The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent is “Revolution OS”

Revolution OSAfter nearly 9 years of seeding The Pirate Bay’s oldest working torrent is still very much alive. Interestingly, the torrent is not a Hollywood classic nor is it an evergreen music album. The honor goes to a pirated copy of “Revolution OS”, a documentary covering the history of Linux, GNU and the free software movement.

Later this year The Pirate Bay will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Quite an achievement for a site that has been dragged into lawsuits for the better half of its existence.
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The Google bashing continues: Microsoft says ‘Scroogled’ campaign will go on

Scroogled ad“Scroogling” isn’t quite over yet.

Contrary to earlier reports today that Microsoft ended its “Scroogled” ad campaign against Google, the Redmond software giant just came out with a statement saying that it is far from over.

Here’s what a Microsoft spokesperson had to say:
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‘Angry Birds Toons’ cartoon series to launch March 16

Angry BirdsRovio’s wildly popular game is now an animated series that lets viewers watch what is happening “deep in the heart of Piggy Island.”

First it was stuffed animals, then T-shirts, and now it’s a cartoon Web series — the Angry Birds franchise just continues to grow.
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Facebook social graph search results limited for teens

Facebook search resultsThe Facebook activity of users aged between 13 and 17 would have limited visibility in the network’s new “social graph” search facility, the firm said.

Posts which could identify the teens’ age or location should only appear in searches by friends and “friends of friends” in the same age group.
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Google bug returns porn for mathematical queries

A bug in Google search — fortunately, a rare one — gives porn links and images as results when the user puts certain mathematical equations into the search box. It’s certainly strange, but there is an explanation.
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Lady Gaga stripped of 156m YouTube views

Lady Gaga has had 156m views struck off her official YouTube account today just one month after the online video provider reduced the play counts of many major label acts by 2 billion views.
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Cubacel St. Valentine’s Days promotion: Double Each Recharge

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Facebook adds free calling feature for US iPhones

Facebook has added a feature in its mobile phone app that allows free calling for US iPhone users.

Users can now make calls to each other via the Facebook Messenger app anywhere they have a wi-fi or a cellular-data connection. [Read more...]

Kim Dotcom starts new file-sharing site

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has set up a new cloud storage and file-sharing site.

Mega, a web-based service that lets people upload and store files of any kind, is a sequel to the Megaupload system that was shut down last January. [Read more...]

Here comes the new king (er, prince?) of Twitter

Sometime on Sunday, the world will lurch a little on its axis. There’ll be a thunderclap heard around the globe, a blinding flash of light, and the people of the Internet will fall to their knees in reverence.

On that day, Justin Bieber will pass Lady Gaga as the most followed account on Twitter.

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