Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently announced the release of its new operating system Windows 7 during the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In his opening speech, Ballmer said that this newest version of Windows will provide “simplicity, reliability, and speed”, encouraging people to download this software which is in beta (test) [...]

Last year is a tough period for music industry which suffered double-digit drop in CDs sales, according to Nielsen report.
According to the report, the total album sales including online downloads and CDs in US suffered 14 percent decline or a total of 428.4 million units last year from 500 million in 2007.  Meanwhile, downloads of [...]

The Recording Industry of America (RIAA) has recently abandoned its partnership deal with anti-piracy firm which tracked down file-sharers accused of committing online piracy, according to The Wall Street Journal report on Sunday.
Instead of chasing illegal file-sharers, RIAA is planning to seek the cooperation of Internet Service Providers (ISPs).  According to the proposed plan, providers [...]

Music piracy has long been a big problem for record labels which blamed this activity as the main reason why its sales is fast declining.  To curb this illegal activity, there are many laws which have been passed to govern music sharing and distribution, but unfortunately, piracy is still continuously rising which is aggravated by [...]

As 2008 has ended, BitTorrent sites have become more popular compared to previous years.  And because of its growing market, the controversy surrounding these Torrent sites has also been continuously rising.
Meanwhile, here is a list of the top 10 Torrent sites of 2008 released by Compete and Alexa:
1.  The Pirate Bay
Probably one of the most [...]