The early occupants of the Dell Streak mini tablets may have been over the moon for possessing the device early but AT&T, as always, have played the spoiled sport in this case as well. If some highly rated forums are to be trusted, the users of the Dell Streak will not be able to take advantage of the AT&T 3G bands. In the most simplest of terms, this implies that the users will not be able to use any AT&T voice and data plans leaving their Streaks’ functional only on WiFi. The precise reason for this move is still a mystery (although we know AT&T for

Well here’s some bad news for our readers in Saudi Arabia who’re using RIM’s BlackBerry devices – all of the cellphone service providers have been issued orders to stop offering their services to BlackBerry holders by the end of this week, in yet another move towards controlling the data sent through RIM’s devices. The decision was brought forward by the country’s Communications and Information Technology Commission, who ordered all three providers of mobile services in the country to suspend their services to BlackBerry phones. According to

If you are one of the million or so Xbox Live users who were banned from the service, things aren’t as bad as we thought. Some modders are working on a solution that will revert the firmware to a state that is nearly the same as the stock firmware. Hopefully the end result means that you’ll be able to use your console again and not have to buy a new one. Right now two fixes are being worked on: the iXtremeLT and one from Xbox-Scene. The first isn’t ready yet, and the latter works, but you should be aware, it is very complex. [Dailytech]

UPDATE: C64 Emulator has yet again been pulled from the App Store for sneaking in an easter egg that allows the execution of code in a BASIC interpreter. See the end of the post for details. Finally, a Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. The application, previously rejected by Apple, has at last been approved and brings some classic 8-bit action to your pocket. The emulator is unlike most others in that it is legal. Usually when old (and new) consoles and computers are recreated in software, the emulator itself is fine, but the games played on them are

RealNetworks has been told by the courts that its DVD copying software RealDVD will continue to banned from sale. Although the court was adjourned back in May, it has taken a few months to decide whether RealDVD should be allowed on-sale. This ruling upholds the original injunction that was put into place while a lawsuit issued to the company by the MPAA was investigated. Rule of law Judge Marilyn Patel decided that the injunction should remain, and will do so until a formal trial. The bad news for RealNetworks is that a trial isn’t expected for at least a

Wikipedia has banned all contributions from IP addresses owned by the Church of Scientology. Wikipedia’s "Arbitration Committee" (otherwise known as the ArbCom!) voted unanimously in favour of the ban on the controversial church. The Register reports that, "according to multiple administrators… the muzzling of Scientology IPs marks the first time Wikipedia has officially barred edits from such a high-profile organization for allegedly pushing its own agenda on the site." "Use of the encyclopedia to advance personal agendas – such as

British movie Shifty may have landed a death-knell to close-to-the-bone advertising after its email campaign was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The questionable promotion for the film involved a ‘stitch up a mate’ email. The email, which could be sent to anyone, masqueraded as a warning that the recipient being investigated for drugs, with the address of the sender being ‘community drugsteam@ukgov.org.uk’. Criminal investigation According to the Guardian, the email came with the following warning: "If you fail to

Clearly a game inspired by the war in Iraq while foreign troops continue to do battle was always likely to stoke up a fair bit of controversy. Realising this, Konami has canned Six Days in Fallujah following the massive public uproar caused by the game. While the game’s developers, Atomic, are still hopeful it will still be released under another publisher, we take a look at the other titles to have incurred the wrath of the censors in the past. Full article

An iPhone application that brought music remixes, news and concert footage to Nine Inch Nails’ fans was banned from Apple’s App Store recently, after the computing giant deemed its content unacceptable. The application, which also featured GPS tracking to help link up fans in local communities, was rejected by Apple due to an expletive found in the NIN’s track/album The Downward Spiral. Apple’s Downward Spiral Trent Rezner, lead singer and stalwart of the band replied to the rejection on his blog, saying that: "You can buy The