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Bell, one of the Canadian ISPs known for its BitTorrent throttling practices, launched its very own video download store this week. So, efficient BitTorrent is throttled for being a bandwidth hog, but customers are still able to download movies at full speed – as long as they use Bell’s service, that is. Read more →

Yahoo’s first-quarter earnings were good enough to trump Wall Street estimates. Now the question is whether they’re good enough to get Steve Ballmer & Co. to bump the price they’re willing to pay for Yahoo. Read more →

The European Commission wants a stronger ratings system for games, one that would encompass the entire European Union. The challenges—as well as the possible rewards—are great. Read more →

Every day, three million people use the 268 stations and the 253 miles of track. But what about those stations that have long since gone, which history has neglected? Which stations got left behind? Read more →

Lofty promises made by airlines peddling gimmicky carbon offsets, resorts hawking convoluted green initiatives and companies with shiny new fleets of high-maintenance cars to rent. Read more →

We got to check out the latest build of Bethesda’s Fallout 3. Pete Hines talks about endings (now up to 500!), character voices (50+), downloadable content, game size and more! Also, three new screenshots including a trigger-happy Brotherhood of Steel soldier. Read more →

Rumors are flying that Yahoo is teaming up with AOL, the long-suffering Internet division of Time Warner, as a way to stave off an unwanted merger.While many industry watchers still believe that Microsoft will gobble up Yahoo eventually, chances are it will have to pay a lot more for its meal. Here are five possible… Read more →

A simple economic analysis I wrote about the pros and cons of emissions trading as a means to tackle global warming. Read more →

This is just hilarious… woman gets tapped lightly on the back of her head and she totally overreacts. Talk about an Oscar performance! Read more →

A teenager who confessed to killing his father last month told police he hated his dad for taking away his Internet access, according to a police report released Wednesday. He told police that his father had taken away his Internet access after seeing suicide threats the teen had posted on social networking Web site MySpace.com. Read more →