The internet is a minefield. Every turn online is a possible pitfall in terms of your reputation and your general way of life. What’s worse is that many of the more friendly and innocuous-seeming services are often the worst; there are multiple ways to ruin yourself on the web. Here are the worst… Read more
The BBC is considering a Twitter ban to prevent actors, writers and crew from spoiling details of new shows. It follows a series of careless tweets that revealed secrets before the BBC press machine was ready to crank into action.
The campaign, allegedly being pushed by senior BBC executives, follows a rash of Twitter revelations from stars including Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci and self-proclaimed iPod inspiration Sophie Ellis Bextor…
That Sony PS3 jailbreak ban that was announced with much publicity this week? It’s already been hacked by the army of modders out there. A hack that is now doing the rounds reportedly gives players the power to unban themselves and, if they know a console’s ID, can ban someone else’s console. It’s all getting a bit heated out there. Don’t expect Sony to take this hack lying down.
Out now | £free | Sony (via Destructoid)
Sony has said it will permanently block PS3 owners from the PlayStation Network if they’ve used a PS3 jailbreak on their console. Sony describes PlayStation Network as “a world of entertainment” in its notice and confirms that the PS3 jailbreak ban will have hacked consoles “terminated permanently”.
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger writing copy for Sony now? The blog post, actually by Jeff Rubenstein, Sony’s social-media manager, states that customers can duck the ban by ceasing to use and removing “all circumvention devices and deleting all unauthorised or pirated software from their PS3.” Sony hasn’t said when or how it’ll carry out the PS3 jailbreak ban.
Out TBC | £NA | Sony
A UK porn ban could be on the cards as the government prepares to meet ISPs in January to discuss a requirement for users to specifically request access to porn rather than just being able to plug rude terms into the search engine of their choice. The thinking behind the plans is based on the “think of the children” rational.
Conservative MP Claire Perry told the Sunday Times: “We are not coming at this from an anti-porn perspective. We just want to make sure our children aren’t stumbling across things we don’t want them to see.” Is this a slippery slope to censorship or simply good sense? Let us know by clicking on the headline and getting involved in the comments.
Playing Starcraft 2 and cheating in single player mode? You could be risking the wrath of the banhammer. A site that shares cheats and training packages for the Blizzard game has accused it of banning Starcraft 2 players who’ve used cheats in single player games. Is Blizzard out of order or right to stop actions that could skew ratings?
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Microsoft has officially responded to rumours that a journalist was told that using or mentioning Apple products at it’s events was “banned“.
Apple has killed over 1000 iPhone apps created by a developer who gamed the iTunes App Store by submitting fake reviews.
