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The Saga of Silk Road’s Dead Pirate Roberts, Ross William Ulbricht
The downfall of Silk Road and the capture of the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts has made digital newsreels and much digital ink has been spilled over the issue, and the saga is far from over. The presence and persistence of the Silk Road as a part of the dark web, hidden from prying eyes within ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 October 2nd: Feds Raid Silk Road and Arrest ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’, Bitcoin Dark Wallet, ZeroAccess Mining Botnet Shut Down
It’s an exciting week for Bitcoin: Wallets, and botnets, and even pirates await cryptocurrency enthusiasts on the rolling high seas of the Internet. The biggest news for today is the FBI raid and shutdown of the online black market Silk Road—including the apparent confiscation of almost 26,000 BTC from a man alleged to be the ...
Microsoft Kinect PC Support Promises Enhancements to Augmented Reality, Human-Machine Communication
The Microsoft Kinect system heralded a whole-new-way to control gaming consoles, but it became immediately obvious that it was much more than that. Within months of its release software engineers of every stripe saw its potential as a system for turning the human body into a controller and permitting more emotive reactions in the realm ...
Missing Worlds Media Announces Kickstarter Date for City of Heroes Spiritual Successor City of Titans
The much-anticipated spiritual successor to Paragon Studios’ doomed superhero MMORPG City of Heroes has had its developer announce the official Kickstarter date after a little delay. Previously set for September 8th the project is now back on track for October 2nd. The City of Titans Kickstarter is now live. This should come as a comfort ...
Icenium Visual Studio Integration Puts Developers Back On Top of Mobile
One might say that a developer is only as good as her tools–but that story has always gone deeper than that, a tale of skill and romance, a love-hate relationship with the most popular tools and the configurations that make a dev feel at home. Recently mobile developers received a huge treat from Telerik’s Icenium ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 September 25: Lucky Gambler Makes 11k BTC, Coinsetter to Launch Soon, Coinkite Brings POS Solution
The biggest gambling win of bitcoins has happened over the weekend with a mysterious “deep pockets” gambler named Nakowa winning over 11k BTC from the gambling site Just-Dice.com. This huge win has triggered a wave of speculation about how it was done–from luck to cheating the system–as well as some discussions with Nakowa him/herself on ...
Blizzard Makes Plans to Remove All Auction Houses from Diablo III
After pioneering an attempt to introduce Real Money Transactions (RMT) into an online game, Blizzard is removing all auction houses from Diablo III in preparation to changing the way the game’s item system works. Citing that the auction house (AH) and its RMT version undermine the core gameplay of Diablo, Blizzard states that they will ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 September 18: Bigpoint Games to Accept Bitcoin, Network Exceeds 1 Petahash a Second, Armory Technologies Raises $600k
Bitcoin news only got brighter today with a breaking development from Bigpoint–a well-known massively-multiplayer online (MMO) gaming developer who cater to an audience of millions–announcing the acceptance of bitcoins for virtual items. Virtual worlds, gaming, and spaces that exist primarily online and already trade in virtual currencies and virtual goods are a perfect market for ...
Breaking Analysis: The Implications of Twitter Going Public
With Twitter finally going public after almost seven years of being in the public eye—the social media 140 character juggernaut was founded in 2006 but found its stride in 2007—has seen the popularity of tweeting erupt in status but has had a long time in attempting to figure out how to monetize its platform. By ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 September 11: Avalon Refunds ASIC Customers, Bitcoin Could Replace Wall Street Says Investor, California Amends MTA
As the legitimacy of Bitcoin continues to spark debates—including the odd regulatory foray and questions as to Bitcoin as money—there have been other movements in the community catching our attention lately. Firstly, Avalon has set out to refund all customers of ASIC Miners who have been waiting on existing orders due to unexpected delays. Next, ...