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After a dramatic few months, it appears as though Pirate Bay may actually be shut down forever.  As the operators scramble to find an ISP to host the site, the file sharing site has remained down after Black Internet, their former ISP, was forced to discontinue service to the Swedish… Continue Reading »

The Pirate Bay in its current form is just a a few days away from being handed over to its new owners and with that a complete archive has been uploaded and made available (via torrent file) for download. According to the anonymous person who posted the file, he just… Continue Reading »

In an expected attack on the RIAA, The Pirate Bay is now advertising what it calls “The $675,000 mixtape.”  The collection is comprised of the 30 songs that grad student Joel Tenenbaum was found guilty of sharing through filesharing services.  The listing even goes so far as to say that… Continue Reading »

Digsby lets users hook up Facebook, Twitter, AIM, Google Talk, and Facebook Chat accounts into one convenient client.  LifeHacker recently published a good article which explains why Digsby is a bad client because of all the ways they try to install crapware along with their IM client.  I am inclined… Continue Reading »

On Friday, Firefox officially surpassed its one billionth download - a very impressive feat for any application.  To celebrate, Mozllia launched One Billion + You, a site dedicated to thanking the audience that brought it to the milestone.  The site also points out the benefits of the web, from the… Continue Reading »

The RIAA has won another outrageous settlement.  A Boston student has been ordered to pay $22,500 each for the 30 songs he admitted to downloading and sharing.  That’s a total of $675,000.  A judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts found him guilty of infringement and asked the jury… Continue Reading »

Everyone’s favorite torrent site (if only for the interesting news they provide) looks to be in quite a bit of trouble again.  It just can’t seem to catch a break—it’s as if every organization with a ton of copyrights finds it necessary to sue the site.  Last time it was… Continue Reading »

Oh, Amazon.  What in the world is going on in the Kindle-world as of late?  First you are being the target of a class action lawsuit due to your “protective case” cracking it, and now this?  It seems that Amazon caved to the pressure of a publisher, who decided that… Continue Reading »

The ‘net is currently all abuzz with speculation as to who might be the proud new papa to internet movie rental giant, Netflix.  We’re hearing Amazon being tossed about left and right as a suitor and a couple of people are even throwing Microsoft’s name into the ring.  There are… Continue Reading »

Illegal file sharing is down, and streaming is up, at least when it comes to teenagers.  According to new research, teens are changing their ways when it comes to piracy.  There has been a dramatic drop in the number of youth aged 14 to 18 who are illegally sharing music. … Continue Reading »