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BTJunkie, the internet’s largest BitTorrent search engine, has voluntarily shut down just days after both The Pirate Bay and Megaupload ran into trouble. The move comes as mainstream content providers continue to try to shut down all platforms that they allege are used to illicitly trade copyrighted material. Using a service like BTJunkie is not, … Continue reading »

A new Google doodle has been launched today, marking the 80th birthday of one of the 20th century’s greatest film-makers. Francois Truffaut, who died in 1984 aged just 52, was a key figure of the French New Wave of the 1960s and has influenced a number of others, most notably Martin Scorsese. After meeting film … Continue reading »

Members of Anonymous have hacked into, recorded and leaked a phone call between British and US officials discussing cyber-security issues. The recording, which was released on Friday with a few sensitive names bleeped out by the hackers, has the potential to be at best highly embarrassing for British and US forces, and at worst a … Continue reading »

The parents of Jacob Michael, a 25-year-old man who died in police custody in Cheshire, England last year, have criticised an official report that concludes Michael died from ‘excited delirium’. But while some experts warn that ‘excited delirium’ is not a satisfactory explanation for a death, it seems the term is becoming increasingly common in … Continue reading »

New photos reveal, in unprecedented detail, images of one of the last uncontacted Peruvian tribes. The Mashco-Piro tribe lives near the Manu National Park in southeastern Peru, and has had virtually no peaceful contact with the rest of the world. But a Spanish archaeologist has now managed to get images of the tribe from as … Continue reading »

As opposition to Hollywood studios relentless support of SOPA and PIPA continues, a new campaign is urging people to boycott The Dark Knight Rises (this year’s big new Batman film) in protest. The campaign is based around this Reddit page and aims to hit Hollywood where it hurts by knocking some dollars off the film’s … Continue reading »

Greek film director Theodoros Angelopoulos has died at the age of 76, after being struck by a police bike while crossing a busy road in Athens. Angelopoulos was knocked down on Tuesday evening while working with his film crew. He was rushed to hospital but died a few hours later. Angelopoulos began making films in … Continue reading »