Siliconera do a roaring trade in boosted game details, even going so far as to cite a regular source for the stuff. A few weeks back, their inside man had the goss on Syndicate way ahead of schedule; today, it’s Dead Space 3. The game has only been hinted at by EA, but already, it seems, there is a script in the works – and it’s currently sounding a lot like Isaac Clarke meets Silent Hill and The Thing. Those… are all fantastic things.
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​Last night, Facebook rolled out its latest edition of the constant stream of updates from all of your friends you don't really keep in touch with News Feed, complete with a real-time, scrolling update box on the upper left, the introduction of user-determined "top" stories, and an annoying box for new people you should "subscribe to" (still figuring that one out).
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Maybe it's time for Facebook to finally roll out that "dislike" button.

Facebook is getting an earful about changes it made to the News Feed right before its annual developers conference on Thursday in the US.
Of course, anytime the social networking site makes changes, users revolt at audible levels. Facebook is the world's most popular social networking service with more than 750 million users, so even a small protest can stir up the web.
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As I patiently wait for my copy of Dead Island in the mail, I feel relieved I opted to purchase TechLand's co-op tropical island zombie slayer on PS3. Following the announcement earlier this week that there would be one hell of massive patch, the patch has finally been released for the Steam version of the title. ...

As a crucial Australian copyright lawsuit goes to its High Court for consideration, a new WikiLeaks cable from the US State Department suggests that the force behind the action is anything but local. On the surface, it appears that the suit against iiNet—on the grounds that the country's third biggest ISP hasn't done enough to crack down on illegal file sharers—is an Australian content initiative. But according to the cable, the prime mover behind the suit is actually the Motion Picture Association of America, through the Motion Picture Association, its international arm.
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Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, has blamed the Government's weak tax laws for the fact it pays just £8m of corporation tax in Britain despite making more than £6bn in revenues in this country.
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