to the software's creator, Even Balance founder Tony Ray, to find out more about their current and future plans.