Category Archives: Tech
PTS: Samsung’s Hokey Pokey, RIM, Microsoft’s Future
Samsung is in a struggle, recently. First, disobeying court rules and attempting to show pictures of a movie. I call it the “Hokey Pokey” of court procedures. It is looking up for the Linux ecosystem as Steam/Valve is eyeballing the
Fair Grounds for United States Government to Spy on Phone Calls
In a ruling by federal appeals court, Tuesday (August 7, 2012), it is now cited as fair grounds for the United States government to intercept American citizens’ communications without warrants. According to Wired, it was the first and only case
NASA was Forced to Remove their Own Video Footage
In this ironic incident, a news agency sent a digital takedown notice to YouTube for NASA’s Curiosity rover landing. Even though the live stream was Public Domain (anyone may distribute or copy) and produced by NASA themselves, YouTube failed to
United States and Ukraine Target torrent site Demonoid
According to TorrentFreak, a website frequently publishing Bittorrent and copyright news reported Demonoid was shutdown by Ukraine authorities. Prior to the seizure, Demonoid suffered service attacks against their website (DDoS), following a “hacker” attack, then seizure of equipment at the associated
PTS: Google v. 360, Microsoft & Apple v. Android
There sure is mud being slung between these two companies. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is being bullied around with patents relating to video playback and wireless capabilities, while Android is being bullied with file system capabilities. The difference with these examples
UK’s Internet may be Monitored and Decrypted by Government
United Kingdom’s Internet service providers may move to monitoring the connections of customers. Intercepting messages to store for one year, from the Home Office’s proposals. This includes mobile phone companies.
PTS: Google to Pay Nothing, Facebook’s Sponsored Stories
Google in defense of Oracle will have to pay zero dollars. Oracle of course may appeal the decision. This comes in from the recent ruling that Google did not infringe upon Oracle’s copyrights by “Java APIs,” and thus, was let
PTSN: The Ban Battle, Pre-round 1
Motorola and Microsoft are battling it out over import bans for devices. If you’re an Xbox fan this may be of concern to you considering the Xbox is violating some patents. Oh, like connecting to the Internet via the built-in
Fox, Sony, Walt Disney, 31 others Lose Download Case against Australian ISP
According to ABC Australia, iiNet has won the case in 34 companies v. iiNet. The companies, ranging from video to music studios said that iiNet was responsible for copyright materials being downloaded. The case was dismissed by the High Court
SOPA back with Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Updated with Supporters)
Remember the Stop Online Piracy Act? I do. Matter of fact, I wrote about its damaging affects regarding censorship. But, it’s back and revived with a new name, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. This would allow companies, and government
