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Submission + - Ubisoft Blames Piracy for Non-Release of PC Game (torrentfreak.com) 2

Submitted by Azmodan
Azmodan writes: Ubisoft is known for laying the blame for many problems on the unauthorized downloading of its games. Stanislas Mettra, creative director of the upcoming game ‘I Am Alive,’ confirms this once again by saying that the decision not to release a PC version is a direct result of widespread game piracy. However, those who look beyond the propaganda will see that there appears to be more to the story than that.
The Military

Submission + - DOD commissions Terminator-like robot (nydailynews.com)

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sourcehunter
sourcehunter writes: "The US Department of Defense has contracted with Boston Dynamics to create two new battlefield bots — a cheetah that will eventually be able to run up to 70 mph and a "Terminator-like droid" that would eventually be used for emergency response, firefighting, advanced agriculture and vehicular travel in areas inaccessible to tanks, Humvees and other wheeled vehicles."

Submission + - Motorola sticks to guns on locking down Android (androidcentral.com)

Submitted by jeffmeden
jeffmeden writes: "These aren't the droids you're looking for" proclaims Motorola, maker of the popular Android smartphones such as the Droid 2 and Droid X. At least, not if you have any intention of loading a customized operating system, according to Motorola's own Youtube channel used to show off upcoming products. Motorola:"@tdcrooks if you want to do custom roms, then buy elsewhere, we'll continue with our strategy that is working thanks." The strategy they are referring to is a feature Motorola pioneered called "e-fuse", the ability for the phone's CPU to stop working if it detects unauthorized software running. More information available via a story at Android blog site AndroidCentral
Google

Submission + - Google, H.264 and WebM - the mud clears (sort of)

Submitted by rudy_wayne
rudy_wayne writes: When it was announced that H.264 was being dropped from Google's Chrome browser I thought it was really weird since Google converted all of YouTube's videos to H.264 just 3 years ago. Now, Charles Arthur, writing for The Guardian says the decision to drop H.264 was made entirely by the Chrome team and did not come from Google's top management. A related article at ZDNet sums it up as "Google is not giving up H.264 on YouTube, H.264 will continue to be supported in Android, and it has nothing to do with YouTube storage issues, H.264 license pricing or Google's desire to be totally open source — it's about Chrome wanting to be disruptive.

Submission + - Karma strike against prankdial.com 3

Submitted by sjs132
sjs132 writes: Ever get a call by prankdial.com and want to get revenge on the folks that did it? Well This guy did too. But they wouldn't give up who initiated the prank, so some pubilc digging and basic internet sleuthing reveals the owner of prankdail and his phone number. Time for Karma to come a calling....

Submission + - Apple pulls VLC media player from AppStore (videolan.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Apple has removed VLC media player from the AppStore, putting an end to the controversy on the license (in)compatibilities. Indeed, the iTunes page for VLC media player stopped working: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vlc-media-player/id390885556?mt=8
VLC developers Rémi Denis-Courmont notes that he is "not going to pity the owners of iDevices, and not even the MobileVLC developers who doubtless wasted a lot of their time. This end should not have come to a surprise to anyone."

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