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BTJunkie Shuts Down Voluntarily

BTJunkie Shuts Down Voluntarily

Michael Convente February 5, 2012 38

BTJunkie, a popular BitTorrent search engine, has voluntarily shut down after seven years in existence.  The recent seizures of MegaUpload and several hundred sports broadcasting websites likely had an significant impact over the move

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Battle Wages on as Authorities Crackdown on Unauthorized Sports Streaming

Battle Wages on as Authorities Crackdown on Unauthorized Sports Streaming

Ken Hong February 5, 2012 1

Shortly after Tom Brady’s remark to reporters this past Thursday in Indianapolis, the federal authorities announced a crackdown on sites that stream unauthorized sports event broadcasting. Our beloved Tom Brady has been quite a

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Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO

Facebook Files for $5 Billion IPO

Michael Convente February 1, 2012 1

It may have come after the closing bell, but yesterday’s reports were correct – Facebook has officially submitted paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO in hopes of raising at least

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Facebook to File $5 Billion IPO on Wednesday

Facebook to File $5 Billion IPO on Wednesday

Michael Convente January 31, 2012 2

Facebook will file for a $5 billion IPO on Wednesday morning, according to a breaking news report from CNBC.  It appears that last Friday’s reports of an expected Facebook IPO this week were indeed

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ACTA: Worse Than SOPA/PIPA

ACTA: Worse Than SOPA/PIPA

Michael Foley January 30, 2012 3

The small victory the internet community and civil liberty supporters celebrated at the demise of SOPA/PIPA due to the mass online protests gave big media the opportunity to draw attention away from a far

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Facebook Plans To File An IPO Next Week

Facebook Plans To File An IPO Next Week

Michael Convente January 27, 2012 0

Facebook is planning next week to file with the SEC for their long-awaited IPO, according to a report from Mashable.  Assuming the report is accurate, a Facebook IPO would be the biggest among the

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The Pirate Bay now offers a way to download 3D objects

The Pirate Bay now offers a way to download 3D objects

Michael Foley January 26, 2012 1

In case you didn’t already know The Pirate Bay is the world’s largest file-sharing network. Many use it as a resource for many to pirate copyrighted material, a subject which has been heavily in

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The sheer dominance of Apple; now set to be the largest company in the world

The sheer dominance of Apple; now set to be the largest company in the world

Mo Choudhury January 25, 2012 0

Apple just had another monster quarter. In fact it had such a big quarter that the  soaring stock price in after-hours trading will result in it being the biggest,  most valuable company in the

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SOPA and PIPA dropped by Congress in wake of largest online protest in history

SOPA and PIPA dropped by Congress in wake of largest online protest in history

Michael Foley January 20, 2012 28

After a long week of raising the stakes it seems that the anti SOPA/PIPA activists have won the day. On Friday January 20th, Congress dropped the bills in the wake of the largest online

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Anonymous Retaliates to Megauploads Takedown and Arrests, Shuts Down DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA and RIAA Websites

Anonymous Retaliates to Megauploads Takedown and Arrests, Shuts Down DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA and RIAA Websites

Michael Foley January 20, 2012 2

Only minutes after the U.S. Department of Justice repossessed the domains of Megauploads and its affiliate sites on Wednesday, the hacker collective knows as Anonymous quickly declared their intent to retaliate. As one Anonymous

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