Cloud Labor within Social Gaming Facilitating Child Labor?
An initiative that offers virtual payments for use in social and online games in return for performing tasks may promote child labor speculates a post on ReadWriteWeb.
CrowdFlower, which focuses on harnessing
Senator Yee Honored with FAC Award
The office of California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) let us know that the politician has been honored by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) with its Beacon Award.
The award recognizes Yee’s
Suicidal Office Worker Stars in Adult Swim iPhone App
A new Adult Swim-branded iPhone/iPod Touch app from Turner Broadcasting System and the Cartoon Network has office desk jockeys attempting to off themselves in the fastest way possible utilizing a variety
Net Neutrality Moves Forward, Gains Foe
Yesterday, The Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) five commissioners voted unanimously to move ahead with the discussion on Net Neutrality.
While all five commissioners approved the move, the
Classification Board Director Wants to Rate Mobile Apps
Australia’s Classification Board wants to extend its sphere of influence to mobile applications.
Classification Board Director Donald McDonald (left) has written to Commonwealth Censorship Minister
xbox live or playstation network?
With last month’s console price drops for both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360, the debate of which system to go with rages on. The PS3’s new claims of “It only does everything” are, well, kinda true
new super mario bros wii preview
Many Wii gamers are eagerly anticipating the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, coming out November 15th. Fans of the classic Mario series will be glad to know the upcoming Mario Bros. game will actually
Microsoft Seemingly Confirms Blu-ray For Xbox 360
More than a year after Sony declared victory in the format war, it appears that Microsoft is officially embracing Blu-ray, to an extent. In an interview with Gizmodo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Why Do PC Gamers Hate Modern Warfare 2’s New Matchmaking System?
Unlike previous Call of Duty games on PC — and most other first-person shooters, not to mention most other genres, too — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be shipping without the usual
