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RapidShare Removes Piracy Deterring Slowdowns

During the wake of the Megaupload raids in January, millions of bewildered users went looking for alternatives to their beloved site. Many of these Megaupload refugees ended up as paid customers at RapidShare, but...

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Monday, October 29th, 2012 Net News No Comments

How college towns could lead the way to gigabit broadband

Until recently, America's major telecommunications firms always had plans on the drawing board for the next generation of Internet connectivity. In the 1990s, when most people connected to the Internet using modems with...

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Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Pirate Bay Simplifies Circumvention of ISP Blockades

Within a few days, five of the largest UK Internet providers will all have to censor The Pirate Bay. Virgin and Orange have already implemented the block and the rest must follow before...

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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Week in tech: flying Pi drones, Facebook passwords, and virtual desktops

Pirate Bay plans to build aerial server drones with $35 Linux computer : The Pirate Bay has announced plans to build a fleet of flying server drones using the Raspberry Pi ARM board....

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Saturday, March 24th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Cyberlocker To Shut Down After PayPal Ban

During the wake of the Megaupload raids in January, TorrentFreak kept a close eye on the cyberlocker world. While many file-hosters panicked, former Megaupload users hopped from site to site trying to find...

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Sunday, February 26th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment