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The Pirate Bay is sold, and on its way to legality-> 1

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MattSparkes
MattSparkes writes "A Swedish software firm is buying The Pirate Bay and turning it into a legal business. Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) has also bought peer-to-peer research firm Peerialism. The two purchases are expected to form the basis of a new, legal download service. It's a bold move, especially as it comes in the same week that the four founders of The Pirate Bay had their application for a retrial rejected by a Swedish court."
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Google

Google Hiring Thousands of European Engineers->

Submitted by Matt
Matt writes "Google are on the hunt for several thousand European engineers, as they try to set up more R&D centres outside the US. They have hired a new Vice President of Engineering for Europe, Nelson Mattos, who will oversee all these new staff. It seems like an odd move, after all, some people seem to think that they've already over-hired."
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Announcements

Dell to Become Carbon Neutral, Maybe, One Day-> 2

Submitted by Matt
Matt writes "Dell has proudly announced that they are to become the "first major computer manufacturer" to go carbon neutral, but has apparently forgotten to say when. These kinds of claims without any concrete targets are pretty much worthless, and seem especially weak when companies like Google are making such good headway with solar power."
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Communications

UK Cell Phone Service Offers Free Calls for Teens->

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Matt
Matt writes "Those aged 16-24 can sign up for a new service in the UK, called Blyk, where they get free phone calls and SMS messaging in return for viewing adverts on their handsets. Although this has been tried in the US before, this is the first time that a companies entire business model has been based on the concept. Blyk have done a deal with Orange to provide the infrastructure."
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Portables

Is Nano-Generation the Solution to Battery Life?->

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Matthew Sparkes
Matthew Sparkes writes "Nano-generation is the practice of equipping devices with the means to power themselves; wind-up radios, solar powered cell phone chargers, etc. Could it be the solution to two problems? Firstly you wouldn't have to charge up all your different devices everyday and they would never run out on you, and secondly they would reduce our energy consumption and be good for the environment. "Consider this: mobile phone chargers are responsible for a quarter of a million tonnes of CO2 in the UK every year. Now consider the fact that all it would take to wipe out these emissions would be the introduction of a small photovoltaic device to replace each charger.""
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User Journal

Journal: Relative Slashdot Account Age

Journal by awing0
Hmmm, I'm pretty sure I signed up for an actual account in 2001. I had been reading prior to that, and I wish I had grabbed a lower UID. I noticed UIDs are over 1,000,000 now too. When did you sign up?
Space

NASA hitch a ride on Virgin Galactic

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MattSparkes
MattSparkes writes "It recently emerged that NASA may have a gap in their launch capability between the retirement of the Shuttle and the introduction of its replacement. Now the effects of this are showing, as it has been announced that astronauts in training will take flights on commercial space flights, in return for technical knowledge from the space agency."
Biotech

Human Immortality: A Scientific Reality?

Submitted by socram
socram writes "From the moment of birth, we begin the battle against death — against the inevitable. Statistics say that a newborn child can expect to live an average of 76 years. But averages may not be what they use to be.In 1786, life expectancy was 24 years. A hundred years later it doubled to 48. Right now, it's 76. The cause of human aging is now being understood."

Are we not men?