Comment Guess I'll only read 5 news stories a day then. (Score 1) 236
I mean really eff that, first place my mouse goes to on a registration page is the little X in the corner.
Comment Organized troublemakers (Score 5, Insightful) 172
Hmmm, I wonder why a repressive government would have a problem with glorifying organized groups of troublemakers?
Comment Nothing, except (Score -1, Troll) 249
That all the people old enough to play them as kids are now part of the gaming media establishment.
Comment The day... (Score 1) 394
The day Microsoft figures out a way to stop piracy of their OS is the day I switch to Linux.
Comment And now it's up to software (Score 1) 342
To put all those idle resources to good use. There needs to be a new generation of programs and games to put all the hardware to work.
Ubisoft Testing PC Prince of Persia Without DRM 254
Ars Technica reports that the upcoming PC version of Ubisoft's Prince of Persia will not feature any sort of copy protection. (Not including Steam downloads, of course.) After the backlash in recent months over the DRM in games like Spore and GTA IV, Ubisoft is giving gamers the chance to demonstrate that DRM actually increases piracy. One of Ubisoft's community reps had this to say about their decision: "You`re right when you say that when people want to pirate the game they will but DRM is there to make it as difficult as possible for pirates to make copies of our games. A lot of people complain that DRM is what forces people to pirate games but as PoP PC has no DRM we`ll see how truthful people actually are. Not very, I imagine. Console piracy is something else entirely and I`m sure we`ll see more steps in future to try to combat that."
Comment So do they... (Score 5, Interesting) 318
relinquish rights to the stuff that may have been created before the update?
Submission + - NFL Will Force Press To Wear Sponsor Logos
i_like_spam writes: In a story covered by the National Press Photographers Association, photojournalists are protesting a new rule for the upcoming NFL season that will force them to wear red vests emblazoned with the corporate logos of Reebok and Canon during televised games. The chair of the NPPA's Ethics & Standards Committee responds
In a related incident, photographers covering the Fiesta bowl earlier this year were told to wear vests with the Tostitos logo. They retaliated by wearing the vests inside out.
'It totally goes against our Code of Ethics to force photographers to advertise as if they were some sort of NASCAR vehicle. We are independent gatherers of news, storytellers with no agendas. Our integrity comes from objectivity. Do reporters put up with this kind of disrespect from the NFL?'
In a related incident, photographers covering the Fiesta bowl earlier this year were told to wear vests with the Tostitos logo. They retaliated by wearing the vests inside out.
