Is the Bittorrent swarm size record about to be broken?

Maybe… but it doesn’t look likely unless more people get on board and soon. The idea was spawned from a conversation on the UK Pirate Party IRC channel and then set in motion just a few days ago at midnight on the 1st July. The record breaking attempt is not just a bit of fun [...]

A nightmarish vision of the internet’s future

Courtesy of the Pirate Party UK we cane across this today, an image that succinctly demonstrates the dystopian future in store for all UK internet users should Mandleson get his way with the Digital Economy Bill. Click the image for a larger view, then let us know what you think in the comments.

It’s official, Teenagers use the internet for porn – and apparently don’t care who knows it

Shocking news on the BBC today courtesy of security firm Symantec’s OnlineFamily.Norton, a web-monitoring service for parents. It turns out that teenagers use the Internet to search for porn! I know I know, we had no idea either. Shocking but funny stuff none the less. Up at the top of the search results recorded by [...]