Facebook Game Scrabulous: It's Back as Lexulous!

Good news for all Scrabulous fans - it's back on Facebook!  It's pretty much the same, except it's now named Lexulous, and for those of us playing it when it went off last summer, our unfinished games,...

Hasbro drops Scrabulous Lawsuit against Agarwalla Brothers

Hasbro has settled a lawsuit filed against two Indian brothers, whose RJ Software had created the word game 'Scrabulous' on Facebook.  They, however, cannot use the term 'Scrabulous' in any of their...

Wordscraper: Don't Call It Scrabulous! (Now with X-tra Bonus Analysis)

The tale of the tile continues... Scrabulous' developers have re-launched the app with a new look and new rules in order to pull an end-run around Hasbro's takedown order. But will it be enough? So far, it's hard...

Wordscraper: the new Scrabulous is back on Facebook

What is the latest update on the Scrabble vs Scrabulous story?It turns out that the reincarnate of Scrabulous is back and running under the pseudonym of "Wordscraper", (perhaps as a result of the vigorous hacking...

Scrabble Launches and Promptly Fails on Facebook

As Scrabulous is taken out of Club Facebook with its jacket over its head, Scrabble, owned by Hasbro and administered online by Electronic Arts, has taken its place in the apps firmament... only to flail upon...

Scrabulous leaves Facebook

Scrabulous addicts in the U.S. and Canada who try to play a round on Facebook today are in for a rude awakening, as they'll likely get this message when they click on the application:""Scrabulous is disabled for...

Facebook Blocks SCRABULOUS

It has today been revealed that FACEBOOK have removed the SCRABULOUS application from the account of some users.  It comes in the wake of legal action by Hambros who claim to hold the copyright to SCRABBLE...

Should I Facebook My Mom?

A piece I wrote for the Tyee, an independent online news magazine in Vancouver:"Facebook is different things to different people. It's a social planner, news aggregator, gossip generator, procrastination enabler,...

Scrabble Makers Order Facebook To Take Down Scrabulous

"By David Kaplan - Thu 17 Jan 2008 01:36 AM PST scrabulousHasbro and Mattel, the marketers of Scrabble, are accusing the creators of popular Facebook app Scrabulous of violating the copyright on the 70-year-old...

Raptors Take Trailblazers in Double-Overtime, Toronto Tops at Scrabble Champi...

This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from TorontoIAM where you will find the best blogs from Toronto, Ontario as well as video uploads, social networking, rumors, and blog authoring Raptors Win Third Straight Game in Double-Overtime NBA.com’s Raptors News...

Scrabulous Sued by Scrabble ("Infringe" Is a Real Word)

NOT    R  SURPRISED    L    Y"It was only a matter of time before super-popular office productivity killer, Scrabulous, was sued by Hasbro for infringing upon the...

Scrabble Cheaters: Use Your Powers for Good

You may be good at Scrabble... but are you bad enough?Here's an interesting little tidbit: a Scrabble fundraiser tournament. Sounds pretty pedestrian... at first. However, players are given the opportunity to...

Facebook goes from zero to $10bn in three years

"It is the scourge of middle managers, who fear their employees spend too much time using it, and beloved by people with a penchant for gaining new friends and indulging in internet Scrabble. Now Facebook, the phenomenally popular social networking site, is at the centre of...

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