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The Pirate Bay Moves to .SE

The Pirate Bay blog explains why they have moved from .org to thepiratebay.se. Hint: blame the US.

iBooks Author 1.01 out with updated EULA

The iBooks Author 1.01 is out with an updated EULA, clarifying what Apple has and doesn’t have rights over.

The change is an important one though, clarifying that Apple has rights over the format a book is in, not the content. If someone wants to charge a fee for an .ibooks formatted file, that document can only be sold or distributed through Apple, and that work will be subject to a separate agreement with Apple. The restriction does not include works distributed in non-.ibooks formats (such as the Kindle,) as TUAW’s Erica Sadun previously discussed.

Hopefully this’ll clear up any questions about Apple’s intentions.

Redditor Breaks Himself Skydiving, Videotapes the Whole Thing

I know it’s a bit intense for first thing on a Friday morning, but wow, holy crap. Title of the story is: I broke my neck skydiving. This is the video I was taking when it happened.

Note: Probably best not to watch this if you’re planning on going skydiving for the first time :) …. very intense at the end.

PENTAX Announces the K-01--a More Powerful Mirrorless Camera

Press release from Pentax: PENTAX Announces the K-01—a More Powerful Mirrorless Camera

One of the immediate highlights and benefits of this cameras mirrorless body design is its compatibility with all PENTAX K-mount lenses spanning decades. You won’t have to worry and wonder whether an investment in a camera of this magnitude will force you to abandon some of your favored lenses. The fact is this camera was built to be compatible with your existing equipment.

$700+ is a high cost when for a few hundred more you can get a full featured (and not that much bigger) DSLR in the K-5. The fact that the mirrorless camera will use all your existing K-mount Pentax lenses reaching back decades is awesome however. Would much rather it had a viewfinder though, even just a rangefinder style.

Engadget has more here.

Watch The First 3 Minutes Of 'The Walking Dead' Season Two Return

Watch The First 3 Minutes Of ‘The Walking Dead’ Season Two Return.

Can’t wait until February 12 for the return of The Walking Dead? Well, while it’s not the full episode, AMC has debuted the first three minutes of the upcoming midseason premiere, and it’s a doozy.

Booya! If you’re not watching The Walking Dead already time to catch up on it ASAP. One of the best shows on TV.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released

Video and screenshots of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released. Some nice tweaks in there, I wish they’d hit some of the bigger points (ie: why can’t the dash be on the right, what about multimedia keys working in Amarok, etc), but still, great to see progress (and this is only alpha 2 after all).

Facebook has filed for a $5 Billion IPO

It’s Official: Facebook has filed for a $5 Billion IPO.

In a move that has been hotly anticipated, Facebook has filed with the SEC to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock in the United States. The company will trade with the stock symbol of “FB”.

That’s a lot of facebook bucks.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Sneak Peek #2

The second Adobe Photoshop CS6 Sneak Peek shows off background saving and new performance improvements with the liquefy filter. The first sneak peek we brought you was back in january (I know, soooo long ago :)

Wunderkit - A new way to organize your life.

The folks from 6Wunderkinder have released Wunderkit and the Wunderkit iPhone app to the world. Macworld has a review from it.

The service from Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder debuted Tuesday. It lets users work and plan projects collaboratively—first by creating a digital “workspace,” to which they can invite co-workers via Facebook or Twitter. After that, collaborators within the workspace can create a task list, share notes and ideas, and use a dashboard to track the team’s progress toward completing the goal. (See the video below for an official Wunderkit walkthrough.)

You’ll remember that 6Wunderkinder created the great (and cross platform) Wunderlist (which has been written about here before).

Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Restores Pro Features

Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 restores professional features; adds notable new ones.

The June 2011 release of Apple’s new Final Cut Pro X set off a firestorm that reverberated across the globe—at least in video circles. The hotly anticipated new version of Apple’s flagship video software was unexpectedly accompanied by the immediate removal of the previous version—Final Cut Pro 7—along with the company’s Final Cut Server and Final Cut Express apps, from retail distribution. That alone had longtime users jumping ship from the only nonlinear video editor many of them had ever used.

But will it make the pros happy? Or has that ship sailed by now? From what I hear on my only source for things from Digital Video and Convergence FPX is great if you’re working on your own, but no good as soon as you have to deal with anyone else in the workflow chain.

Apple Scotland is having a wee bit of trouble with Siri

Apple Scotland is having a wee bit of trouble with Siri. Hilarious.

Hipstamatic-Created Mesmerizing Stop Motion Film

Pretty amazing: Using Hipstamatic on iPhone, Talented Filmmaker Vitùc Creates Stunningly Mesmerizing Stop Motion Film.

This film reaffirms why I believe the iPhone is the single most amazing tool ever - in the palm of your hand you have a digital darkroom with an astonishing array of inspiring post-production tools. In one device you have a camera, post-production editing suite, and music production studio. If you hit a creative mental roadblock, you can relax with a game of Angry Birds.

Via The Digital Convergence Podcast where even someone not interested in video can get pretty enthralled :)

Alien Brain Hemorrhage Cocktail

I think I’d try one just to say I did.

Doesn’t that look like a disgusting thing? It’s so disgusting it becomes good! And actually, if you think about it, the Alien Brain Hemorrhage Cocktail seems rather complicated to make. That is, if you base it on the looks of the drink. (Then again, I am no bartender, so I really have no idea.)

Full Trailer For 'Game Of Thrones' Season 2

Sight unseen I’m going to say that I can’t wait for this to come out. Here’s the trailer, via Geeks of Doom.

Come on April!

How Reddit Saved an Orphanage

Simple story about How Reddit Saved an Orphanage in Kenya. I am proud to be part of this, giving $50 I didn’t have. The results and seeing the pictures of the results made it all worth it though.

While the initial goal was $2,000, TheLake posted an update: “Over $9,000 and I’m in a state of shock.” The next update showed Reddit users contributing a total of $11,000. Donations continued to pour in through the organization’s website, Longonot Education Initiative, was upgraded to a Pro account for two years from its host, Weebly. The company also donated $10,000.

$65,000 in two days. Amazing.