Archive of published articles on June, 2009
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The Pirate Bay, the torrent site that has attracted millions of users by sharing a wealth of (often illegal) content, is now at a turning point. With a $3.8 million fine dangling around the neck of the owners and a fresh $7.8 million acquisition by Global Gaming Factory X, announced this morning, the site is about to embrace a legal business model. How well will this work? [Read article]
Dell is developing a pocket-sized gadget fashioned after Apple’s iPod Touch that will play music, videos, and connect with the Web and is based on the Google Android mobile operating system, according to reports in today’s Wall Street Journal.
Dell hopes to break a bad streak of luck with consumer gadgets. It wasn’t very successful with its DJ Ditty music player line or with the Axim PDAs, which got axed a few years ago. Dell is giving pocket-sized devices one more shot, this time with an iPod Touch-style mobile Internet device (MID). So will it make a difference? [Read article]
Watch out, Hollywood — another threat to your profits appears to be setting sail and headed in your direction. A site called The Video Bay aims to make pirated TV shows and Hollywood movies also available in hi-def quality for streaming through your Web browser — no hefty downloads required.
The site, reportedly in development by the people behind the controversial site The Pirate Bay, is aiming to compete with Hulu and YouTube. As far as I can tell, the new venture isn’t bothering with any cumbersome legal issues such as copyrights and content licences. [Read article]
Microsoft is readying its next major release of the Windows operating system. After months of demos, early testing, beta releases, MS finally announced launch plans. Here’s what you can expect in the upgrade. [Read the guide]