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At Long Last, The Pirate Bay Shuts Down Its Tracker
2:23AM John Herrman | The Pirate Bay has been in Zombie Pirate mode for months now, but one of the last remnants of its halycon days has been sent to sea on a burning boat: their tracker — the biggest in the world — is gone. More »
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More Tips For Torrenting Your Brains Out
10:35AM Matt Buchanan | Just about every BitTorrent trick you need to know that we haven’t shown you, Maximum PC covers in their BitTorrent guide, like remote management, rolling your own torrents and even getting somebody else to do the dirty work for you. More »
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Microsoft Fixes Windows 7 Student Edition Upgrade Problems
8:42AM Sean Fallon | While most of you had a painless upgrade to Windows 7, some experienced problems with the downloadable Student Edition from Digital River. Microsoft acknowledged the problem and has now come through with the ISO file you so desperately need. More »
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Upgrade To Win 7 By Installing Heaps Of Apps At Once With Ninite
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Simply put, the Ninite installer is one of the easiest ways to get many of your favourite apps loaded up after that fresh Windows 7 upgrade. More »
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Foxtel. Now It’s About Downloads
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Amazon Tries To Make Amends For Deletion Of 1984 With Warm Words, Cold Hard Cash
1:59PM Rosa Golijan | Remember Amazon’s remote deletion of all Kindle copies of 1984? Big bro’ Amazon is trying to make nice by offering affected users some pretty words along with $US30 checks in lieu of redelivery of 1984 (with your original annotations). More »
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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood To Audiophiles: Simmer Down
4:00AM Adam Frucci | Radiohead caught some flak when they released their last album online as 160kbps MP3s a couple of months before a CD would be available. Turns out, they couldn’t care less about FLACs. More »
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Five Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harbouring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn’t mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it closes for good. More »
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Windows 7 Available Now For TechNet And MSDN Subscribers
3:38AM Jason Chen | If you’re one of the TechNet or MSDN users, you can go ahead and download Windows 7 RTM for yourself. And yes, as our review says, it’s really safe to upgrade. Though, if you’re a TechNet or MSDN subscriber, you’ve probably been playing with the RC for a while. [TechNet and MSDN via Geeksmack] More »
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