The end of Moore's law may happen sooner than we first thought, according to two physicists who have predicted the end of rapid computing advancement.

Not all End User Licence Agreements or EULAs are made equal. Everytime you click 'I agree' during a software installation, you're might be surprised to learn how ridiculous some companies address their licencing agreements.

Holland's largest Usenet group, FTD, are suing anti-piracy outfit BREIN. File sharing is perfectly legal in the Netherlands and Bittorrent sites such as Mininova are fighting to stay alive by going on the attack

A top French court has ruled that the internet should be classified as a basic human right, and denying access to it in the form of deterrents such as outright disconnections, should be deemed unlawful

New York lawmakers set out to ban electronic distractions from cars, with drivers facing a plethora of gadgets at the wheel, from GPS to LCD DVD screens. Do they endanger the driver and should we ban all gadgets in cars?

A Spanish judge has ruled that downloading copyright files online is legal, as long as it's not for profit, a ruling that would make Spain one of the most lenient in the world

A workprint of one of the year's most anticipated releases has been pirated and uploaded onto a number of internet websites a full month from release, fuelling rumours that it was an inside job.

A rogue group of ex-power sellers have broken away from the eBay mothership and launched their own auction site. The best bit? No listing fees.

The US Army has teamed up with a motion gaming company to create a highly realistic style of gameplay that can actually paralyse muscles during gameplay

iiNet have been ordered to give up IP records of twenty file downloaders in the controversial court challenge between the Australian ISP and copyright group AFACT.

We look at the gadgets in the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace, and chat to director Marc Foster about the technology behind Bond (includes spoilers).

PirateBay's IPREDator is a new P2P anonymizer designed to cloak the actions of downloaders and keep file logs and IP addresses hidden from the authorities.

An IIPA Special 301 Report advises that Spain should be added to the American government's watchlist for countries with dubious file sharing laws. Oddly enough, companies such as Mitsubishi are using the laws to create ingenious Bittorrent promotions.

YouTube has finally welcomed the addition of full-length Hollywood movies to its growing stable of content.

Bittorrent megasite Mininova have begun trialling torrent filtering software that will allow the site to automatically block material from a list, flagged by copyright holders.

A Mitsubishi Colt has been virtually disassembled and its pieces have been dispersed throughout multiple Bittorrent sites around the web. The first one to join all the pieces wins the car.

A controversial Irish proposal to tax SMS messages has us worried about another spike in our mobile phone bill.

Las Vegas casinos have been put on alert, as card counting apps appear on the iPhone. Winning big may be as easy as turning on your phone.

New rules censoring ‘sexy’ marketing words from Apple store apps, including ‘boobs’ have been labelled puritanical and silly, even as the apps themselves have become huge sellers for their creators.