Nobody likes to be told they can’t have something just because they live in the wrong part of the world. Case in point — Microsoft has earned the ire of gamers across the globe for its decision to make the upcoming free-to-play Halo Online PC title available only in Russia. Modders have gotten their hands on the game, though, and are busy removing the region lock. In response, Microsoft is unleashing ...
Pound Sterling Forecast vs the Indian Rupee (INR), Russian Ruble (RUB), Swiss Franc (CHF), Turkish Lira (TRY) and Japanese Yen (JPY). The Pound advanced on several of its peers on Tuesday as UK Consumer Confidence and growth data printed above expected levels. While the GfK gauge of UK sentiment rallied to a 12-year high of 4 in March from 1 in February, the nation’s final fourth quarter growth data was revised to 0.6% on a quarter-on-quarter ...
One of the murky areas of US copyright law where user rights, corporate ownership, and the modern digital age sometimes collide is the question of abandonware. The term refers to software for which support is no longer available and covers a broad range of circumstances — in some cases, the original company no longer exists, and the rights to the product may or may not have been acquired by another ...
A series of 60 paintings by Jacob Lawrence captures the journeys of millions of African-Americans who left the Jim Crow South in search of better lives elsewhere. There's no historical marker outside Jacob Lawrence's childhood home in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. But Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg ...
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon Shows his Worry about Bitcoin In his annual letter to shareholders this week, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon showed his concerned as he feels the traditional banking world is facing huge competition from Bitcoin. He warned investors and those in the banking industry that “Silicon Valley is coming.” This definitely is important as he runs America’s biggest bank, knows what he talks about. Jamie Dimon says that there are hundreds of startups with ...