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US retailers to close hundreds of stores

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Information technology related companies that are closing stores include CompUSA going out of business, Sprint Nextel closing 125 locations, Movie Gallery closing 560 movie rental outlets, and bankrupt Sharper Image shutting down 90 to 180 stores.
Other retailers shutting down shops are: Ann Taylor, 117 stores; Eddie Bauer, 29 stores; Cache, 20 to 23 stores; Lane […]

The Pirate Bay moves to counter Swedish wiretapping law

Posted by admin in Tuesday, June 24th 2008   
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“We want Sweden to be banned from the Internet. The ISPs need to block Sweden in order to protect their own customers’ integrity since everything they do on Swedish ISPs’ networks will be logged and searched.”
The Pirate Bay will also help establish a Web site about how to use encryption to protect both hard drives […]