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BREAKING: Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]torrentfreak.com — After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal. (Submitted by xdvx) More…
The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple
engadget.com — Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening's long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store... (Submitted by macbot) More…
VLC 1.0.0 Released!
videolan.org — The VideoLAN project is pleased to announce the release of the first version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.0. This major release introduces many new features, new formats and new codecs to the VLC multimedia framework and fixes a very high number of bugs that were present in the 0.9.x or 0.8.6 versions. (Submitted by atma) More…
Teacher threatens to call the cops over Linux
pcpro.co.uk — A teacher has threatened to call the police after finding students using Linux in her classroom. She went mad in a letter to the HeliOS Project threatening to report it to the police for distributing illegal software. "I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you made are grossly over-stated." (Submitted by Barence) More…
50% of Charges Against Pirate Bay Dropped
torrentfreak.com — There has been high drama on the second day of the Pirate Bay trial. Due to serious shortcomings in the prosecution evidence, around 50% of the charges in the case are going to have to be withdrawn. The defense describes it as a ’sensation’, seeing half of the charges being dropped on the second day. (Submitted by LtGenPanda) More…
Why You Should Always Log Out
collegehumor.com — "I can't tell you how many times I've gone to the library or a computer lab and found someone still logged into their user account. It used to make me angry. It used to make me wonder what was wrong with people. I don't know if they just forget or just don't care, but either way they deserve to be messed with for their stupidity..." (Submitted by stephcv) More…
iTunes goes DRM free
engadget.com — While Phil hasn't mentioned it in the keynote just yet, it looks like iTunes might be getting a big catalog overhaul, with most major labels finally offering up DRM free tunes. Previously purchased songs are now upgradable for the same old price of $0.30 a song. (Submitted by macbot) More…
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