TVAddons Founder “Resigns” to Ensure Kodi Addon Platform’s Longevity
Right now, life isn’t particularly pleasant for the founder of TVAddons. As previously documented, Adam Lackman is being sued by an army of Canadian telecoms giants including Bell Canada, Bell ExpressVu, Bell Media, Videotron, Groupe TVA, Rogers Communications and Rogers Media. With mixed results in court thus far, last week saw bailiffs for the plaintiffs revisit Lackman’s home, hoping to secure property to pay off...
Cloudflare Settles Dangerous Piracy Liability Lawsuit
As one of the leading CDN and DDoS protection services, Cloudflare is used by millions of websites across the globe. This includes many pirate sites. In recent years many copyright holders have complained about Cloudflare’s involvement with these platforms, and in 2016 adult entertainment publisher ALS Scan took it a step further by dragging the company to court. ALS accused Cloudflare of various types of copyright infringement,...
Nintendo Switch Piracy is “Unstoppable” – Until People Go Online
For as long as games consoles have existed, security to prevent people from playing pirated games has been under attack. In the early days, the existence of a hardware cartridge was initially enough to prevent clones, but with ever more determined hackers on the job, few protections have survived the tests of time. More recently, however, the mighty Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have proven exponentially more difficult to crack. Locked...
Take your computer on the go with Portable Apps
Portable Apps lets you access all your go-to apps anywhere, anytime—regardless of whether you are using your own computer or not. With more than 400 apps, 980 million downloads, and available in 55 languages, Portable Apps allows you to access your favorites via a USB flash drive, a cloud folder, or just about any portable storage device. Portable Apps is like having your computer without having your computer. read...
Cheaper textbooks and better access for higher ed students
Recently at the Texas Linux Fest, Ross Reedstrom introduced me to OpenStax. I’ve heard of a lot of open educational resources (OER) but not this particular one. It’s certainly a project I’m going to follow now. read...
