LET THE OPENING CEREMONY BEGIN

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has said that he is aiming to create a “live film” spectacular at London’s Olympic Stadium tonight (Friday) for his “Isles of Wonder” opening ceremony. While some news outlets have estimated that 4 billion people will be watching his production (the London Daily Mail put the possible number at 8 billion, […]

BRITISH COURT BLOCKS PUBLIC ACCESS TO PIRATE SITE

Britain’s High Court has ordered Internet service providers in the U.K. to block all access to the BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay (TPB). The court sided with a group of music labels, including EMI, Polydor, Sony, Virgin, and Warner Music, which claimed that TPB infringes their copyrights. One of the ISPs, Virgin Media — a […]