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Last year, the Global Asylum, Inc . (Asylum) announced plans to release Age of the Hobbits just a few days before New Line’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  was set to hit theatres. Age of Hobbits deals with a species discovered by archaeologists in 2003.  Scientists initially considered naming the new species “homo hobbitus”,” but

Throughout the world, fans assemble at conventions and gatherings adorned in intricate costumes, gravity-defying hairstyles, and elaborate make-up modeled after their favorite characters from popular culture.  The trend is called “cosplaying” and those who engage in it are called “cosplayers.”  As anyone who has attended or seen pictures from a recent convention knows, cosplaying in

Edward Snowden is a computer nerd that could be finding his way to court sometime in the future.  The big news of the week is Snowden’s leak that the CIA and other intelligence agencies, have been mining “metadata” of the American public.  Essentially, intelligence agencies have been gathering and analyzing data on which websites you visit, how

In mid-December 2012, Amazon.com removed the e-book “Spots the Space Marine: Defense of the Fiddler” by MCA Hogarth from their store upon Games Workshop’s request. Games Workshop claimed Hogarth’s book infringed their trademark of the term “space marine.” Hogarth denied infringement, asserting to Amazon that “space marine” is a generic term and a fundamental trope

Vocalist/frontman Ed Kowalczyk started the band “Live” in 1991 with three other musicians. Friends in York, Pennsylvania, they had played under various combination until a 1991 contract with Radioactive Records saw them enter the studio under the new moniker. They also formed United Action Front Unlimited as a company to house the band’s new trademark