For all the effort Apple expends in regulating its iTunes App Store, it seems that questionable, malicious or copyright-infringing apps make it through to consumers a lot more often than one might think. The latest app to appear in the App Store that didn’t belong is a copy of the popular Camera+ app.

Claiming to be Camera+ version 4.0, the app made its way into the App Store this week and was spotted by U.K. security firm Sophos, which was able to determine that the app was a fake, according to Computer World. S

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Today Shacknews is reporting a new beta patch available on Steam. This is what they had to say, “Covering its back and yours, Bethesda recommends that you only install the patch if you’re affected by issues fixed in the patch, and that you backed up your saved games before installing the beta. If you’re still ploughing ahead with it, here’s what to do:

1. Log into Steam
2. Click on Steam in the upper menu
3. Select Settings
4. Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
5. A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
6. Select OK.

Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available. Find more…

An airship flies over a desert in an artistic rendering from indie game Guns of Icarus Online.
Guns of Icarus Online is looking to be one of the most innovative multiplayer games of the year, with airship combat in a vast world, and where teamwork is the foundation of survival. To help ensure teams work together, each team requires three roles. The Captain steers the vessel, the Engineer keeps it repaired, and the Gunner guards the ship. Howard Tsao, CEO of Muse Games and creator of Guns of Icarus Online, said via e-mail that the different roles aim to make players work as a team. Find more…

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Wikipedia, Google Go Black to Protest SOPA

Wikipedia and other popular websites converted their homepages into virtual protest banners early Wednesday as part of an effort to stop Internet piracy legislation that is being considered by the U.S.

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Every year we see a number of advancements in technology. Hard drives get bigger, processors get faster, and typically devices use less power. This happens through iteration of designs, and the scaling down of existing technology. So we store a bit more data every year in the same space, and make processors a few nanometers smaller.

Although such an iterative method and slow advancements works, it does have its limits, and IBM has decided to take a very different approach when it comes to mapping out the future of mass storage technology.

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While youd be hard pressed to find someone who both understands how the internet works and supports the proposed SOPA legislation across the pond, few can deny that the issue of piracy needs addressing somehow.

An interesting illustration of this is the rise in mobile app piracy: because of the typically small file size, and the ability for Android phones to install apps from unknown sources, Android app piracy in particular is booming.

On the day that the web goes dark in protest, we take a look at the Android apps being illegally copied and shared the most.

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