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The Pirate Bay returns online after DDoS, anti-Anonymous hacker claims responsibility

By Adi Robertson on May 17, 2012 11:08 am + 28 comments

Internet hydra The Pirate Bay has returned again after a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) Continue reading…
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The Pirate Bay offline following 'quite big' DDoS attack, says Anonymous is not to blame

By Chris Welch on May 16, 2012 04:59 pm + 31 comments

The Pirate Bay has been offline for over 24 hours thanks to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) Continue reading…
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Pirate Pay successfully blocks 44,845 illegal film downloads in Russia

By Andrew Webster on May 14, 2012 01:16 pm + 23 comments

With a little help from Microsoft, a seven-person team in Russia is building a new technology to try Continue reading…
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Windows Live Messenger blocking links to The Pirate Bay

By Nathan Ingraham on March 25, 2012 11:12 pm + 63 comments

If you're a Windows Live Messenger user who happens to drop your friends links to The Pirate Bay, it Continue reading…
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The Pirate Bay wants to use flying drones to operate over international waters

By Sam Byford on March 20, 2012 04:34 am + 39 comments

While The Pirate Bay's founders lost their appeals against their sentences in Sweden recently, the Continue reading…
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Torrent users freak out over shift from Xvid to x264, threaten to pirate elsewhere

By Andrew Webster on March 4, 2012 04:04 pm + 148 comments

Even pirates need rules, and a number of groups responsible for releasing pirated TV shows have Continue reading…
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The Magnet Bay: file sharing site does away with .torrent files today

By Jeff Blagdon on February 29, 2012 08:21 am + 22 comments

Today is the big day — popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay is no longer hosting .torrent files, Continue reading…
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Fully-fledged uTorrent app for Android in development, has no ETA

By Dante D'Orazio on February 26, 2012 02:29 am + 48 comments

We've all gone mobile since BitTorrent started bringing media and (ill-gotten) files to us in 2001, Continue reading…
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Music blog RnBXclusive shut down by Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency

By Jeff Blagdon on February 15, 2012 05:02 am + 20 comments

Great Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency shut down music site RnBXclusive.com yesterday and Continue reading…
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The Pirate Bay will remove most torrent files on February 29th, magnet links taking over

By Aaron Souppouris on February 13, 2012 07:12 am + 15 comments

After announcing it planned to move away from the format last month, The Pirate Bay has today given Continue reading…