Google has released a highly-requested Gmail feature for Linux users: video and voice chat.
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The Swedish Pirate Party has agreed to host some servers for Wikileaks. The two parties have already signed an agreement and said the Pirate Party will be dedicating several servers at an undisclosed location in Sweden as well as provide free bandwidth to the whistleblower site.
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Today, one of the founders of Twones - a service we called a "Delicious for streaming music" - is launching a new music discovery service called Shuffler that we'll be adding to our list of music recommendation services.
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Pirate Bay co-founder and former spokesperson Peter Sunde gave a talk at the Campus Party 2010, where he went over the site’s history and how it became the number one enemy of Hollywood and the music industry. Aside from reminiscing about some classic pranks and the famous raid on The Pirate Bay’s servers, Peter said that he hoped the site would be soon replaced by something better, as it really sucks.
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According to the latest research from eMarketer, advertisers will spend $1.28 billion worldwide to reach Facebook’s 500 million users compared to $665 million in ad revenue in 2009. US ad spending on Facebook is estimated to be $835 million this year, up from $500 million in 2009.
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KickassTorrents, one of the fastest growing and most visited torrent sites on the Internet, has been pulled offline after an inquiry from the Ukrainian authorities. The site’s main server was shut down and the site’s founder and his team are currently setting up shop outside the country. KickassTorrents is expected to return in a few days.
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