Would-be buyer of Pirate Bay ousted from stock exchange for misleading markets

Would-be Pirate Bay buyer ousted from stock market

STOCKHOLM — The would-be buyer of Swedish file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay has been kicked out of the smallcap stock exchange Aktietorget for misleading the market, the Swedish trading platform said Wednesday.

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New Pirate Bay owners to launch give-and-take payment models

New Pirate Bay to be based on give-and-take models

STOCKHOLM — One of the world's largest filesharing Web sites, The Pirate Bay, is going legal through a series of give-and-take payment models that in some cases may even earn its users a bundle of cash, the new owners said Saturday.

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Nokia shares plunge as cell phone maker posts 66 pct profit drop, lowers targets

Nokia posts 66 pct fall in Q2 profits, shares drop

STOCKHOLM — The world's top cell phone maker, Nokia Corp., on Thursday said second-quarter earnings fell 66 percent as the global recession sapped demand. The company scrapped its target to gain market share this year and its stock sagged.

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Swedish software company buys Pirate Bay filesharing site for $7.8 million

Swedish software firm buys Pirate Bay

STOCKHOLM — A small Swedish software firm announced Tuesday it has purchased The Pirate Bay, the popular filesharing Web site, for 60 million kronor ($7.8 million).

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New Opera technology allows content sharing without external server

operalogoWith IT giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo into cloud computing, Opera seems to follow the suite, but with a different approach. Opera Software ASA on Tuesday launched a new technology that would allow the Web browser to double up as a Web server. The new feature in the Internet browser will allow the users to share photos, music and files directly with one another, without accessing outside services such as Facebook and Flickr. The new feature would be a part of beta for Opera 10.
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