As if we didn’t already have enough pointless laws swirling through local and federal governments alike, New York and Arkansas would like to push the boundaries of stupidity with a new anti-media player while running law. Lawmakers from both states want to make it so that running is more or less treated exactly like driving in that you should be distraction free. Of course, to people with at least a few ounces of common sense, this is the dumbest thing you’ve...

Want to hear something stupid? Alrighty then — in Germany, private citizens will soon be able to be fined for open WiFi networks to the tune of 100 euros ($126 USD). No password, no money. Pretty straight forward. If you look at it at face value, it seems like the government protecting citizens from themselves (and their technological incompetence). But in reality it’s just the government sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. There are various...

As time moves along, it’s becoming more and more apparent that the little guy/end user is having more and more of their rights and freedoms taken away. For today’s depressing example, we’ll look at Sony and their continual effort to fuck over PS3 users. Follow me inside for the joyous news… The latest 3.30 update brings with it 3D support among other things. Those “other” things include bug fixes, stability improvements, and security...

You know, the audacity of the RIAA/MPAA astounds me. Not only do they lie about their general purpose in life, but they constantly push their personal profit seeking ways harder and further with each passing year. If you think the whole censorship/web monitoring thing in China is bad, the RIAA/MPAA’s new plans submitted to the Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement are enough to scare anyone. Have a look for yourself, here’s what those bastards...

Google took the tech world by storm back in early January by stating (out of the blue I might add) that they were going to cease censoring search results in China and that if China pushed back, the California based company was going to pull out of China all together. Yet here we sit almost two months later and not much else has developed besides a few comments hurdled back and forth between the Chinese government and Google. To most, we’ve already written off...