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‘Game of Thrones’ Draws Torrent Piracy
As Forbes’ Andy Greenberg is reporting, HBO’s Game of Thrones is a huge hit in the file-sharing community, and is on track to be the most downloaded show of 2012. Accorrding to BitTorrent-tracking and analysis firm Big Champagne, the second …
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Sasha Frere-Jones: What I Read
How do people deal with the torrent of information pouring down on us all? What sources can't they live without? We regularly reach out to prominent figures in media, entertainment, politics, the arts and the literary world, to hear their answers. This is drawn from a conversation with Sasha Frere-Jones, staff writer and pop-music critic at The New Yorker, who loves Instapaper but believes in ...
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Piers Morgan Books 'Re-Match' With Conservative Author (VIDEO)
Paul Bond An army of right-wing bloggers has been beating up CNN for its controversial interview of "National Review" writer Jonah Goldberg. read more
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Krugman Slams Austerians, Pleads to ‘End Depression Now’: Books
Written for children ages 4 to 99, the fable unfolds in the prairie of Prax, where a North-Going Zax and a South-Going Zax collide and stop in their tracks, each refusing to step aside.
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Everything You Need To Know About BitTorrent, The Legal (And Illegal) Way To Download Anything You Want
You've probably got that tech-savvy friend who gets movies on his computer weeks before they officially come out on DVD. Or maybe he's acquiring books and albums put out by independent artists who actively encourage people to download their output for free.
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Jenna Wortham: What I Read
How do people deal with the torrent of information pouring down on us all? What sources can't they live without? We regularly reach out to prominent figures in media, entertainment, politics, the arts and the literary world, to hear their answers. This is drawn from a conversation with Jenna Wortham, a New York Times tech reporter who can teach you how to dougie. And make animated GIFs.
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Publishers Starting to Reject e-Book DRM
One publisher does not a trend make, but Macmillan imprint and science-fiction house Tor/Forge's decision to abandon DRM this July may be a sign of things to come. Tor/Forge is dropping DRM because its customers, and authors, have been asking for DRM-free titles. The game isn't won yet, but it's a safe bet that Tor/Forge won't be the first to abandon Digital Rights Management for e-books and ...
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Agatha Christie and Rudyard Kipling made Britain a nation of passive racists, claims Johm Barnes
The former England footballer John Barnes has claimed that authors such as Agatha Christie and Rudyard Kipling have helped turn Britain into a nation of "passive racists".
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A working life: the pastry chef
Working as a patisserie chef for a supermarket allows Will Torrent to exercise his creative juices, but he's still just as happy with a greasy spoon Will Torrent cooks in his sleep. A pad of Post-it notes and a pen reside on his bedside table and, when he awakes, he frequently finds it scrawled with daring culinary adventures. "I often have 3am moments and I look at what I've written in the ...
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Life Tech Beats Estimates
Life Technologies reiterated its outlook for 2012
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