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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 »

I’m sure you’ve used Hulu, or at least are familiar with the site.  Launched about two years ago by NBC and Fox, Hulu has become wildly popular with many as a favorite online TV service.  This success, however, may turn out to be their Achilles’ heel. Hulu has seen their… Continue Reading »

Windows 7 is certainly getting a lot of attention recently as Windows users try to forget about the mistakes of Vista and focus on the next OS.  It seems every major release of the OS has appeared on torrent sites before ever appearing out in public.  There’s always a lot… Continue Reading »

Well if you are the pirating sort, maybe you can make use of the handy dandy new The Pirate Google Bay site, since you can now nab Windows 7 RC1 (Build 7100) on your favorite torrent site. Many were watching and waiting for this release, and it’s now been leaked,… Continue Reading »

When, oh when, are they gonna learn it is pretty much senseless to even attempt to hunt down the pirates?  Right or wrong, P2P file sharing happens.  And suing the creators of the popular Pirate Bay isn’t gonna stop it.  And now, in a rather obvious attempt to support that… Continue Reading »

The Swedish courts handed down a landmark decision by finding the four founders of the wildly popular torrent site Pirate Bay guilty of hosting copyrighted material on their website.  Along with being sentenced to one year in prison each, the company will have to pay an estimated $3.5 million to… Continue Reading »

Let’s face it, everyone loves Facebook, even if the new layout is bothering 1.7 million users or so.  But I don’t like how other websites give the option to post whatever you do there on your Facebook profile for all your friends to see.  So usually, I don’t even bother… Continue Reading »

Back in March of 2008, we reported that Myka created a BitTorrent box that was capable of directly receiving your Torrent downloads and replaying them on a TV.  It’s a competitor to Apple TV, and people who torrent a lot would definitely like the Myka box.  When the product was… Continue Reading »

You don’t even have to be illegally sharing your files to have the gaming firms after you apparently.  Just ask Gill and Ken Murdoch.  They’re senior citizens who don’t even play computer games and had never even heard the term “peer-to-peer” until they got a letter in the mail telling… Continue Reading »

Hoping to emulate the success of Paolo Coelho with his books after releasing them as free digital downloads, Wired managing editor Leander Kahney and his publisher Bill Pollock of No Starch Press have posted two Apple-oriented books on The Pirate Bay. Full electronic versions of the two books, Cult of… Continue Reading »