It sounds like the third-act reveal of some non-descript legal drama, but attorneys for Facebook are claiming that they have “smoking gun documents” in the ongoing legal battle with Paul Ceglia—the man who claims that he actually owns half of the social networking giant—but that they aren’t allowed to say what they are, by court …
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Tottenham Protesters Used Twitter, BlackBerry Messenger to Mobilize Riots
Social networks like Twitter and Facebook were instrumental to organizing protests during the Arab Spring, which eventually led to the overthrow of oppressive regimes and the liberating of entire peoples. Their presence ostensibly set the stage for where the voices of the future will be heard, inundating the services-to-the-masses as …
Anonymous and LulzSec Fire Back at Police with Lethal Data Dump
Members of the AntiSec hacking collective claim they’ve just pulled off their biggest heist-and-post yet, ostensibly dumping 10GB of confidential data purloined from U.S. law enforcement agencies in retaliation for the recent arrests of alleged Anonymous and LulzSec hackers.
Dubbed “Shooting Sherrifs Saturday,” the info-dump …
Can You Cut the Cord and Still Have a Big, Beautiful TV?
I love the idea of dumping cable TV in favor of the wealth of video that’s now available online. I’ve been thinking about it for years. I just haven’t done it. Mostly because much of the TV I watch is live news, usually on all-news channels–something which is still primarily the domain of cable. But I never stop toying with the idea
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Play ‘Saved by the Bell’ like an Old-School Nintendo Game
This post really needs no additional information.
Okay fine. Remember your Nintendo? Remember Saved by the Bell? What if Saved by the Bell had been available as an RPG-themed Nintendo game? It only took a couple decades, but we’ve finally got something.
Even though it’s a YouTube video, it’s a “playable” game in that you make …
‘Spam King’ Sanford Wallace Could Face 16 Years in Prison
Sanford Wallace’s claim to fame as the Spam King dates back to the late ’90s, when his company, Cyber Promotions, became notorious for sending unsolicited junk emails to the masses.
Flash forward to 2011, and Wallace is now facing criminal charges for allegedly sending over 27 million spam messages through illegally phished Facebook …
Judge Derails Lawsuit Against 23,322 People Who Pirated ‘The Expendables’
Remember the lawsuit by the U.S. Copyright Group to sue 23,322 alleged pirates who had illegally downloaded The Expendables?
According to the Hollywood Reporter, a judge in Washington D.C. may just have derailed the entire thing with one simple question: How many of the 23,322 defendants live in my district?
D.C. District Court …
BlackHat 2011: Sony Wins ‘Pwnie’ Award for ‘Most Epic Fail’
I’m not sure piling more shame on Sony for falling prey to malicious hackers is helping The Cause (you might even call it superfluous) but don’t tell the guys at the Vegas-based BlackHat U.S.A. 2011 conference, who just handed the PlayStation publisher a “Most Epic Fail” award at this year’s Pwnies. The Pwnies (from “pwn,” or …
‘The Gunstringer’ Preview: Finally, a Bad-Ass Kinect Game
Child of Eden is currently my favorite Kinect game. Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s latest masterpiece makes me feel artsy and connected and like I’m floating in the future. All good things, to be sure.
But it doesn’t make me feel like a bad-ass.
Thankfully, that’s where The Gunstringer comes in. It’s the first Kinect title from Twisted Pixel, …
Charge Your iPhone with Your Headphones! Wait, What?
Look out, your next iOS device may do away with that fussy charging cable and cradle. In its place? A pair of earbuds. Yep, I said earbuds. Those things you stick in your ears to listen to music, or maybe use to lasso a pen off your desk if you’re lazy (as well as adept at making lassos out of earphones, which probably means you’d be …
Comcast Sues DirecTV over False NFL Advertising
DirecTV is being sued for false advertising over its recent claim that subscribers will be able to watch its NFL Sunday Ticket service for free.
“Free” in this case means a two-year subscription with the second year at full-price, and with a cancellation fee should you try and get out earlier. So far so usual, right? Well, yes, except …
Man Arrested for Attempting Nuclear Meltdown (on His Stove)
Swedish police have prevented what could either have been the birth of an outsider scientific genius or an unprecedented disaster.
My money, admittedly, is on the latter, with the arrest of 31-year-old Richard Handl, a science enthusiast who was trying to build the world’s first home-based nuclear reactor.
The arrest came after the …