Proton Experimental gets more CEG DRM fixes, new fsync code

Recently Valve upgraded Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton that pulls in advancements first with support for their older CEG DRM and another new build is up.

Why Hollywood Sucks: Third Time’s a Charm with “Dune”?

As a longtime sci-fi cult classic, Frank Herbert’s 1965 space opera Dune is ranked with The Lord of the Rings as a cornerstone of its genre. The size and

Beyond Right to Repair – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

Fixing A Broken Game Installer By Sheer Force Of Will

These days, we seldom purchase games on physical media. Even when buying titles from yesteryear, we usually download them from an online service. Some of these older games haven’t been proper…

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton

If you have the latest version of Proton Experimental, Valve just recently put up a new Steam Client Beta too which allows playing Windows games on Linux that make use of their older CEG DRM.

You shouldn’t buy a TPM for Windows 11. Here’s why

You might think you need to go get one, but you don’t. Yes, even you with the unsupported hardware.

Google's Stadia Pivots To Being Some White Label Game Streaming Platform For Others To Use

The saga of Google's Stadia product has been long, winding, and mostly disappointing. The initial launch of Google's platform, billed as a Netflix-style video game streaming service, was underwhelming and plagued with Obamacare-like rollout...

MLB In Talks To Offer Streaming For All Teams' Home Games In-Market Even Without A Cable Subscription

Streaming options for professional and major college sports has long been a fascination of mine. That is in part because I'm both a fairly big fan of major sports and a fan of streaming over the wire instead of having cable television. My family...

British Telecom Wants Netflix To Pay A Tax Simply Because Squid Game Is Popular

For years telecom executives, jealous of internet services and ad revenue, have demanded that content and services companies pay them an extra toll for no reason. You saw this most pointedly during the net neutrality fracas, when AT&T...

Canon Sued For Disabling Printer Scanners When Devices Run Out Of Ink

For more than a decade now, computer printer manufacturers have been engaged in an endless quest called: "let's be as annoying as humanly possible." That quest, driven by a desire to monopolize and boost the sale of their own printer...

DRM Patent Claim Against Deemed Unenforceable, in Major Legal Win For Apple

Apple won a ruling in a patent-infringement trial on Friday, meaning a US$308.5 million case has been dismissed.