Senator Joe Lieberman and four other senators have reintroduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 with a new, modified version (view the PDF here).  The act calls for the creation of a cybersecurity council chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, which would work to protect critical infrastructure in the US.  The original bill, which was [...]

Mojang, the developer of the popular game Minecraft, and Electronic Arts Games, publisher of Bejeweled 2, have been sued by copy protection company Uniloc. Uniloc claims the Android version of Minecraft, called Minecraft: Pocket Edition, as well as EA’s Bejeweled 2, infringe its patent 6,857,067, which describes a “system and method for preventing unauthorized access to [...]

On March 6, the Mass Effect 3 was released as the final part of the Mass Effect video game trilogy.  While it has so far enjoyed both critical and commercial success, it has also caused one of the biggest fan outcries in video game history. Fans are taking issue with the ending of the game [...]

Blizzard Trying To Prevent Valve From Using DOTA Trademark Blizzard, the developer of World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, and the Diablo series has filed a notice of opposition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to prevent Valve, the developer of Half-Life and Portal, from registering “Dota” as a trademark.  Valve is [...]

NCsoft Trying to Prevent the Release of TERA. In response, TERA to Prevent Certain IP Addresses from Accessing Servers. NCsoft, the publisher of many Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs), has filed a lawsuit against developer Bluehole Studios to prevent the North American release of its upcoming MMO TERA.  The lawsuit alleges trade secret misappropriation and [...]

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) has drafted legislation, the “Mobile Device Privacy Act,” that would require both smartphone manufacturers and carriers to inform customers of monitoring software when purchasing a smartphone.  Customers would have to give consent before the software can collect and transmit any information.  The legislation would also outline security policies that phone companies [...]

The long fight over the Fallout franchise is finally over.  Bethesda Softworks and Interplay have reached an agreement involving the licensing and ownership of the brand, with complete control of the brand reverting to Bethesda. Interplay, who created the Fallout name, had been licensed to make a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) based on the [...]

Once again a Call of Duty game has broken the single day sales record for a video game and had the biggest first day launch of any form of media ever.  Activision, the publisher behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, announced that it had sold 6.5 million copies of the game on its first [...]

Eddie Murphy has stepped down as the host of the 2012 Academy Awards.  His departure comes one day after director Brett Ratner stepped down as producer amid controversy over some comments he made, including that he slept with Olivia Munn and Lindsay Lohan and that “rehearsals are for f-gs.”  In a statement Murphy said “I [...]

Bookstore Barnes & Noble has asked the Department of Justice to investigate Microsoft’s patents related to tablets and smartphones, claiming that the software giant is stifling competition in the mobile device market by “raising rivals’ costs in order to drive out competition and to deter innovation in mobile devices.”  The plea for an investigation comes [...]