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UK government investigating free-to-play games over unlawful microtransactions

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Office of Fair Trading in London has announced that they are investigating free-to-play games to make sure that they are following all corners of the law. More specifically, the London-based regulators are investigating whether or not these types of games are unfairly pressuring gamers into making in-app purchases. Read The Full Story

Russia reveals plans for new $50 billion space program

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Watch out NASA, Russia is making a big effort to catch up with you in the fight for space travel supremacy. Russian president Vladimir Putin has announced the country's plan for a new space program that will cost around $50 billion over the course of seven years. The announcement comes on the anniversary of when the country (formerly the Soviet Union) put the first man in space. Read The Full Story

Google hands over concessions to EU following complaints

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has been in a lot of deep trouble with the European Union over the past several years, almost to the point where we think that the search giant will never learn its lesson. However, it seems like the company is coming around, and they have officially handed in formal concessions to the EU in hopes to avoid a steep fine. Read The Full Story

Tesla CEO Elon Musk urging lawmakers to allow direct auto sales in Texas

, Apr 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tesla Motors currently has over 50 locations around the world, and it seems that the company wants to focus on sales in the US. However, the only state that isn't allowing Tesla to build their own dealerships in Texas. In the Lonestar State, the law says that auto makers must go through a third party in order to sell its vehicles, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn't want it that way. Read The Full Story

California bans using hands-on GPS while driving

, Apr 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Text messaging while driving is quickly making its way into law books across the US, and so is even talking on your phone. However, that leaves a bit of a gray area as far as using maps and GPS on your smartphone, but the State of California has cleared up the confusion and officially made it a law that you can't use the GPS function on your smartphone unless it's hands-free. Read The Full Story

Apple’s iMessage encryption foils snooping, leaked DEA document reveals

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

iMessage is a convenient way for iOS users to swap messages, and it seems that extends to those engaging in less-than-honest dealings, particularly of the drug variety in this case. The folks over at CNET got their hands on an internal Drug Enforcement Administration memo that details an investigation and the difficulty suspects who use Apple's messaging system pose. Read The Full Story

Google under fire in Europe, could face massive fines

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google is in a heap of trouble over in Europe due to not complying to making changes to its privacy policy when it was ordered to do so. Regulators in six European countries may invoke legal action on Google, and the search giant could face some hefty fines. Google's deadline to make changes to its privacy policy was February 26, 2012. Read The Full Story

Provision restricts US government Chinese purchases due to espionage worries

, Mar 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

Late last year, there was quite a bit of hoopla over whether the Chinese government was using devices from Chinese manufacturers such as ZTE and Huawei to spy on other nations. The manufacturers denied the claims, but it set off a firestorm of debate, and Canada moved to ban the devices. Now the US has slipped a review process into law to help safeguard against such attacks. Read The Full Story

Congressman wants to create a “virtual Congress”

, Mar 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Telecommuting isn't anything new. Many companies around the world allow employees to work from home, but a new initiative from one Congressman in particular calls for the ability for Congressmen and Congresswomen to attend hearings, debates, etc. from their home districts, without having to fly out to Washington DC every time. Read The Full Story

Library of Congress to preserve first-ever audio message sent from space

, Mar 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

The first-ever audio message that was sent from space occurred on December 19, 1958 when President Dwight Eisenhower said, "America's wish for peace on Earth and goodwill toward men everywhere." The message was broadcast from the world's first communications satellite called the Project Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment (SCORE). Now, the Library of Congress will be preserving that audio message. Read The Full Story

Department of Defense denies ditching BlackBerry for iOS [UPDATE: Official Statement]

, Mar 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, we reported that the Department of Defense was rumored to be ordering 650,000 iOS devices in order to ditch BlackBerry. It's actually been reported for the last several weeks that the Department of Defense was aiming their sites on iOS instead of BlackBerry. However, the government agency has spoken, and has denied that they're ditching BlackBerry for another platform. Read The Full Story

Amazon rumored to be building private cloud service for CIA

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Amazon powers a variety of websites on the internet, including several popular services like Netflix and Instagram. However, it looks like Amazon is digging deeper into partnerships, as it's rumored that the e-tailer giant and the Central Intelligence Agency have made a deal for Amazon to provide cloud services to the government organization. Read The Full Story
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