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Global Gaming Factory has bought the Swedeish based P2P file sharing platform The Pirate Bay, a notorious site for illegal torrent downloads with the intention of using the site's advanced distribution model to their advantage. The Pirate Bay is rated the internet's 106th most po… Continue

Yesterday a friend and I were debating the pros and cons of Leet Speak. Is it, as my friend believes, a bastardisation of the english language which has been appropriated by pretentious teenagers, or a radical new form of communication? In retrospect I am inclined to think it is a bit of both. Either way, leet speak is here to stay, having become very much ingrained in the way that we (and especially the younger, more tech savy generation) communicate online. I do not share the opinion of this… Continue

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/09/17/nosplit/bvtvwatson17.xml - If you haven't already seen this article, it's a good read. Ok, it's easy to take pot-shots at Channel4's new show The Family, in the wake of mass criticism of the Big Brother legacy. But does anyone else find the concept inherently distasteful? Here we have an ordinary British family. Ordinary indeed! Yet another group of fame-seeking individuals have found their way to Channel4. Dress it up any way you… Continue