In observance of the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision to treat video games to the same First Amendment protection as art, music, and movies, here’s a look at some of the biggest names in violent game franchises.
You may want to cross-reference this list with the games your children already own, or just be on the lookout for any of these …
Citigroup estimates that around 3,400 customers were affected by the online security breach it experienced earlier this year, costing somewhere in the region of $2.7 million when credit card information was stolen by hackers.
This is the first time that Citi is publicly acknowledging any financial losses as a result of the hack, which …
So long, LulzSec, we hardly knew ye. The infamous—and I say “‘infamous” like the term was used to describe El Guapo in Three Amigos—band of merry hackers called it quits over the weekend. And I say “called it quits” like someone goes from smoking inside their house to only smoking outside, at parties, and when all the windows are …
If you were a maturing technology company, where would you look to recruit top-tier engineering talent? College campuses? Craigslist? LinkedIn?
Try the hacker world. George Hotz, 21, isn’t only the young man responsible for famously unlocking the iPhone in 2007, but he’s also been maligned as Sony’s public enemy #1 when he …
President Obama wants to reinvigorate the U.S. economy with a little help from some robots. Lots of robots.
Speaking at the launch of the National Robotics Initiative, he joked:
“You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief is to keep an eye on robots. And I’m pleased to report that the robots you
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Got your Apple rumors hat on? Got your Apple rumors cup of coffee in hand? Excellent. Now you’re all ready for today’s Apple rumors.
Rumor 1: Apple is releasing new MacBook Airs made entirely of air, no actual atoms required. Rumor 2: your pocket-sized friends of the future, the iPhones 6, 7 and 8 are all under pre-pre-pre production …
LulzSec claims they are retiring. The hacker group released a statement saying that they just wanted 50 days of chaos. However, like it or not, they’ve decided that they will not go quietly into the night.
(MORE: Why LulzSec’s Disbanding Doesn’t Really Mean Much at All)
As part of their grand finale, LulzSec has also dropped more …
Is the “PROTECT IP” Act—Anti-piracy legislation supported by the Motion Picture Association of America, American Federation of Musicians, Directors Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild, amongst many other bodies within the entertainment industry—good for media but bad for the internet?
A month after the act was passed by the …
Valve’s got a good thing going on two important fronts.
First, its Steam digital distribution network went from an idea viewed with skepticism to a juggernaut that’s a vital destination for developers both big and small who want to reach PC gaming audiences.
Second, as one of gaming’s most respected creative studios, they’ve …
Is Google too big for the U.S. Government? That might explain why the company is rumored to be facing subpoenas concerning abuse of its position in web-search advertising.
The Wall Street Journal quotes the traditional “people familiar with the matter,” and explains that “issues in the FTC probe are expected to include whether Google …
It was a clash of theatrical proportions (it even had a theatrical analogue) with dizzying amounts of coin at stake, but are you ready for the twist ending? Surprise, it turns out the Winklevoss twins (Cameron and Tyler) along with their business partner Divya Narendra are still nipping at Facebook’s heels.
The twins announced on …
Evan Williams, the man (seen above) who brought us Blogger and Twitter, and therefore reasonably described as a dude who knows where his internet towel is, has something to say on the subject of domain names: they really don’t matter any more.
The people at ICANN who recently voted to allow the registration of .anything-you-want for …
