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Pirate Bay Owners convicted in file-sharing trial

On Friday, a court in Sweden convicted the three founders of Pirate Bay, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde, as well as Carl Lundstrom(financer) are guilty of violating copyright law. The court found that they had aided copyright infringement by operating the site, which provides links to thousands of songs, films, video games [...]

Economic downturn hits Google

If someone thought Google was invincible after making profit in last fiscal year, they are all wrong. Google is planning to cut about 200 googlers from sales and marketing department from around the world. According to a blog post, Google will give each employee enough time and opportunity to find another post, or another location [...]

Google Adsense Payment Cheque, December 2008 – £349.38 | Make money online

I received my latest Google AdSense payment cheque last week. It’s the biggest one so far in my 7 months’ Google AdSense life. It’s about $518.52 or £349.38 in total. I’ve been using Google AdSense for last 7 months and have earned about $1,825.92 up to this moment. I’ve about 15 blogs in different niches, [...]

My way to “Pass with Distinction” in MSc in “Information Systems Development”

Almost 3 years ago, I landed to United Kingdom with great hope – but didn’t took long to vanish all my dream. However, I will talk about that later – some other time – lets talk about today’s story. Today, I’ve received my official document from London Metropolitan University, comfirming that I’m rewarded with “Pass [...]

Asia Cup Cricket : Pakistan vs Hong Kong | Watch Live Free TV Streaming

In Group B, Mighty Pakistan will face Hong Kong in their first match at Karachi. The match is scheduled at 16:00 PST (10:00 GMT). Live streaming and links will be published in this thread as soon as the match starts. Recently Pakistan won Kitply Cup in Bangladesh defeating rival India after bouncing back 140 runs [...]

Kitply Cup : Pakistan beats Bangladesh | Watch Live Cricket Online

Pakistan have started the tournament in style. They beat Bangladesh by 70 runs in the 1st match of Kitply Cup Tri-nations series. Batting first, Pakistan scored 233, top scored by Salman Butt 70, Mohammad Yousuf 53, Abdur Razzak took 3 wickets for 35 runs. In reply, Bangladesh managed to collect 163 runs. Bangladesh captain was [...]

Ofcom publishes voluntary code for Internet Service Providers (ISP)

The way broadband speeds are advertised is to be regulated under a voluntary code published by Ofcom. It wants companies to publish accurate estimates of the maximum connection speeds people can expect before they buy broadband packages. Some 32 internet providers, covering more than 90% of UK broadband customers, have agreed to the code. Code [...]

Blackberry Bold : Fight against Apple iPhone

Research In Motion is to launch a new model of its BlackBerry handheld email device which is intended to compete directly with Apple’s iPhone and other popular smartphones. The new handset, the BlackBerry Bold, is aimed not only at RIM’s core business user base but also at the ever-growing retail market for such multi-function phones. [...]

Yahoo shares started losing as Microsoft exit

Yahoo’s German-listed shares have plunged 17% after software giant Microsoft dropped its three-month-old bid to buy the internet firm. In pre-market US trading, Yahoo shares fell 22% and analysts expect them to drop by a similar margin when Wall Street opens for business later. The deal collapsed after the two sides could not agree on [...]

Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price

Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price proved unsuccessful. [...]

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