SOPA- My View

As you might be aware the American government is trying to pass an act called SOPA, which stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA is intended to clamp down on “rouge websites” such as piratebay which host illegal content.  

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But many people are saying this act could be the death of youtube because under this act you would not be able to post footage of games without the developer’s permission, and the same goes for song covers, it is for this reason I am against SOPA. I think that no country should not be allowed to”censor “the web, this act would mean the end of my youtube career as I have built a channel based on “lets plays “of games. Many big companies’s such as Google and Wikipedia are against SOPA, Wikipedia are temporarily shutting down the site in protest against SOPA, Google will be displaying an anti SOPA message on their website in protest of SOPA as SOPA would censor Google search engine results.  Facebook and yahoo have also expressed their opposition to SOPA by sending letters to key members of the American senate.   Let me know what you think of SOPA by leaving a comment or by tweeting @leatstechcorner , use the hash tag #leatstechcorner



By Robert Leat
Editor in chief

New Year Re-Launch

New year Re-launch

You might have noticed that Leats Tech Corner has not been posting many articles. This is due to a number of reasons. I have had a very busy social life as I have been going out with friends more and spending time with my girlfriend. Also I have taken up a new sport; I am part of my school’s rugby academy and with training and games not finishing till the evening.

But come New Year I will be re-launching the site, new articles, new features and more reviews. I will also be posting a weekly roundup of the week’s technology news. If you have any suggestions for the site or you would like to become a guest writer or reviewer contact us on twitter, facebook or drop us an email leatstechcorner@gmail.com

Robert Leat

Editor in Chief

Modern Warfare 3 campaign act1: Black Tuesday

Check out my play through of the first mission on campaign mode on MW3.

Modern Warfare3 launched

(c)Activision

The highly anticipated game Modern Warfare3 was launched at midnight on 7^th of November.  UK launch took place in Old Billingsgate market, London and was streamed live on youtube to 1000’s of fans. The launch featured a tournament which where the winner went up against the best players in Europe and it was won by a British gamer. Example also performed a live set, as did chase and status. The event was also attended by many celebrities and the media.  Another highlight was the celebrity tournament , the UK was represented Joey Barton, the QPR player he wasn’t great and described himself as a “camper” this was followed by a huge boo from the crowd. 

The live stream was well presented by 4 presenters, David bass known on youtube as daveyboyz, Rick Edwards the T4 presenter, Graeme Boyd of Xbox UK and Danny Wallace, a journalist and radio presenter.  Trailers and unreleased footage of the game were showcased at the launch; Graeme Boyd went to the Oxford Street game store where some fans had supposedly been queuing since last week just to be first in line to get a copy of the game.  Soldier’s abseiled down the side of the building with the first copies of the game.  I ordered my copy of the game from Amazon and I will be posting videos on my youtube channel as I have obtained an easy cap capture card. Full review to come stay tuned.

By Robert Leat
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Left 4 Dead 2 with ExtremeBritishGaming

Check out my dual commentary with Extreme British Gaming two up and coming commentators. They make gaming videos about Minecraft and various other games. I discovered them after they messaged me on YouTube and asked if I would like to make a video. go and check them out they're awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtremeBritishGaming

RIM Explain BlackBerry Black Out

BlackBerry Bold.

RIM the company behind the BlackBerry has finally explained why BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India have not been able to use BlackBerry Messenger and other internet services.  RIM has said "The messaging and browsing delays being experienced by BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure within RIM's infrastructure,"

"Although the system is designed to failover to a back-up switch, the failover did not function as previously tested. As a result, a large backlog of data was generated and we are now working to clear that backlog and restore normal service as quickly as possible."  The statement ended with “We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will keep you informed”

BlackBerry Services have been disrupted for 2 days, let us know if you are still having problems with your BlackBerry, Tweet @leatstechcorner or go to our Facebook page, leave a comment below.

By Robert Leat

Editor in Chief

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BlackBerry Server crash affects millions

RIM had an outage at one of their BlackBerry servers, which has caused BBM, internet and emails to be taken offline for many BlackBerry users. The outage began at 11 AM Monday. The outage has affected BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and it has also been reported to have affected some users in Canada.

RIM has said “We are working to resolve an issue currently impacting some BlackBerry subscribers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

"We're investigating, and we apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused while this is resolved."

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