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The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing websites, is off the Internet after a Swedish court threatened its bandwith supplier with a hefty fine, news reports said Tuesday.

Stockholm's district court on Monday ordered Black Internet to stop providing bandwidth to The Pirate Bay or face a fine of 500,000 kronor (70,000 dollars, 50,000 euros).

"We received the decision about the fine shortly after lunch and shut down the capacity just before 3:00 pm," Black Internet's chief executive Victor Moeller told the online edition of the Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, said Monday that it will start making a small, light laptop, similar to ones PC manufacturers are already selling through wireless carriers around the world.

The Finnish company says the Nokia Booklet 3G will run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software, have a 10-inch screen and weigh 2.8 pounds. That puts it squarely in the "netbook" category pioneered by Taiwanese manufacturers like AsusTek Computer Inc.

Nokia said it would reveal the price and launch date of the PC on Sept. 2. Most netbooks sell for less than $500.

Apple Inc.'s latest operating system software, Snow Leopard, will go on sale this Friday.

The Mac OS X version 10.6 software will debut at Apple's retail stores and authorized resellers nationwide. Apple's online store is now taking pre-orders.

Snow Leopard's release comes days before its promised September launch. It precedes by two months the launch of Microsoft Corp.'s next operating system, Windows 7.

Among Snow Leopard's improvements is built-in support for Microsoft's Exchange Server software, so Apple programs for e-mail, calendars and contacts could become more useful in corporate settings.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has been officially announced at the annual Blizzcon gathering in Anaheim, California.

Blizzcon is a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them. Blizzard use the convention to announce important news related to their games.

We've uploaded lots of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm media to the site. Links after the jump.

Tickets to the seventh rendition of the rAge 2009 Expo will be available at the doors of the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate at a price of R50 per person, R80 for the weekend or R160 for a family of two adults and two children per day. The rAge 2009 Expo will be rocking Jo’burg from 2 – 4 October 2009 featuring a blisteringly hot selection of the latest, chart-topping and high-tech gaming and technology equipment available, software, hardware, gaming apparel and accessories, special offers, trading cards and gear to name a few. You name it: We’ve got it!

Fans have been calling the rAge offices after a press announcement stated that the tickets to the NAG LAN @ rAge were sold out within two days of opening at Computicket, under the false impression that tickets to the 3-day exhibition were also sold out. “Tickets to rAge are most definitely still available and will only go on sale at the door from 2-4 October 2009. The NAG LAN @ rAge is just one component of the entire rAge offering and these tickets have unfortunately already sold out but there is still plenty to see and do at the expo,” says Michael James, rAge 2009 Organiser.

Taipei, Taiwan, August 18, 2009 – GIGABYTE Technology CO., LTD., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, is pleased to announce the worldwide “GIGABYTE Dragon Overclocking Contest 2009” which co-op with Futuremark® Corporation. Utilizing AMD and GIGABYTE hardware, contestants worldwide will compete in two segments for the overall “GIGABYTE Dragon” title within multiple prize award categories.
http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/gigabytedragon
Twitter: http://twitter.com/yougamergirl

The contest entry period will run from Aug 17th to Sep 13th. Prizes will be awarded for first to third place finishers for top 3DMark score and top CPU overclocking segments.