AC/DC Electrify BitTorrent Album Downloads

AC/DC will release its new album ‘Black Ice’ worldwide on October 20th, in physical format only since the band doesn’t sell its music online. However, the upcoming album has already been digitized by pirates, as it leaked to BitTorrent five days. In that time it has taken the trackers by storm, racking up a staggering 400,000 downloads.

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The $516 Trillion Wall Street Derivatives 'Time-Bomb'

US billionaire Warren Buffett call them the real 'weapons of mass destruction'. This market is worth more than $516 trillion, roughly 10 times the value of the entire world's output: it's been called the "ticking time-bomb".

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Microsoft Sues DHL After Train Dumps 21,600 Xboxes

Microsoft is suing U.S.-based cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas, according to court documents.

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After Bailout, AIG Execs Head to California Resort

Less than a week after the federal government committed $85 billion to bail out AIG, executives of the giant AIG insurance company headed for a week-long retreat at a luxury resort and spa, the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, California, Congressional investigators revealed today.

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Report: Yahoo-AOL deal possible this month

Yahoo would buy AOL's content business, but not its dial-up subscription business. Time Warner had separated the two, and given Yahoo's online-publishing and advertising interests

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Why I can't wait for the iPod to die

Steve Wozniak said it best in his exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph earlier this week: "The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one," he said. "Things like, that if you look back to transistor radios and Walkmans, they kind of die out after a while.

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Gmail Goggles Prevents Drunk Emails

New in Gmail Labs: When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?

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15 High Quality Premium-Like Free WordPress Themes

Everyday we see many beautiful WordPress themes, many are good and only a little are just one of a kind. The choice is big enough, but the search is worth it. Today we present only 15 Free Premium-like WordPress Themes that are truly impressive.

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The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed

On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn’t impact enterprise IT — because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come — the move is another symbolic nail in Vista’s coffin.

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PayPal to refund shoppers defrauded on eBay

PayPal, the payment service used by 20 million online shoppers in Britain, has given in to consumer demands to offer full refunds to buyers defrauded on eBay.

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How To Check The Movie Quality Before You Start Downloading

Downloading a movie is sometimes like heading into Oblivion. You have no certainty of exactly what you’ll end up with. Be it a crappy movie in great quality or (even worse) a great movie in crappy quality.

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News Site Criticized for Linking to Pirate Bay Torrents

The Swedish news site Nyheter24 has been criticized for including a list of most downloaded TV-shows on their site, and linking directly to the torrent detail pages on The Pirate Bay. According to Henrik Pontén of the Swedish Anti Pirate Bureau, who led the Pirate Bay investigation, the news site is assisting copyright infringement.

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30 Beautifully Blue Web Designs [PICS]

Blue is one of the most used colors in web design, therefore it’s hard to stand out from the sea of competition out there. This collection showcases some of the best, unique, creative designs that utilize shades of blue as a primary color and theme.

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Hack Your Apple TV With Boxee

Using this patch, you can enable your Apple TV to play practically any DRM-free multimedia file.

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Airport 'X-ray art' won't amuse TSA

Artist Evan Roth wants to send a message to the TSA that he is fed up with all the airport security nonsense. His nervy method of delivery - special metal plates inserted in carry-on bags - has already gotten the attention of screeners in trial runs. Among the messages: "Nothing to see here" and what Roth calls "the exact opposite of a box cutter."

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What Did Google Phone Say To The iPhone? (IMG)

And the iphone says " I am Toast"

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