Pirates

Pirates are no longer a relic of the distant past. Many ships have been attacked in the Indian Ocean by modern Somali pirates. One entrepreneur is now offering private protection vessels to shipping companies. He says these may be more effective than national navies.

Well, only for a month. And they're French Internet pirates. It seems they've been violating France's Internet copyright laws but instead of going...

It's tough to do your job if it entails sailing to the Indian Ocean for research. That's what climate scientists found out while trying to conduct...

Why do we have technology? Because robot pirates is why. Recon Robotics, in collaboration with the US Navy, has developed a robot that can be shot...

Well, that was quick. Within a day of Apple's launching the app store for Mac, software pirates have found a way to hack in....

82 websites accused of selling counterfeit music, DVDs, apparel and sporting goods have been shut down as a result of an ongoing crackdown by US...

LimeWire, the pioneering file sharing site, turned off its sharing software a couple weeks ago following an injunction from a judge. Now it's back,...

This is a spoof story making the rounds. First seen on the Streetwise Blog of Toronto's Globe and Mail....