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Doubling down: FunnyJunk lawyer to subpoena Ars, Twitter
arstechnica.com
Charles Carreon, self-described 'counsel to the good and the good-looking.' Charles Carreon FunnyJunk v. The Oatmeal Angry "Internet lawyer" sues The Oatmeal, bears, and cancer research FunnyJunk's lawyer gave money to The Oatmeal's fundraiser FJ's lawyer personally sues, says Oatmeal incited "cyber-vandalism" Lawyer tries and fails to shut down...
Steam for Linux is coming, and after waiting epochs what's a few more months?
www.engadget.com
It's been a long-running saga as to when Linux users will finally see some gaming action on Steam, but according to Phoronix that happy day should arrive within "months." Valve has been busily hiring Linux OpenGL boffins, including people recommended by Phoronix's founder, Michael Larabel, who certainly seems to...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
torrentfreak.com
This week there are three newcomers in our chart. The Three Musketeers is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are BD/DVDrips unless stated otherwise. RSS feed for...
Pakistan turns to Interpol after Twitter declines to help manage “anti-Islamic material”
thenextweb.com
Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Senator Rehman Malik, has taken to Twitter to explain that, following the Twitter blockage over the weekend, the government has contacted Interpol to take up the issue of screening sensitive content, after Twitter’s management offered no assistance with the matter. Twitter was blocked and subsequently unblocked in...
Kim Dotcom search warrants ruled illegal by New Zealand court
www.theverge.com
The latest twist in the Megaupload saga is here, and it comes courtesy of a New Zealand court. Reuters reports that High Court Judge Justice Helen Winkelmann ruled the search warrants used to raid Kim Dotcom's property illegal because they weren't adequately specific about the offences in question. Continue...
Facebook Announces Its Own App Store
www.fastcompany.com
In a move that should surprise no one but make many developers happy, Facebook today announced a marketplace for finding apps called the App Center. "The App Center will become the new, central place to find great apps like Draw Something, Pinterest, Spotify, Battle Pirates, Viddy, and Bubble Witch...
India’s Low-Cost Tablet To Get Test Market In Philadelpha Schools?
techcrunch.com
The saga of India’s “$35 tablet” is long and slightly disappointing. While the idea of low-cost, standard hardware to be distributed in needful communities is a great one, the fact is that the device itself is more or less junk. Poorly built, with a small battery, outdated OS, and low-quality...
Google Wallet users can buy prepaid cards again as one security issue is fixed
thenextweb.com
Google Wallet users are once again able to buy prepaid cards for the mobile payments service, after Google restored the functionality having temporarily barred the issuing of new cards following a security issue. In an update to a previous blog post, Osama Bedier, Vice President of Google Wallet and Payments, clarified...
Zynga Makes A Bigger Play For Arcade-Style Games With Bubble Safari
techcrunch.com
Zynga is taking yet another step away from its long line of casual sim “-Ville” games today with the launch of Bubble Safari. It’s a arcade game where a monkey named “Bubbles” has to shoot down pieces of fruit hanging above him to save his friends from poachers. If he...
Microsoft unveiled Surface after seeing partners' designs, says analyst
news.cnet.com
Surface saga continues: PC guys are mad at Microsoft for another reason: not only because Microsoft is now competing against them. [Read more]...
Facebook launches app store, seeks iPhone magic
gigaom.com
Facebook says it is launching an app store that will allow people to get access to social apps on the network, without much heavy lifting. The company made the announcement in a blog post today. The company is hoping that the new app store will make it easy for apps...
Google privacy policy: a stranglehold most users are happy to be held in
www.guardian.co.uk
The free services Google provides are seen as justification enough to allow it to monetise the data gathered in the processSomeone's been reading your email. They know what you've been looking at online. They almost certainly have a photograph of your house. If you've got a smartphone, they even know...
Google to be investigated over data cover-up claims
www.guardian.co.uk
Information commissioner says it is likely highly private details were deliberately captured from internet usersGoogle is facing mounting pressure after the information commissioner launched an investigation into claims that it orchestrated a cover-up of its capture of emails, passwords and medical records of people in the UK.The UK data watchdog...
Judge Orders Failed Copyright Troll to Forfeit 'All' Copyrights
arstechnica.com
Righthaven, a copyright-troll law firm that failed in its attempt to make money for newspapers by suing readers for sharing stories online, was dealt a death blow on Tuesday by a federal judge who ordered the Las Vegas company to forfeit "all of" its intellectual property and other "intangible...
The Elder Scrolls Online barges in next year
news.cnet.com
Games from the Elder Scrolls saga always lacked one thing: online gameplay on a large scale. Not for much longer. [Read more]...
Android 4.0 update rolling out for AT&T Galaxy S II
www.theverge.com
T-Mobile got there first, but now AT&T is finally rolling out Android 4.0 for its own variant of the Galaxy S II. As with T-Mobile, the update comes via Samsung's Kies software rather than over-the-air. A functional AT&T Ice Cream Sandwich ROM actually leaked back in March and was...
How Apple ended the iPad trademark saga: A timeline
tech.fortune.cnn.com
In 2009 it paid Proview $55,000 for the name. Now it has agreed to pay another $60 million FORTUNE — “The two sides have reached an agreement after mediation. Apple Inc. has transferred $60 million to the requested account.” With those two sentences, posted in Chinese on the Weibo microblogging site by the Guangdong High People’s Court,...
Bubble Safari gets a lift, Song Pop debuts on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
www.insidefacebook.com
Zygna’s Bubble Safari picked up 9.5 million additional monthly active users to take the No. 1 spot on our list of top growing Facebook apps by MAU this week. Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 500,000 and 9.5 million MAU, based...
Next Chapter in LightSquared Saga Could Be Chapter 11
allthingsd.com
After failing in its bid to launch a wholesale wireless network, LightSquared may be headed for a bankruptcy filing. Chief backer Phil Falcone acknowledged the possibility in several interviews on Tuesday, including an e-mail to the Wall Street Journal. “Spectrum value does not decrease in bankruptcy,” he said in the...
Apple pays Proview $60 million in iPad trademark case settlement
www.theverge.com
Proview didn't have much luck taking Apple to court in the US, but the iPad trademark saga looks to have come to an end in China — Apple has reportedly paid Proview $60 million for the rights to use the iPad name. A Chinese court found in Proview's favor...
As promised, The Pirate Bay officially drops torrent files for Magnet links
thenextweb.com
Last week, a UK court stated publicly that it found The Pirate Bay to be illegal but that wasn’t going to stop the file sharing site from operating. In a Facebook post, it promised that it would be dropping BitTorrent links in lieu of Magnet links, which take up way...
Sony announces Beyond: Two Souls, new God of War
arstechnica.com
Sony debuted a new installment of its God of War series called God of War Ascension at its E3 press conference Monday. The latest chapter in the Kratos saga came alongside trailers for two upcoming new IPs: Beyond: Two Souls and The Last of Us. In addition to these titles, Sony made...
Sorry Folks: Samsung Says No Galaxy S III Release In April
techcrunch.com
And the saga of the Samsung Galaxy S III continues. Late last week a pair of dueling reports surfaced with one stating that Samsung would announce (and ship shortly thereafter) their much-anticipated Android handset in April and another shooting the claim down. Normally, this isn’t a big deal — who...
Lovefilm begins 1080p streaming in the UK and Germany
www.theverge.com
Amazon's Lovefilm is adding new high-definition options to its Instant streaming service. From today, Lovefilm will now stream 1080p movies to all customers that subscribe to an Instant package. In the UK, HD streaming will be available via Mac, PC, Xbox 360, and LG or Samsung Smart TVs. German...
FreeAppADay CEO: Without us, Socialcam would not have cracked the top 25
thenextweb.com
Last week I covered some of the tactics being used by social video sharing app Socialcam to climb the charts and engage its users with YouTube videos. In response to the YouTube issue, Socialcam moved quickly to clean up its act. One side-story of the Socialcam saga is the fact...
Groupon breaks its Groupon Promise
venturebeat.com
This is the Groupon Promise, prominently plastered all over the Groupon site: If the experience using your Groupon ever lets you down, we’ll make it right or return your purchase. Simple as that. But when I put it to the test, I found the promise isn’t really simple as that....
PSA: Motorola Xoom free LTE upgrade offer ends March 31st
www.theverge.com
If you have an original Motorola Xoom 3G kicking around and haven't sent it in for a free LTE radio upgrade, you might want to think about doing so soon. Verizon is ending the offer on March 31st, closing the book on what turned out to be a lengthy...
The Pirate Bay isn’t phased by UK claim that it’s illegal, shares plans to move forward
thenextweb.com
Yesterday we reported that the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay could be blocked in the UK starting any day now, since the courts have deemed the site “illegal”. The statement from the Mr Justice Arnold yesterday stated that both The Pirate Bay and its users are indeed participating in...
Judge dismisses Proview’s California version of iPad trademark lawsuit against Apple
9to5mac.com
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple’s May 4th motion for a California version of the Proview/iPad trademark case to be dismissed has been approved. The saga has been long-running, with Proview claiming that Apple illegally purchased the right to use the “iPad” trademark in China. Apple filed a request...
Viddy, Instagram, Pinterest, games, Metacafe, Zoosk, more on this week’s top 20 growing Facebook apps by MAU
www.insidefacebook.com
Video sharing apps Socialcam and Viddy remained popular on our list of growing Facebook applications by monthly active users this month. Interestingly, Instagram continues to slide down the list after being acquired by Facebook. Websites integrations were also very popular. Titles on our list gained the most MAU of...
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