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Boot up: 200,000 BitTorrent users sued, Spotify reaches 1.2m US users, and more

On August 9, 2011, In News, Technology, Uncategorized, by westase1

Plus Microsoft veteran leaves, and newly-public social media firms tumble amid market tantrum A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team On Twitter Acquiring Bagcheck… > > LukeW “If you’re not familiar with Bagcheck, it’s a fun way to create and share lists of the things you are passionate about using on your computer, in your kitchen, for photography, when parenting, and everything in between.” 200,000 BitTorrent Users Sued In The United States > > TorrentFreak This seems a scaled up version of the speculative invoicing scheme mastered by ACS:Law – although these alleged filesharers apparently settle for $2,500 each on average. Fresh IPOs stumble amid market tantrum

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Boot up: LulzSec hacker named, Foxconn ‘to replace workers with robots’, and more

On August 1, 2011, In Apple, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by wxstowa

Plus more problems at Bitcoin, and why Microsoft sees Bing as the Muhammad Ali of the internet A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Jake Davis named as suspected hacker Topiary by UK police > > Naked Security Appears in court on Monday. With the Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Plays the Underdog > > NYTimes.com Going toe-to-toe with Google costs Microsoft $5bn+ *a year*, according to industry execs who spoke to the NYT. And who said it should axe Bing

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Comcast Actually Helped the Pirate Bay [Blip]

On May 13, 2011, In Gadgets, by wordek13

Many were in an outraged frenzy over speculation that Comcast was blocking The Pirate Bay , cornucopia of delicious illegally free media. Comcast denied the accusation, and actually lent a hand to the troubled tracker, TorrentFreak reports. More

Is Comcast Really Blocking The Pirate Bay? [Blip]

On May 12, 2011, In Gadgets, by brumek13

According to The Pirate Bay guys, they can’t confirm if Comcast is actually blocking the site, but there has been “a significant drop in visitors from the US.” CrunchGear’s Matt Burns can’t load the site, but what about you? Let us know in the comments below, while we wait to hear what Comcast’s spokesperson has to say about this matter. [ CrunchGear ] More

Windows 8 leaked, caught looking a lot like Windows 7

On April 13, 2011, In Gadgets, by lfhgjkd19

You had to know it was a matter of time before Windows 8 showed up on these great internets for all to download — illegitimately.

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Windows 8 leaked, caught looking a lot like Windows 7

Boot up: Newzbin2 to subvert web blocking, Apple boost in Nokia patent battle, and more

On March 28, 2011, In Apple, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by wordek13

Plus iPad 2 owners report FaceTime issue, and Acer locates its ‘missing’ tablet strategy A quick burst of 13 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team iPad 2: Out of stock by Saturday > > Fortune Tech “Reports are still drifting in, but it seems likely that most of the 25 countries where Apple (AAPL) launched the iPad 2 on Friday had run out of product by Saturday afternoon.” iPad 2 Users Report FaceTime Issue > > Huffington Post “Several customers on the Apple forums have been reporting that the FaceTime application, which supports video chat via the iPad’s front-facing camera, has been freezing while in use.” Newzbin2 Uses TOR To Kill Domain Blocking Before It Even Happens > > TorrentFreak Someone, somewhere in the Thamesside bowels of communications regulator Ofcom, there is a harassed researcher trying hurriedly to see whether Tor can be combated. They may wish to consult the Egyptian government

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Boot up: Newzbin2 to subvert web blocking, Apple boost in Nokia patent battle, and more

Paramount Pictures, BitTorrent team up to distribute feature film (video)

On March 18, 2011, In Gadgets, by Lobo

In case you haven’t heard, there are websites out there that will let you download movies and software using a little something called the BitTorrent protocol . And while the majority of cinematic fare available is of a non- DMCA -approved nature, filmmakers and organizations are increasingly turning to torrent sites to get the word out

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The Technology Newsbucket: Fox DCMA takedowns and Google, Microsoft culls Sidekick, and more

On March 9, 2011, In Apple, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by wordek13

Plus the mystery of the three-OS tablet, and Apple’s customer-unfriendly iPad 2 sales plan A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Fox DMCA Takedowns Order Google to Remove Fox DMCA Takedowns > > TorrentFreak “As concerns mount over the amount of checking carried out before items are taken down, it appears that Fox has managed to get Google to delist DMCA complaints on Chilling Effects, which were originally sent by Fox themselves and submitted to Chilling Effects by Google.” Google Bans Itself Again By Banning BeatThatQuote.com > > Search Engine Land “Yesterday the financial price comparison site, BeatMyQuote.com was purchased by Google for £37.7 million. And within the same 24-hour period Google decided to slap on a penalty to lower its ranking due to violating Google’s webmaster guidelines.” Now *that*, Alanis Morrisette, is what we mean by ‘irony’.

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The Technology Newsbucket: The Music Bay, Google’s second spam coming, and more

On January 24, 2011, In Apple, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by Lobo

Plus why time was up for Eric Schmidt, and read about the wrong end of the (USB) stick A quick burst of seven links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team The Music Bay: Pirate Bay Crew Instill More Fear Into The Music Industry > > TorrentFreak “The music industry can’t even imagine what we’re planning to roll out in the coming months. For years they’ve complained bitterly about piracy, but if they ever had a reason to be scared it is now,” TorrentFreak was told.

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Ion Personal Genome Machine: the DNA sequencer with an iPod dock

On December 23, 2010, In Gadgets, News, by Lobo

We’re still struggling to find the speakers on this thing, but Life Technologies’ new Ion Personal Genome Machine does at least have one big advantage over most other iPod docks: it’s… a personal genome machine . Curiously, the company itself isn’t doesn’t seem to be talking up the iPod dock at all, but MedGadget reports that it can be used to explore a genome and check on the status of given sequencing run with either an iPhone or iPod touch.

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Boot up: 200,000 BitTorrent users sued, Spotify reaches 1.2m US users, and more

Boot up: LulzSec hacker named, Foxconn ‘to replace workers with robots’, and more

Comcast Actually Helped the Pirate Bay [Blip]

Is Comcast Really Blocking The Pirate Bay? [Blip]

Windows 8 leaked, caught looking a lot like Windows 7

Boot up: Newzbin2 to subvert web blocking, Apple boost in Nokia patent battle, and more

Paramount Pictures, BitTorrent team up to distribute feature film (video)

The Technology Newsbucket: Fox DCMA takedowns and Google, Microsoft culls Sidekick, and more

The Technology Newsbucket: The Music Bay, Google’s second spam coming, and more

Ion Personal Genome Machine: the DNA sequencer with an iPod dock

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