Business(es) & The Economy

Customers Lash Out as Adobe Announces New Cloud Subscription-Only Future

Are Adobe committing suicide with their new ‘mandatory subscription only’ model for the tools of choice (Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc.) for so many industries? With a Facebook page full of disappointment from loyal users and multiple petitions demanding Adobe to re-think their plans – Adobe has annoyed many freelancers and designers (such as yours truly) with [...]

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BT, Sky, Virgin, O2 Amongst ISP’s Blocking Torrent Sites

So far a High Court verdict has enforced mandatory censorship for major internet service providers BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, EE and TalkTalk. The sites in question that have been blocked are The Pirate Bay, KickAss Torrents (KAT), Fenopy and H33T.   Earlier this month, Torrentfreak reported that the fantasy action series “Game of Thrones” [...]

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The Catholic Church: Hypocrisy, Corruption, Money and Power.

As we sift through the daily papers and figure that all the world’s mainstream media are suddenly either Catholic or fascinated about reporting the Vatican’s new series “Pope X-Factor” (no, not really, but it’s a good idea) – one thing stands out the most. Black smoke = no pope. Whilst the entire population of Pope [...]

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SimCity Game’s Anti-Piracy Measures Cause Upset Forcing Amazon to Take Action.

The highly anticipated release of PC game SimCity has been met with unanimous condemnation over its anti-piracy measures. The game requires players to be connected to the internet to play the game and if that’s not enough of a deterrent, if the servers are full or undergoing maintenance then you’re shit out of luck. SimCity, [...]

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Nearly $2 Trillion on Arms in One Year, Nearly $195 Billion on Space Exploration in 40

You can blame the rising debts of governments all around the world on multiple factors, but one thing will always stand out: the money spent on wars, arms and obtaining natural resources such as oil could have been put to better use. Whilst many will strike back at these particulars, there is no denying that [...]

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UK Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill

The UK has officially joined the handful of countries enabling Gay Marriage to be officially recognised after much debate between religious and conservative groups. The Marriage Bill – often referred to as the Same Sex Couples Bill – will enable same-sex couples to marry in both civil and religious ceremonies. Couples who have previously entered [...]

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Conglomerate or Choice?: The Corporations and Subsidiaries Operating Multiple Ventures.

Quick schooling for this article: Have you ever noticed that every now and then two companies appear to be under the exact same brand name, logo or group when it seems that they are entirely different? Such as how there are ten newspapers in your city that are all published under the same company? Or [...]

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Business Watchdog: Do SkyDrive’s Terms Give Microsoft the Power to Crack Password Protected Archives?

Returning to the idea of using Windows 8 and the Surface tablet and automatically being a user of Microsoft’s cloud service “SkyDrive”, we received an interesting set of complaints from a reader wishing to express his distrust in Microsoft’s moderating team for disabling his ENTIRE account for saving part of his hard drive image on [...]

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Undergo Comprehensive Investigation Over Recent Faults.

Footage of Maintenance crews inspecting a 787 that caught fire whilst parked in Boston, US.         This year Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is off to a bit of a shaky start with U.S. Regulators confirming that there are “concerns” for the aircraft, though they state that the planes are still deemed safe enough [...]

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Environmental Concerns After Shell’s Arctic Drilling Rig Runs Aground in Alaska.

One of Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling rigs is beached on an island in the Gulf of Alaska, threatening environmental damage from a fuel spill and calling into question Shell’s plans to resume drilling in treacherous waters north of Alaska in the summer. The Kulluk, which broke free from a tow ship in stormy seas and [...]

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