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'Pirates' spend more on music than the rest of us
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: E-Commerce

2009-11-03 00:09:39
Another survey has found that people who download music from unsanctioned sources - those the industry likes to call pirates - are actually some of the music industry's best customers.


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Pirate Bay appeal judge disqualified
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-09-29 23:23:13
The original Pirate Bay trial judge had obvious potential for bias, yet that part of the appeal was struck down.  Now, one of the appeal judges has been stood down from hearing the full appeal in November for what seems to be very similar bias.  Or is it?

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Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol out of print and doing well
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-09-18 06:49:58

Everyone expected the new Dan Brown book to smash sales records, but who knew it would do so well 'out of print' in the online world?


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D-Link DIR-685: the 'show and go' router?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-07-09 23:46:26
Most routers are not the most attractive piece of kit in a home or office. But D-Link's new DIR-685 wireless router is designed to take pride of place.


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Pirate Bay 'Bias' Appeal Fails
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

Category: All things technical

2009-06-09 23:46:32
According to the Stockholm District Court, Judge Tomas Norström was not biased and therefore that component of the Pirate Bay appeal has failed.


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We're all the Pirate Bay, proclaims new anthem
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-05-19 05:51:24
It appears not all commercial artists are cheering the guilty verdict against the Pirate Bay operators. Swedish artist Montt Mardié has composed and released a catchy anthem for the site, calling upon artists to recapture their passion.


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The site that rocked - Pirate Bay founders guilty
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-17 05:37:41
The Pirate Bay trial concluded today with the Swedish court reaching a guilty verdict. The four founders have been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay SKr 30m in damages ($US 3.58m) to Warner Bros, Sony, EMI, Columbia Pictures and others.


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Windows 7 beta build 7048 32-bit leaked
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2009-03-07 21:45:57
Although the 64-bit version of Windows 7 build 7048 has been widely available on bittorrent sites, the 32-bit version was missing in action. But no longer, for it too has escaped Microsoft’s clutches and is available to any pirate that wants it!


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ABBA, King Kong, datanörd and the entertainment industry walked into a bar ...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-02-21 20:41:18
Artists and file sharers alike are watching the Pirate Bay trial in Sweden with interest.  It's a trial that strikes at matters of copyright, of liberty and the power of the U.S. recording artist's association. It's also a trial that is introducing new terms to our vocabulary, particularly the King Kong defence and datanörd.


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iWork Trojan reappears in Photoshop CS4 crack
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-01-26 14:08:54
A variant of the iWorkServices Trojan for Mac OS X that appeared last week is now circulating with an unauthorised copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4.


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Beware: iWork '09 torrent is a Trojan
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-01-22 15:40:26
Trojans are still the flavour of the month when it comes to getting malware onto Macs. Recent examples have posed as codecs required to view seedy videos, but the latest attack hides behind Apple's iWork application suite.


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Windows 7 beta 1 download available at last – but only from pirates
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-12-27 08:42:57
Microsoft’s long-awaited Windows 7 beta 1 “7000” build ISO torrent is finally available for the world to download, but not officially and clearly not from Microsoft. No, if you want Windows 7 beta 1 right now, the only way to get it is to “break the law” – and thousands seem to be doing just that, unable to wait the few extra days before Microsoft opens the floodgates!


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Watch out for fake Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 torrents!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-12-24 17:42:24
It’s already started happening – fake ISO torrent files are appearing at TorrentReactor.net in an attempt to fool those eager to get their hands on the official beta 1 “7000” build of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system.


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Windows 7 beta 1 download mania wants to start
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-12-24 08:57:57
With a select group of beta testers around the world supposedly already using the Windows 7 7000.0.081212-1400 official beta 1 build, global impatience over the non-appearance of a torrent is reaching boiling point – at least for some - but no download is yet available, and people are getting impatient!


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AFACT issues brief update on iiNet court proceedings
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-12-16 23:08:08
AFACT has issued the press a short statement including a Word .doc transcript “from today’s directions hearing on the iinet case regarding internet piracy of films and TV shows today.”

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iiNet – the Federal Court defence begins
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2008-12-16 19:04:51
iiNet, the Australian ISP under attack from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) for allegedly not doing enough to prevent piracy over its network, says its defence in the Federal Court has finally begun.


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Windows 7 performance whoops Vista and XP
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-12-12 21:50:17
The latest Windows 7 6965 build has been tested by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, and his results show that Microsoft’s promise of a vastly improved Windows experience in Windows 7 is coming true – despite 6956 not even yet at official “beta” status.


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BitTorrent and Oversi collaborate on P2P solution for ISPs
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-12-09 01:08:00
BitTorrent, the company that maintains the peer-to-peer Internet file sharing protocol of the same name, has partnered with Israel based caching solutions provider Oversi, to deliver an integrated P2P solution for ISPs. The companies claim the solution will deliver reduced bandwidth costs, deferred infrastructure investments and a higher quality subscriber experience.


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Windows 7 6956 VHD converted to ISO already!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-12-06 22:05:01
Wow – the Internet sure works fast. Only yesterday did the news come through that Windows 7 build 6956 was leaked as a VHD from China’s Microsoft WinHEC conference. “Chinese hackers” promised to convert the VHD into an installable ISO, and within 24 hours, it has happened - and is eagerly being illegally downloaded worldwide!


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Windows 7 build 6956 leaks to web as a VHD
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-12-05 19:18:50
It has been claimed that an attendee at the Chinese WinHEC conference has managed to leak a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image of the previously unreleased Windows 7 6956 build to torrent sites on the Internet. Some have claimed success in downloading the file and running as a VHD, others claim no success and say that “Chinese hackers” are trying to convert the VHD into an installable ISO instead.


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