Yesterday the FBI shut down website megaupload, a storage website which was known for facilitating copyright infringement, but which was also used by thousands of users as a legit way to store files (those files are gone, and if you didn’t have a backup, you’ll probably never see them again).
Yesterday I read the indictment (the document that states what the prosecutors believe Megaupload to be guilty off), and one thing has been bothering me since: The Entertainment industry have in their hands, for the first time, a global-scale case study showing how much people are ready to pay (either through subscription or advertising) for digital content in today’s world, but in their arrogance will probably not draw any useful conclusion out of it. Read the rest of this entry »

I can hate Sony to my guts for their crappy software and their locking policy, but we have to admit their hardware usually rocks, for a reasonable price (ok, maybe not the Vaio, but again, that’s mostly because of the crapware they put in it). The same can probably not be said of this Chinese “replica” of the PS Vita, named the “Yinlips”.

I was randomly browsing the web yesterday, and found