Blog Posts by Tori Floyd

It's been 20 years since the Nazi-killing first-person shooter was released, and Bethesda Software is celebrating by bringing the game to browsers — for free.

By checking out this link, you'll be able to play all of Wolfenstein 3D in your browser window. You can also watch a Director's Commentary for the game on YouTube with id Software co-founder and Wolfenstein 3D developer John Carmack here.

For those unfamiliar with the game, Wolfenstein 3D is one of the earliest first-person shooters, based on the game Castle Wolfenstein from 1981 for the Apple II. The premise of the game is simple: take your gun and kill Nazis in order to escape Castle Wolfenstein during WWII. According to TIME, Wolfenstein 3D was a pioneer in 3D effects, showing enemies from eight different angles instead of just a head-on view, which was the norm for prior computer games.

The game was originally published by Apogee Software as free shareware and was a precursor to the iconic 1993 release Doom FPS, also

Five suspects have been arrested by Mexican police in relation to the death of B.C. graduate student Ximena Osegueda.

The 39-year-old student at the University of British Columbia was murdered in Mexico last year with her boyfriend, Alejandro Honoria Santamaria. The pair went missing on December 14, and their remains were found a few weeks later, CTV News reports,half-buried in the beach in Huatulco, Oaxaca.

Jacy Wright, Osegueda’s ex-husband, discovered their bodies when he was participating as part of a search team to locate them.

Three women and two men have been arrested, Mexican authorities report, and are accused of robbery, murder and participation in organized crime. Police are still searching for three accomplices.

According to CTV News, the police located the new suspects thanks to the car that Osegueda had recently purchased. The car had a receipt in it from a butcher shop. Police obtained the shop’s security footage which led to the arrests.

Putting up your hand in the middle of a university lecture when you don't understand something can be pretty intimidating, even if you think everyone is just as confused as you are.

A Toronto man has come up with a way to address this problem and it's turning out to be a big hit with a University of Toronto computer science professor and his students.

Understoodit.com is a website that can be accessed via iPhone, tablet or laptop. Students in large university classrooms can tell the professor when they don't understand a concept by pressing the "confused" button. The response registers on the professor's laptop, and they can address whatever issues the students are having with the concepts. Once the students get that clarification they need, they hit the "understand" button and the professor can move forward with the lesson. This video demonstrates how it works:

Liam Kaufman, inventor of the website, told The Toronto Star that the program is especially helpful for ESL students, but

Even though Facebook privacy breaches are the cause of huge outrage for many users, it seems that many others are entirely oblivious when it comes to protecting their online information.

A new study by Consumer Reports has found that out of the 150 million Facebook users in the U.S., almost 13 million say that they don't set their privacy settings, or don't know that they exist. And 28 per cent of users surveyed said that they share everything, or almost everything, posted to their wall with an audience wider than just their friends.

The study goes on to highlight that it isn't just a lax attitude than can lead to your information being shared with those other than who you choose. Consumer Reports shared information that may be shocking to some:

"Did you know that Facebook gets a report every time you visit a site with a Facebook "Like" button, even if you never click the button, are not a Facebook user, or are not logged in?" Consumer Reports says.

If privacy online and on Facebook is

For everyone still recovering from an addiction to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, it isn't over yet: reports indicate that The Elder Scrolls Online is now on the way.

The massively multiplayer online (MMO) title won't just be for PC users, either. Mac users can also get caught up in Bethesda's online world. It's a rare move for a game company to be releasing for both operating systems at the same time, but one that will likely be very welcome by players.

"It's rare that Macs get games at all, and even rarer that they get them on the same day as PC games," says Dave Thier, in Forbes. "So if your first adventure into a multiplayer-enabled Tamriel involves a few more thick plastic glasses and skinny jeans than you expected, you'll know why."

Poking fun at Mac users aside, many Mac users are likely breathing a sigh of relief at the prospect of being able to play more than The Sims, Civilization and a number of titles by Valve on their machines.

And by the look of this teaser trailer released

With an ever-growing number of laptop and mobile device users, the demand for Wi-Fi — especially the free kind — is growing too. But how far are you willing to go to get access?

An Internet provider in Mexico called Terra has started a campaign to help beautify Mexico City's parks by offering free Internet access in exchange for dog poop, CNET reports.

This quirky video explains how "Poo WiFi" works:

The project, a partnership between Terra and advertising agency DDB, aims to keep ten of Mexico City's parks a bit cleaner by offering an incentive. According to CNET, staff members will be nearby to make sure the system is being used honestly and that dog poop is actually being placed in the bins.

While Poo WiFi is certainly an odd way to dole out free Internet, it isn't the first offbeat campaign to provide Internet access to the masses.

Recently, at SXSW, a campaign to help local homeless men and women was highly criticized for dehumanizing the people it was trying to support. "

Despite RIM's ongoing struggles, the company is trying to pull up its bootstraps by introducing the new BlackBerry 10 operating system for its mobile devices.

While many, including Yahoo! Finance Canada blogger Carmi Levy, remain skeptical if the new OS will actually help to save the company, it is ultimately up to consumers whether BlackBerry 10 is a long-awaited saving grace for BlackBerry users.

Developers at BlackBerry World 2012 got the full lowdown on the features of BlackBerry 10, as CNET reports. Here's everything you need to know about what to expect from BlackBerry 10:

A Whole New Look

The new tiled look of BlackBerry 10 appears to be some sort of hybrid between iOS, Windows Phone 7 and Android 4.0. Big graphics are the order of the day, doing away with the small icons of BlackBerry 7. There are four widgets featured on the Home screen, VentureBeat reports. In the BlackBerry World 2012 demo, weather, calendar, music and photos were showcased. How the graphic interface will

Starting today, Facebook users can share with their online friends if they are an organ donor.

Mark Zuckerberg announced via Facebook that an option is now available to add to your Timeline the date you agreed to become a donor. According to a video included with the announcement, users can go to the Life Event option on the left side of their timeline, select the Health and Wellness tab and click on the new Organ Donor option available there.

Users can then enter the state or province they live in, the date they became an organ donor, and a short story about why they decided to become a donor if they so choose.

"Today, more than 114,000 people in the United States, and millions more around the globe, are waiting for the heart, kidney or liver transplant that will save their lives," said Zuckerberg in the announcement. "Many of those people — an average of 18 people per day — will die waiting, because there simply aren't enough organ donors to meet the need… we believe that by simply