Streaming Piracy Remains Constant in Sweden, Despite Boost in Legal Consumption
When there were few, if any, legal services available to stream movies and TV shows via the Internet, pirate sites had a virtual stranglehold on the entire market. The obvious theory was that when entertainment industry groups came together to actually make their content both accessible and at a reasonable price (build it and they will come), visits to pirate sites would naturally decrease. In Sweden, where The Pirate Bay and similar...
‘Cheating’ Fortnite Kid Keeps on Cheating, Epic Games Tells Court
Game publisher Epic Games has taken a tough stance against Fortnite cheaters. Aside from banning people from the game, it has also filed lawsuits against several people who promoted or sold cheats online. One of the most recent lawsuits targets a popular YouTuber called CBV, who was sued by Epic Games in June. The games company is pursuing the minor (referred to as C.B. in the complaint) with several claims, including copyright...
Microsoft Puts Blocks On In-Browser Minecraft Clone
Minecraft is one of the most recognizable and popular videogames of the last decade. Created by Swedish developer Markus Persson (Notch) and released by developer Mojang in 2011, Minecraft was subsequently acquired in 2014 by Microsoft as part of a $2.5 billion deal. Over the years, Minecraft has been made available on many platforms and along the way has gathered millions of fans. Minecraft Classic is even available to play in a web...
Navigating Ansible documentation, automating patching, virtualization, and more news
In this third edition of Ansible Around The Web, we’ve a delicious spread of ops-related YouTube content, and in the blogs section, guides to virtualization with oVirt and help navigating the extensive Ansible documentation. If you spot an interesting Ansible story on your travels, please send us the link via Mark on Twitter, and the Ansible Community team will curate the best submissions. read...
Why I use Java
I believe I started using Java in 1997, not long after Java 1.1 saw the light of day. Since that time, by and large, I’ve really enjoyed programming in Java; although I confess these days, I’m as likely to be found writing Groovy scripts as “serious code” in Java. read...
