Rather funny thing happened to VLC player. Not so long time ago HBO sent a copyright removal request to Google where they included a download link for VLC player located on domain torrentportal.com.

VideoLan is one of the most popular video players today for viewing of all types of files from PC without additional codecs needed. The software doesn't store any real files somewhere on their servers or offer any features to access copyrighted content.

Mentioned takedown notice is more a false reporting as planned action against the player. It shows well that Google seems not to check reported URLs after they were submitted. On the other side it's understandable that Google is not able to check every link. Monthly about 15 million will be reported, which is a very huge amount for manual check. ...

The Pirate Bay is surely one of the most popular torrent sites all over the world. Even more, it's not only any site with torrents - it's a part of international sharing culture. Millions of users use the site daily and like it very much.

The Pirate Bay was grounded by the organisation called "Piratbyrån" located in Sweden. The members of Piratbyrån were political activists, hackers and well-knowledged programmers. The main aim of the site was to show the society their moral and political views as also to be able to manage the social developement all over the world. The Pirate Bay owners are not motivated by millions of dollars, they are motivated by the idea. ...

For years, Apple has been telling the public to "think different" when it comes to computers, and in the process the company has become wildly successful.

Now, however, the tables have been turned, with a different outcome. For its three "Genius Bar" broadcast ads that debuted during the London Olympic Games, Apple itself thought differently, and as a result it was learned on Monday, August 7 that the ads have been pulled from TV (you can still see them on Apple's home page, though).
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After some delay, Waterfox 14 is finally available!

Waterfox is a high performance browser based on the Mozilla Firefox source code. Made specifically for 64-Bit systems, Waterfox has one thing in mind - speed.
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A 29-year-old man has admitted hacking into an ISP's servers and deleting data belonging to the business, after he threatened to burn down its offices and menaced a company director with an axe.
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Several media organizations have recently reported that Chrome has bypassed Internet Explorer in worldwide browser market share.

Here at Sophos, we don't keep track of that sort of thing, but we have seen a major change in browser marketing over the last 24 months. The browser makers are selling security.
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