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Huge interest brings Wikileaks offline

The Wikileaks website, which publishes sensitive and censored material submitted by anonymous contributors, has experienced unprecedented levels of Internet traffic today through public interest. This interest has caused the website's servers to be unable to meet the enormous demand of over 164 gigabytes of download traffic within twenty-four hours, leading the site to be temporarily inaccessible. The film Fitna, directed and produced by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, has caused controversy...

Banned film 'The Profit' appears on Web

Copies of The Profit, a 2001 film blocked from distribution in the United States due to a court injunction won by the Church of Scientology, appeared on the Internet Friday on peer-to-peer file-sharing websites and on the video sharing site YouTube. Directed by former film executive Peter N. Alexander, movie critics have characterized The Profit as a parody of Scientology and of its founder L. Ron Hubbard. Alexander was a Scientologist for twenty years, and left the organization in 1997. The...

Scanning DVD Covers - Hints and Tips

Ever lost a DVD, had your DVD collection stolen or damaged in an unforeseen accident? Strange things happen, which is why more people are backing up their precious DVD collection, which can potentially be worth thousands of dollars. While people are creating back-ups of their movies, many forget to create back-ups of the DVD covers inside the cases. If you want your DVD collection to look brilliant on display then they must have covers. This is why it is good practice to scan your DVD covers...

Multi Media Players - the choices are yours

Portable multimedia players (PMPs) are electronic devices that are capable of storing and playing files in various media formats. Digital audio players (DAP) display images and play videos. These are also considered to be PMPs. They use data that has been stored on a hard drive, micro drive, or flash drive of a home computer. There are three significant types of digital audio players. Flash-based players hold audio files on internal or external media. For example, memory cards. Due to the...