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Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij from The Pirate Bay recently did a video interview which resulted in some great quotes. One such quote comes from Fredrik, he suggests that the movie and music industry should set up their own torrent site, and monetize it thr

Eine Liste der aktuell am häufigsten abgemahnten Werke in P2P-Tauischbörsen wurde von der Kanzlei Wilde und Beuger zusammengestellt. Im Folgenden die Titel von Filmen, Musikstücken, Alben und eBooks, mit der Warnung, dass diese natürlich nicht vollst

If, like me, you trust your computer more than any human, you’ve probably got some issues goin’ on. And what better way to address them than with a robot psychologist on the internet? MindMentor is an interactive neurolinguistic program that uses proj

Passing the Turing test–the holy grail of artificial intelligence (AI), whereby a human conversing with a computer can’t tell it’s not human–may now be possible in a limited way with the world’s fastest supercomputer (IBM’s Blue Gene), according to AI e

This gorgeous, strange image is a highly-accurate visualization of what’s happening inside your body right now.

Morgan19’s first venture into steampunk resulted in a beast of a machine called the Dardenbahst, Workhorse of the Deutsches Reich. The most appealing parts of this model are the custom spray painted metallic gold parts (using Krylon’s metallic gold sp

The Terminator introduced us to the concept of self-healing robots that could think for themselves. But that was science fiction. In real life the robots will still think for themselves – and come in swarms.

Der deutschen Musikindustrie geht es wieder besser. “Mehr Licht als Schatten” liege über der Branche, ließ der Bundesverband Musikindustrie am Donnerstag in Berlin verlauten. Der Abwärtstrend bei den CD-Verkäufen scheint gebremst, der Online-Markt boo

From rootkits to hair-metal, from suing Neil Young to ditching Bob Dylan, from nuking Napster to passing on the Beatles, Blender Magazine rounds up the 20 worst gaffes of the record industry, going all the way back to Tom Edison’s dismissal of Jazz.

The hijacking of Shareaza.com is a complex story with many twists and turns. Here is the story of Shareaza from its open source GPL roots, to the hostile takeover and where the project is today, directly from those at the heart of the news – the real Shar

Für eine Zielgruppe, der Musik so wenig wert ist, dass sie sich glattgeleckte Chart-Wichse in Essenz billig auf einer Doppel-CD kauften. Diese Leute mögen Musik nicht, sie konsumieren sie wie einen Sixpack Bier von der Tankstelle. Und in Zeiten, in dene