GovTechGuy writes “FCC chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday that his agency is going to make it harder for mobile carriers to hit customers with mystery fees on their monthly bills. The practice, known as ‘cramming,’ typically involves charging customers between $1.99 and $19.99 per month for services they either didn’t use or didn’t request. The FCC announced fines totaling nearly $12 million against four carriers for cramming last week.”

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Stoobalou writes “The only way to stop piracy is to cut prices. That’s the verdict of a major new academic study that reckons copyright theft won’t be halted by ‘three strikes’ broadband disconnections, increasing censorship or draconian new laws brought in under the anti-counterfeiting treaty ACTA. The Media Piracy Project, published last week by the Social Science Research Council, reports that illegal copying of movies, music, video games and software (more…)

The head of the body that represents football managers in England warns that clubs should not be “treated as the playthings of the super rich”.

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Anthony currently leads his team with 15 receptions for over 200 yards and two touchdowns on the year, but it is the way he has inspired those around him that has been his greatest asset to both his team and the community of Breckinridge County in Kentucky.

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LucasFilm has filed a $5 million trademark lawsuit against a company marketing a technology that allows users to control computer applications directly with their minds…

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An anonymous reader writes “A presentation about ‘The Underground Economy,’ by Italian white hat hacker and security expert Raoul Chiesa, was replaced at the last minute during last week’s Hack In The Box conference. The reason behind this cancellation was that Chiesa received legal pressure from ATM vendors over the fact that the originally scheduled presentation covers details of various techniques and exploits of vulnerabilities that cyber criminals (more…)

Dear Game Publishers, what are you thinking? For years, loyal supporters of your games have dealt with ridiculous price increases, overpriced downloadable content, and silly DRM schemes. Yet now, in these most critical times for the game industry, your idea of repaying them is to make us pay even more? Really?

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A huge oil slick caused by an underwater leak continued to creep toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday as the Obama administration pressed energy giant BP Plc to stem the oil gushing from its ruptured offshore well.

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Is the future of gaming too automated? What is happening to my vidya games? Back in my day, you could choose which direction you could would wall-run/jump in, tell your entire RPG party what specific attacks to do, and shoot people when you wanted to. Now? All these games are letting you do is manage your party’s health and look at people.

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An anonymous reader writes “Homeopathic remedies work no better than placebos, and so should no longer be paid for by the UK National Health Service, a committee of British members of parliament has concluded. In preparing its report, the committee, which scrutinizes the evidence behind government policies, took evidence from scientists and homeopaths, and reviewed numerous reports and scientific investigations into homeopathy. It found no evidence (more…)