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The guy that said he was going to buy the Pirate Bay for $8M last year has popped back up. When asked what he was doing at a digital media conference he claimed to be working on more "secret plans."
Back then, Pandeya said he had investors but wouldn't identify them. When these mysterious investors backed out, He said he had his own money to complete the transaction. Then, the government seized his boat, motorcycle and other assets to pay off tax bills.
Cases & Modding
Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced (German) @ TweakPC
SilverStone Fortress FT02 @ Phoronix
Memory/ Storage
Corsair Padlock 2 8GB USB Flash Drive @ Overclockers Club
Corsair Padlock 2 8GB USB Flash Drive @ ThinkComputers
Motherboards
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO Motherboard @ Legit Reviews
You know that sexually explicit message you got from a British politician last night? Well, I wouldn't go getting too offended just yet, it seems that some politicians fell for a Twitter scam and they probably didn’t send the offending message (I said "probably"). 
British politicians were among those caught up Friday in the latest Twitter-based scam which hijacks users' accounts to send out sexually explicit messages to friends and followers. Those tracking the Twitter account of Ed Miliband, the British energy minister, were surprised by a message carrying an unusually direct reference to the politician's sex life.
Microsoft Corp. has entered into an intellectual property licensing agreement with Panasonic Corp. to provide it with access to Microsoft’s Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology, the latest generation of Microsoft’s file system. Panasonic is one of the latest companies to adopt exFAT technology through Microsoft’s new licensing program, enabling it to deliver a rich, integrated media experience for its customers.
With all the flap over kids being spied on via school laptops, I am amazed no one said anything about this PBS special. Fast forward to the 4:39 for the really disturbing stuff. The interviewer actually laughs as the assistant principal gives her a live demonstration of his spying techniques.
Recalibrate Google’s evil scale? Why on earth would anyone want to do that?
Of those surveyed, 80 percent said they regularly use Google to find academic papers and nearly 60 percent said they use it to keep abreast of new research. Why Google and not Baidu, which is used as a primary search engine by only 17 percent of respondents? Because Google casts a wider net, indexing information that its Chinese rival does not.
It doesn’t really surprise me that Apple’s $10,000 iTunes card give-away was won by a 71 year old man. What WOULD be surprising is if the guy is able to live long enough to collect all those songs. Hey…maybe that was the plan all along? 
"He called me and said, ‘This is Steve Jobs from Apple.’ I said, ‘Yeah right,’ " Sulcer tells Rolling Stone. "I have a son that loves to play tricks and he does that every now and then — calls me and imitates somebody." After three or four times of asking "Come on now, who is this," Sulcer realized that his caller ID read simply "Apple," and only then did he believe that he was the winner of the contest and a $10,000 iTunes card.
ASUS today launched the EAH5000 Series, a new range of self-conceived graphics cards boasting an innovative thermal design that enables extreme overclocking. This makes these cards the instant choice of discerning DIY PC buffs and champion overclockers everywhere. For PC-building enthusiasts worried about cooling, ASUS EAH5850 and EAH5830 graphics cards feature DirectCU technology, with specially-flattened copper heat pipes that dissipate heat up to 20%* more efficiently during gameplay and enable up to 35%* quieter operation in idle mode.
Intel is sponsoring the 20th Anniversary of Cinequest Film Festival from February 23 to March 7, 2010 in San Jose, California. Cinequest celebrates the mavericks and innovators in the movie making industry, and this year will welcome 85,000 film lovers, students and artists to over 250 screenings and events from 45 countries. This is the fourth consecutive year Intel has sponsored Cinequest, celebrating the use of technology in art of visual storytelling. Intel will help lead a panel discussion on the rising trend of 3-D entertainment on Saturday, February 27th.
Google says it has resolved the Gmail issues reported earlier this morning on the company’s App Status Dashboard. The issue was initially reported around 9am today and took about six hours to fix. If you haven't checked your Gmail in the last hour or so, you should do so now.
We're aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a significant subset of users. The affected users are able to access Google Mail, but are seeing error messages and/or other unexpected behavior. We will provide an update by February 25, 2010 10:44:00 AM UTC-9 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.
First it was the report on melting glaciers that weren’t melting. That was followed by the hacked e-mail scandal that rocked the supporters of the global warming theory. Now scientists say they need more money to figure our why there was a dip in global temperatures between 1999 – 2008. Wait. What?!?
Climate scientists must do more to work out how exceptionally cold winters or a dip in world temperatures fit their theories of global warming, if they are to persuade an increasingly sceptical public. At stake is public belief that greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet, and political momentum to act as governments struggle to agree a climate treaty which could direct trillions of dollars into renewable energy, away from fossil fuels.
ETC.
Intel Sandy Bridge GPU Support Begins On Linux @ Phoronix
PCPer Podcast #95 @ PC Perspective
Memory/ Storage
Kingwin Dock Master 3.0 Hard Drive Dock @ Pro-Clockers
Motherboards
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO LGA1156 Motherboard @ HWC
Power Supply
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W PSU @ Hardware Secrets
