The real story behind Invisible Children
The video is part of a campaign by the charity Invisible Children and has become somewhat of a viral sensation online. The campaign aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. While I’m sure their intentions are admirable it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not doing it for large personal gains.
Read more...UK ISPs lose fight against file-sharing legislation
BT and TalkTalk have lost their appeal against the Digital Economy Act which is now set to try and curb online file-sharing. Both ISPs argued that the law was incompatible with EU legislation, however the courts disagreed.
Read more...The Pirate Bay could be blocked in the UK within months
Last year the MPA won a court case which required BT to block Newzbin2 and at that point it was predicted that many more would follow. Their next target was obviously going to be The Pirate Bay as it is regarded as the largest advocates of online piracy. Today that became a realisation with nine labels requesting The Pirate Bay be blocked.
Read more...Firefox 10 is now available
With Mozilla keeping to their 6 week release cycle the next major release is now available in its final form. Much like Firefox 9 the list of features looks scarce with the first being “the forward button is now hidden until you navigate back”.
Read more...Looking for a new wallpaper? How about the highest definition image of the earth ever?
While everyone is familiar with the earth and its shape, images such as the above still mange to astound the world. NASA has released the HD image at a whopping 8000×8000 resolution.
Read more...FileSonic and Uploaded.to bow out in light of recent events
After Megaupload was shutdown earlier this week another large file-sharing website has shutdown its services. A statement was posted on FileSonic’s home page informing users that no further uploads would be allowed.
Read more...PIPA and SOPA withdrawn from the house
After two days of protests; widespread blackouts of websites including Wikipedia and Reddit as well as Megaupload being shutdown, Lamar Smith has removed SOPA from the house until further notice along with its twin PIPA.
Read more...Federal prosecutors take down Megaupload
A day after a widespread blackout of the internet in protest of the proposed new laws, SOPA and PIPA, federal prosecutors have shut down one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites.
Read more...Wikipedia Will Go Offline On 18th January To Protest SOPA & PIPA
By now almost everyone has heard of the proposed SOPA and PIPA bills that are currently being discussed in the United States. If passed it is widely believe that they could not just criple the internet but potentially remove all the things that make the internet great. Now, Wikipedia is taking a drastic step to protest the proposed laws.
Read more...Hollywood film studios request that BT block The Pirate Bay
With a high-court ruling that BT must block file sharing site Newzbin2 it seems the entertainment industry is set to try to block many more sites with their next target being The Pirate Bay.
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