House of Cards is probably Netflix’s most-discussed original series, but fans of Orange is the New Black would argue it matches Frank Underwood & Co. in both deviousness and quality. As usual, the entire second season will premiere at once on June…
The Sony PS4 has certainly been quite the hit so far, having sold a whopping 7 million units worldwide ever since it was released, with its main rival, the Xbox One having shipped 5 million consoles to retailers. Well, do you think that Sony ought to continue with a console after the Sony PS4? It really depends on how the industry works in the future, where it seems that we are moving more and more in the direction of a cloud based service. Imagine streaming games from the cloud instead of purchasing physical copies of a game.
Next PlayStation Might Be Service Oriented original content from Ubergizmo.
There’s never been a better time to just kick back and watch whatever you want, what with the many ways in which content can be consumed nowadays. And if you enjoy watching videos on Vimeo, things are about to get even easier. The company recently…
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer popped up on Twitter tonight, and, if this really is his account
The March 2014 NPD Group numbers are in, and with them Microsoft has earned additional bragging rights for Titanfall, which was the number one bestselling game last month. Beyond that, … Continue reading
Screw playing Call of Duty or Halo or Titanfall or any next generation video game, I want this Chalk Warfare game where you draw your own weapons and fight your friends to become real. Your weapons are only limited by your imagination and well, your drawing skills.
We’re sure that even before Pandora set up shop, they had approached music labels and publishers in order to secure the rights to stream the songs performed by a variety of artists and bands. If they didn’t we’d have expected to see the company hit with a lawsuit during its first day of operations.
However it seems that there might be some copyright areas that Pandora might have neglected, or thought that they were in the clear, and this is with regards to songs recorded before 1972. In a recent lawsuit, the major record labels, Sony, Warner, and Universal have jointly sued Pandora over alleged copyright infringement.
They claim that songs that are recorded before 1972 are subject to copyright as well and that Pandora needs to pay them in order to have the right to stream it. Some of the examples given includes James Brown’s “I Got You” and the Beatle’s “Hey Jude” which are covered by state law, even if they are protected under federal copyright law.
The labels go on to claim that if Pandora does not pay them their dues, they could stand to lose millions. According to the labels in a statement released to The New York Times, “This case presents a classic attempt by Pandora to reap where it has not sown. Pandora appropriates plaintiffs’ valuable and unique property, violates New York law, and engages in common law copyright infringement and misappropriation and unfair competition.”
Pandora themselves do not appear to be too worried as they believe that they are confident in their legal position and hope to resolve this matter quickly.
Major Record Labels Hit Pandora With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Audio, legal, pandora,
If you’re in need of arts and crafts supplies, there is a chance that you might have headed over to Michaels Stores, a company which is considered to one of the largest retailers with regards to arts and crafts supplies in the US. Back in January this year, the company warned that their systems could have experienced a security breach, but it was only today that the company confirmed it.
According to Michaels Stores, the breach apparently took place between the 8th of May 2013 to the 27th of January 2014. The company estimates that 2.6 million cards might have been affected. While this is a huge number, it only constitutes to about 7% of the payment cards used at its stores during the period, so not all of Michaels Stores’ customers are affected.
The company also claims that data such as customers’ names or personal identification numbers were at risk, but we guess it doesn’t hurt for you to change it anyway, just to be on the safe side of things. The malware that allowed the breach has since been dealt with and the company is working with law enforcement officials, banks, and payment processors to ensure that nothing is amiss.
For customers who have been affected by this breach, Michaels Stores has announced that they will be providing them with fraud monitoring and identity protection services. This isn’t the first time that the company has been breached and it joins other companies such as Target and LaCie who have recently experienced similar breaches themselves.
Michaels Arts And Crafts Retailer Confirms Customer Data Security Breach , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in General, Security,
There have been rumors suggesting that Google had been dogfooding the Android 4.4.3 KitKat update and according to an earlier report, it was suggested that Sprint could be pushing out the update to the Nexus 5, or at least that was what was implied a few days ago. Unfortunately not only has the update not been pushed out to the Nexus 5, but all mention of it has been removed from Sprint’s website as well.
It has recently been discovered that any mention of the Android 4.4.3 KitKat update, also known as the KTU84F, on Sprint’s support page has been removed. According to the schedule, it was pegged for a release on the 14th of April which was something to look forward to, especially if there were bug fixes in the update that Nexus 5 owners needed. Not to mention the update would open up two new Spark LTE bands.
However oddly enough the listing tas been removed and we’re not sure why. Perhaps there are bugs in the update that need to be fixed first and was caught before it was rolled out, which was guess is a good thing since buggy handsets don’t really help with consumer confidence. It could also be that perhaps the dates might be wrong, which is why Sprint removed the listing to prevent further confusion.
Either way it’s not there and we now have no idea when the update will be arriving, if at all. We’ll definitely be keeping our eyes peeled for more information but hopefully Sprint’s Nexus 5 owners won’t have to wait too long to get their hands on the update.
Sprint Removes Mention Of Android 4.4.3 KitKat Update For The Nexus 5 , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, nexus 5, Sprint,
Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs is expected to see a release on the 27th of May and while we might have some idea of the game and the story, we’re not too sure how the entire thing will play out. However that has not stopped Ubisoft from creating an ebook that will act as a sequel to Watch Dogs once the game has ended.
Interestingly enough Ubisoft has decided to release the Watch Dogs ebook alongside the game itself, so if you want to avoid any spoilers, you might want to complete the game before diving into the book. The book, titled Watch_Dogs //n/Dark Clouds, is written by John Shirley, an author who has written over 30 books and short stories during the course of his career.
Shirley also has experience adapting video games to books and has written novels based on Borderlands, Doom, and BioShock in the past as well, so if you enjoy his writing, then perhaps the upcoming Watch Dogs ebook might be worth looking forward to. The book, like we said, will see a release on the 27th of May as well and will be available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
There will also be additional editions of the book planned that will include interactive images and videos. In the meantime if you have a couple of minutes to spare, you can check out the video above for more details.
Ubisoft Announces That Watch Dogs Will Get An Ebook Of Its Own , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Gaming, watch dogs,
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