"It was kind of a David-and-Goliath situation, " recalls Mark Sweeney, a director at pipeline Sempra Energy, who negotiated with Aerie.

FORBES: Other People's Money

"It was kind of a David-and-Goliath situation, " recalls Mark Sweeney , a director at pipeline Sempra Energy (nyse: SRE - news - people), who negotiated with Aerie.

FORBES: Other People's Money

Even that mark may fall by year-end, however, what with the pipeline chock full of loans without maintenance tests.

FORBES: Connect

"The Unreal Engine 3-powered 'Epic Citadel' demonstration for Windows RT tablets implements the full DirectX 9 pipeline, with shaders and materials, all running beautifully on Tegra 3, " said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games.

ENGADGET: NVIDIA, Epic Games bringing Unreal Engine 3 to Windows 8 and Windows RT (video)