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Demonoid Shut Down Again 1

Submitted by Cedon on Friday November 09 2007, @09:59AM

Cedon writes "Not satisfied with Demonoid's blocking of all Canadian traffic has gone after the hosting service of Demonoid. The servers went down yesterday but are back up with the message 'The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.'"

Comment: Re:Welll, I'll be... (Score 1) 229

by MasterPoof on Tuesday September 25 2007, @01:02PM (#20745435) Attached to: WordPress 2.3 Does Not Spy On Users [UPDATED]

His [Matt Mullenweg's], intent with that comment is irrelevant. This manner of action is unacceptable for the Lead Developer.

Journal: I, for one, 0

Journal by iminplaya on Monday March 19 2007, @11:55AM

consider this to be a good thing. For the very reason:

Peter Leyden, director of the New Politics Institute political and new media think tank, said that YouTube video represents "a new era, a new wave of politics ... because it's not about Obama. It's about the end of the broadcast era."

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. available on file sharing sites

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19 2007, @11:53AM

An anonymous reader writes "Much hyped game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is finally about to be released after years of development. Even though the game won't be available in stores for another couple of days it is already available for download at various file sharing networks."

Video Racing Games May Spur Risky Driving 428

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 19 2007, @11:48AM
from the get-out-of-my-way dept.

kiwimate writes "A study concludes that people who play car racing games may be more likely to take risks and drive aggressively when driving in real life. According to the article, "The study appeared in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, published by the American Psychological Association"." Just because after I play Grand Theft Auto I want to ram other cars does not mean I'm a worse driver. Honest.