The World We Live In!

After almost a year of purchasing my Wii, I finally installed Homebrew Channel on it! It was a risky decision, as I could brick my Wii, making it completely useless. So far, I have spent around US$800-$900 on the games and accessories. If you risk making an investment of such a large sum useless, it’s a big decision. I spend many hours on google, and found a lot of tutorials, made a list of what needs to be done, still was not sure how to get help if I do something wrong. I tried looking for people, who can do this for me, but it was suppose to be such a simple thing (only for those who has done it), no one seems to be able to make a living out of it! But I think it’s a good idea, as I know there are a lot of people like me, who may not wants to do it on their own, and let someone expert do it for them, like unlocking the phone. So, where was I? Ok, I had the tutorial, the stuff, but not the courage to do it. Finally, I registered myself to two such forums where this is being disc...

I enjoy watching Wrestling or to be specific, WWE, as there is no competition today to WWE. It has already taken care of WCW and ECW. I don't think TNA is really up against WWE, at least not till today. Well, that story some other day, but today, I came to know about a new DVD set from WWE, called "The Greatest Superstars Of Wrestlemania", and wanted to know which matches are put on this DVD. The obvious thing to do is google it, and I did, but only to get torrents for this DVD set. It is only at page#3 of Google search that I found something useful. Maybe my search was not good, as I searched for "WWE The Greatest Superstars Of Wrestlemania" on google.co.in (my default home page). For those who don't know what torrent is, I would just say that its one of the easiest and most widely used medium of piracy today. Someday, I will put up a post on torrents as well, but till then, just Google it if you need more information. Its not that the Google is no...

original url of the article :  http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/163682/1/.html 3 arrested for illegal distribution of copyright songs on Internet By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE : For the first time, three men have been arrested for the illegal distribution of copyright songs on the Internet. The Intellectual Property Rights Branch of CID (Criminal Investigation Department) acted on information received from the Recording Industry Association of Singapore. The three suspects, aged between 16 and 22, were found to have illegally distributed songs in digital format on an Internet Relay Chat channel. They configured a computer programme to send broadcast messages to IRC chatters, inviting them to download songs from their computers. Persons found guilty of illegally distributing copyright materials are liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000 per article, and a maximum fine of $100,000. They can also face a jail term of up to five yea...

Today, Singapore, Aug 3, 2005 Police have arrested five people for peddling pirated materials on the Internet. The four men and a woman, aged between 23 and 41, were rounded up at their homes. Officers from the Intellectual Property Rights Branch seized 1,600 optical discs along with computers and electronic gadgets. The group is said to have conducted their illegal businesses at a particular online auction site popular with surfers. To avoid detection, they used electronic bank transfers to facilitate payment. They bought the pirated movie optical discs from overseas and mailed them to the buyers. Police said the suspects made a profit averaging $100 to $400 a month. — 938Live Source for the above news is Today Newspaper in Singapore. I stopped downloading any movies from Internet long back. I did download few music & movies last year. But movie quality were really bad and most of the time it was not full movie, so, I stopped it because it wasn't worth spendi...