The Pirate Bay gets the boot from Sweden — now hosted in Norway & Spain

February 26, 2013 9:50 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

The Pirate Bay will now get its connection to the Internet from two newly formed sister organizations to the Swedish group: the Norwegian Pirate Party and the Catalonian Pirate Party (in Spain). The two-headed nature of the hosting situation has even given rise to a new metaphor and moniker for the site: The Hydra Bay.

Actually, file-sharers buy more legal music than everyone else

October 15, 2012 6:35 PM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

A study has found that music fans who use peer-to-peer file sharing services actually purchase more music, on average, than those who stay completely legit.

Transferwise undercuts the banks with crowdsourced currency exchange

April 18, 2012 2:40 AM Ciara Byrne
Ciara Byrne

Do you live outside your native country? Need to transfer money home? Most banks will charge you not only for the currency exchange but also for the transfer itself.

TransferWise today announced funding of $1.3m for its scheme to sidestep …

Swedes say file-sharing is a new religion

January 5, 2012 12:09 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Sweden has recognized file-sharing as a legitimate, officially sanctioned religion.

The Church of Kopimism (Get it? “Copy”-mism?) was recognized by the state just before Christmas.

Laugh if you like, but the “free-as-in-freedom” and copyleft crowds have long had a quasi-religious …

PayPal finally updates Android app with NFC money transfers

November 8, 2011 1:22 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

If you’re one of the lucky few with an NFC (near-field communications) capable Android phone, PayPal’s updated Android app will finally give you a reason to give NFC transfers a spin.

Version 3.0 of PayPal’s Android app, released today, delivers …

Super 8 leaks online, possibly from Howard Stern

August 7, 2011 8:47 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

A recent high-quality online leak of J.J. Abram’s Super 8 may have come from shock jock Howard Stern’s screener copy of the film, Torrentfreak reports.

All high-quality copies of the film floating around on file sharing services like Bittorrent and …

Nabto nabs $1 million in funding for tiny web servers

December 8, 2010 12:47 AM Ciara Byrne

Nabto makes web technology for devices like medical appliances (see Medotech’s Grindcare) and building automation devices. The Danish startup just closed a new funding round combining funds from previous investor Østjysk Innovation, the Danish government-backed fund Vækstfonden and some private …