[Update] Buyer Beware: Samsung Shipping New Laptops Equipped With Keyloggers.

[Update] Buyer Beware: Samsung Shipping New Laptops Equipped With Keyloggers.

If you thought no one could possibly be as stupid as Sony was several years back when it was found that they purposely distributed CDs that would install rootkits on customers’ computers, think again. Samsung is in the house with a new, even further reaching action — pre-installing keylogging software on new computers. An article by Eset highlights a 2 – part story which involves a Norwich University graduate, Mohamed Hassan, who discovered a key logger...

GTA “The Lost And Dammed” and “The Ballad of Gay Tony” coming for PS3 and PC March 30th.

GTA “The Lost And Dammed” and “The Ballad of Gay Tony” coming for PS3 and PC March 30th.

Mark your calendars GTA junkies for March 30th is your day to rejoice. It is on this day that Microsoft loses their exclusivity and GTA’s wildly popular expansion packs — “The Lost And Dammed” and “The Ballad of Gay Tony” — can finally be released to other systems. It is on that day that the PS3 and PC gaming world will finally be able to wrap their heads around the vast expanses the two extra packs add to the overall amazingness...

iPhone gaming now worthwhile. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars now available.

iPhone gaming now worthwhile.  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars now available.

Call me a renegade, an outlaw, or someone who simply doesn’t like authority — I love the Grand Theft Auto series. It isn’t so much the killing innocent civillians, destroying cars, or shooting up random things as it is more the freedom to do whatever and go wherever I want. It is that unbound gameplay that truly draws me in. Of course, blowing up an intersection full of cars is always fun too. Apple markets the iPhone/Touch as “the” mobile...

Pirate Bay logo gets patented — by clothing/tech company

Pirate Bay logo gets patented — by clothing/tech company

The Pirate Bay trackers may be down for the count, but that infamous sailing ship will live on, plastered against countless clothing items from t-shirts and hoodies to sweatbands and underwear. In an odd turn of events, that iconic logo used by The Pirate Bay is in the process of becoming patented. Yes, patented. But it isn’t by founding members or anyone related to the company. Instead, a Swedish clothing and technology retailer called Sandryds Handel is taking it...

Blu-ray “Managed Copies”: December 4th. Players that actually support this crap: 0.

Blu-ray “Managed Copies”: December 4th.  Players that actually support this crap: 0.

Remember high school and all of the various fads and gimmicks that flowed like water out of dam? Ya, it was that evident. Such a comparison can be made with the latest digital rip off titled (politically correct title that is) “Blu-ray Managed Copies”. Essentially it is another way movie studios and labels somehow get away with controlling how we use our purchased content. The way this service works is when copying a Blue-ray disc, the player sends out a...

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