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Oh dear. Problems accessing the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto Online were always to be expected. But fresh reports suggest an altogether more troubling issue is materialising. Some users are claiming that not only are they unable to access the game’s new online functions, but that doing so is corrupting …
Read More »XBL indie games games can now be bigger, cheaper
Microsoft can seemingly do no right when it comes to indie developers on Xbox Live, but a new set of policy changes may go some way toward appeasing the indie dev community. Three major changes have now been made to the Indie Games developer T&C’s. First, games can now be …
Read More »More UMD on Vita details released
Sony confirmed yet more details of how it intends to manage the compatibility between PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. It was revealed this morning that the company is allowing PSP owners to re-buy some of the their current UMD collection in digital form for use on the new machine. A …
Read More »Apple hit by GPS scandal
Security researchers unveiled the scandalous discovery that Apple’s iPhone and iPad are recording the user’s geographic location to a secret file. Revealing the discovery at the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden said that iPhone and iPad have been "storing a long list …
Read More »Halo Reach leaked by pirates
It appears that a group of online hackers has got their hands on a full version of Halo Reach far ahead of its official worldwide release on September 14th. Microsoft recently posted a digital version of the title online for reviewers to access, and it seems as if some modders …
Read More »Robust appeals process for DEB
UK communications industry regulator Ofcom has moved to assure the public that anyone accused of illegal filesharing under the recently passed Digital Economy Bill legislation will have access to a robust and effective appeals mechanism”. The most contentious inclusion in the DEB was the provision for authorities to demand ISPs …
Read More »Lib Dems propose stricter piracy measures
The Liberal Democrats have proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that will grant government the power to block websites that offer users the chance to illegally download copyrighted material. More specifically, the party wants to grant the High Court the power to grant an injunction against a service …
Read More »Doubts cast over piracy plans
Lobbyists and soncumer groups have been quick to condemn the government’s intention to push forward with a three-strikes” policy to cut the internet connections of those accused of online piracy. Introducing a tiered response to illegal filesharing is a good idea in theory, but only if the right people are …
Read More »Mandelson backs three-strikes policy
Labour MP and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has stated that the UK will follow the lead set by France in introducing a three-strikes-and-you’re-out” policy that will leave those accused of internet piracy without a broadband connection. Lord Mandelson wants those found guilty of repeat offences cut off within 15 months …
Read More »ERA: Filesharing bleeding retail dry
The new chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association Paul Quirk has claimed that internet file-sharing is the greatest challenge posed to modern entertainment retailers, claiming that internet piracy is bleeding our industry dry”. Too often the debate over illegal filesharing is portrayed as an ideological battle, but for us this …
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