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While there is currently a cool 32 million people regularly playing FarmVille on a daily basis on Facebook, the social network has made a plea to games developers to create ‘iconic games’ such as Mario, Halo or Sonic for the platform. Facebook Platform Manager, Gareth Davis, speaking at this week’s Games Developers Conference in San Francisco, reminded devs that the next killer game was out there and that Facebook was ready to help to host it and popularise it. Research suggests around three quarters of Facebook’s 400m users regularly play social games on the site. “The next killer game is still out there and this game will come from you,” Gareth Davis told a room of designers in San Francisco. “When we look at every major game platform, we see that there is an iconic defining game on that platform whether it’s Sonic or Mario or Halo.

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Investors of 3PAR Data, maker of storage arrays for open-systems and online storage environments, may want to send Dow Jones a bottle of wine. Why? It just seems like the thing to do when the company’s stock jumped 12 percent following a report in Barron’s, Dow Jones’ financial rag.

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Adobe has yet again confirmed that there is a security problem with its popular Reader and Acrobat software. Adobe has managed to acquire a terrible reputation for security problems, mostly revolving round its PDF reading software. Investigating Acrobat 9.2 and the latest iteration of Reader are the pieces of software that have a problem, and Adobe has confirmed that it is investigating.

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When Sky first showed off its efforts at screening 3D TV back in December, TechRadar was there, feeling impressed but a little concerned that, with no firm commitments, it amounted to little more than a publicity stunt. 3D, after all, has been the ‘next big thing’ for decades, and although the latest round of polarised stereoscopic 3D is a world away from the anaglyphic coloured lens disappointments of the past, nobody would deny that it’s going to take a massive push to convince the public that 3D is more than a gimmick. But then Sky backed up the sports footage that it had shown that day with a commitment to bring a dedicated 3D channel to its satellite platform by the end of 2010 , and continued spending huge amounts of money learning just how to take the lessons learned from the new raft of 3D movies and take it to the sport and arts coverage that has established it in the UK. Next big step It is a decision that many would describe as brave, and some as foolhardy, but as we watched the company film the ATP Masters tennis at the O2 with their modified 3D rigs, and then beam that footage live through one of its boxes, it’s difficult to deny that the company may just have a point; 3D could well be the next big step for television. The intent of everyone within Sky to make 3D TV a success is clear; special permission was required from the ATP just in order to allow a television in one of the executive boxes so that the service could be shown to journalists

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As we come to the end of another exciting year for mobile technology, the time has come to recognise the best that 2009 had to offer. Unlike other such awards, the Mobile Computing Awards are solely voted for by readers of What Laptop , so during the past two months they’ve been asking you to visit their website and vote in eleven varied categories. The results are now in and we hope you enjoy the result: Best family laptop Best netbook Best gaming laptop Best laptop for power & features Best multimedia laptop Best entry-level laptop Best laptop for business Best ultraportable laptop Best smartphone Best laptop manufacturer Best peripheral manufacturer Editor’s Choice Award 2009 Via What Laptop

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