FBI raided 30 “scene” servers yesterday and multiple arrests had been made. With the FBIs first shot, the MPAA reported information that has led to 4 topsites being shut down, and forcing several others offline. Several FBI officers took down 7-8 boxes hosted by Layered Tech, and later on busted servers hosted by Server Matrix. DiAMOND, FLAMES, NBP, SAGA, TBE and other groups were part of the take down.

In total, 18-20 boxes were raided, with hundreds of terabytes of data stored in total, 4 topsites were shut down directly because of the actions of the FBI, and the number of other sites that were slowed down, or shut down on their own, is not known. In response to the busts, several people in the scene are urging people to abandon using Layered Tech and Server Matrix to use as seedboxes, fearing it is only a matter of time until they are noticed taken down.

[Via WiredFire]

i-Phone is currently organizing a competition open to all i-Phone forum registered users. If you are not one of the registered users, make sure you do it now. For case, you will stand to win wonderful prizes. On the line, they have black iPod, MP4 Player and MP3 Player to give out and that include shipping charges. Head over to i-Phone forum and read the terms & conditions for the competition. Who knows you might be the one to get the free iPod!

Pepsi! Everyone knows it! Pepsi Japan announced their new type of Pepsi drink, the Pepsi RED. Thanks to GIGAZINE for sending this information in to us. It is now available in Japans market. Take a look at GIGAZINE site for the shot of Pepsi RED which he bought from the mart.

The University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix, Ariz, is marketing its new Network Security program as a way to get a degree in hacking. The school is drawing the interest of geeks who use Windows, Linux and Macintosh. Hackerdegree.com website looks like a non-Windows desktop with a few terminals open, inviting the curious to learn more about fighting “cybercrime,” “cybertheft,” and even “cyberterrorism.” This linux environment website is trying to attract students with 1337 speaks. I think a guest ssh session would have been more interesting and would have given candidate students a real taste.

Matthew, Joseph, Sean and Bradford are Yale students and they are the people behind the project called PerSecondPodcast. It is an online audio time capsule where anyone can buy audio space by the second. You can advertise your website, rant about politics, play a portion of your bands new song and even deliver an existentialist monologue. It will soon be playing on college radio stations across the country, iTunes RSS-subscribable, submitted for play on XM and Sirius satellite radio, and physically housed in several iPod time capsules to be buried upon completion of the project.

[Thanks Elliot]

We have been trying very hard to go around the web gathering information and wait for new World Cup gadget to be released. Finally, we are able to pack up this Top 10 World Cup Gadget for world cup geeks! Check out this top 10 gadget list with pictures after the jump.


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Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 is now available for download. You won’t need to pay a cent for it because Microsoft released it for testing and planning purpose. It contains all the functionality of the regular release, but is not the final product. Maybe you would like to look at the screenshot before you make a decision to download.


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If you want to stay away from malicious browser hacks and other spyware, you should stay away from searchwords such as: “Free screensavers”, “Bearshare” and “Screensavers”. Even a single visit to a dangerous site can have serious and lasting implications for the average internet user. Here’s a list of the 8 most dangerous search words ever.


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Are you into designing? If yes no matter how good or how bad are you, give it a try! NextGenDesignGroup is organizing a open design competition with a very attractive prizes. The design is categorized into different category such as Personal Productivity, Entertainment, Communication & Mobility and Living & Lifestyle. First place would be able to get USD25,000.


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Something for you gamers! CabalOnline game is the English version for Cabal Korea. It will soon be available at this CabalOnline website in June but it is still under BETA version. This online game graphics are stunning enough. The remarkable skill, power and actions are carefully created. Take a look at the movie play of the game after the jump. All i can say “Excellent!”.


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