During summer 2012, we all heard tell of internet service providers agreeing to a new Copyright Alert System (CAS), intending to curb online piracy. All we really knew of it back then is that it involved your ISP sending you…
Is Microsoft Pulling a Fast One on Us with New Office Licensing?
As you may or may not know kids, I sometimes describe myself as a tech boss by day and nerd hero by night. So rightfully so tech and the internet play a pretty heavy role in my day and I…
Games Workshop Brings the Trademark Warhammer Against Sci-Fi Book
OK kids, we’re going to start out today with a little game. I’m going to say some words, then ask you some questions, and then we’ll move on. Ready? Great. Q1: What do you call a person who searches unknown…
Always-On Rumors True? Xbox May Follow Suit in Blocking Used Games
Now that Sony’s PlayStation team is a couple weeks out from what I think will be the PlayStation 4 reveal, It looks like it’s Microsoft’s turn to continue churning the rumor mill. A while ago you’ll remember that we talked…
Safer Internet Day – Some Tips for Your Digital Life
The internet contains more and more of our lives these days. We have online accounts for our banks and paying bills, online shopping, and a number of other types of online activity that put more of us out there. With…
Sony’s February 20th Announcement – I’m Calling PS4.
OK. Sometimes when a company tries to do a big reveal, they go one of a couple different directions. First is the Apple route – blacking out room windows in R&D, attaching test devices to desks at Apple HQ, and…
Tech, Law, and the DMCA (Part I of II) – Unlocking Your Phone is Now Illegal
I love technology and the explosion of mobile tech in the last decade – it’s allowed users in the United States and around the world to completely change and enhance the way we communicate and run our day to day…
Atari Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Insert Pitfall Reference Here
You know those friends that you used to hang out with all the time when you were kids, now just see every once in a while during the holidays? For some gamers on the console front that was Atari. Even…
Sony’s VP of Awesome Settles Lawsuit Over Bridgestone and Mario Kart
Everyone loves a funny television commercial. Regardless of what it’s advertising, humor holds people’s attention. This is doubly true when the subject matter is of your interest. So a few years ago when Sony presented Kevin Butler as their “Vice President of…