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Rumors of the coming Wi-Fi Direct are out and I’m sure it’s got the Bluetooth makers shaking in their boots.  With Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth may no longer be top dog. Just announced at a consortium, some of the biggest players in the tech field are coming together to form an… Continue Reading »

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 »

There are plenty of ways to get your files on the web.  What if there were a device that used your own hard drive and all those files on the web?  No storage limits, no file type restrictions, nothing.  Sounds interesting, right?  Check out the Pogoplug.  Gadgetell got to do… Continue Reading »

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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 »

Last month, when The Pirate Bay announced its sale to Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), there was much cause for concern.  The firm promised to legalize and monetize the site in a way that wasn’t all that clear to anyone.  The thought scared many people into thinking they may have… 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 »

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!  Ye makers of The Pirate Bay are apparently not planning to go sailing into waters unknown even amidst all the current legal fiascos they are facing.  They are launching a new site called The Video Bay to be in competition with YouTube.  No one… Continue Reading »

Pirate Bay has started beta testing on an encrypted virtual private network or VPN as a way to protect file sharers from prosecution when using their site.  It is a special service for users called IPREDATOR Global Anonymity Service and will carry a price tag of $7 a month.  The… Continue Reading »

I’ve been saying it was going to happen.  ISPs and music labels would come together to create a subscription service to provide music for users to download legally and it seems it has in the UK. Virgin Media, a UK ISP, just came together with Universal Music Group to form… Continue Reading »

ReverbNation just announced their plan to have 1000 of their artists to start participating in a new Sponsored Songs program.  This program will actually pay the bands $0.50 each time one of their songs is downloaded for free by a user.  Yup, you get it free and the band gets… Continue Reading »