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The Pirate Bay Sells Out, Ha

by Probably Sucks on 07. Jul, 2009 in Music & Reviews, Opinion, Web Services

It was inevitable. The Pirate Bay provided a service, got popular because of the visitors that came to the site wanting free torrent downloads, and when the site is at the peak of it’s popularity, it’s sold. In most cultures this is called ‘selling out’.

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This Just In: Bing Is Awesome & Doesn't Suck

by Probably Sucks on 01. Jun, 2009 in Web Services

Microsoft’s new Live search engine re branding endeavour “Bing” is now live and able to be previewed on bing.com. First impressions are that it doesn’t suck. It’s comforting and somewhat strange to say that about a Microsoft search engine product, but it’s true. I believe that Microsoft have finally done it and Bing is a [...]

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Microsoft Bing Might Actually Be Good

by Probably Sucks on 29. May, 2009 in Web Services

Microsoft is planning to relaunch it’s failed Live search as Bing in June 2009 and first impressions from the promotional video are it looks pretty good. Naturally and without fail the Linux and Apple community is already saying that Bing will suck. But of course those kind of comments are said about every single Microsoft [...]

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eBay Isn't Dead, Idiots

by Probably Sucks on 26. May, 2009 in Opinion, Web Services

I’ve read a few articles suggesting that the “fun” of eBay is gone, and that other sites like Youtube, Craigslist and even MySpace are to blame for this, what a bunch of idiots. Sure to a certain extent you could say that people are using Youtube more than eBay daily, maybe because Youtube is more [...]

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Google Beating Yahoo On Alexa

by Probably Sucks on 10. May, 2009 in Internet, Web Services

I noticed when on Google.com just before that it now has an Alexa rank of 1 when I am pretty sure that it was 2 not along ago (Yahoo.com originally was number 1). Although Alexa rank is generally not regarded as an accurate depiction of real traffic, it’s still pretty impressive because the lower you [...]

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Twitter Is Useless

by Probably Sucks on 06. May, 2009 in Ranting, Web Services

What’s the big deal about Twitter? Does it really serve a purpose other than to waste time when you’re meant to be working?

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Apple + Twitter = Fanboyitis

by Probably Sucks on 01. May, 2009 in Internet, Web Services

Appple tries to capitalise on Twitters current buzz in the Internet and media by doing a write about Twitter on their Apple site.

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The Apple Application Police

by Probably Sucks on 23. Apr, 2009 in Internet, Web Services

If you thought getting your application approved to be placed into the Apple Application Store wasn’t already difficult enough, it would seem an application where you get to shake a crappily drawn baby that doesn’t even remotely look real to death is morally wrong now, and the public + major blogs and news outlets are [...]

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Google + Your Information + Stalkers = New Service

by Probably Sucks on 23. Apr, 2009 in Internet, Web Services

Google Recently introduced a new service into it’s pool of about 1,000 other services it already has called Google Profiles which allows stalkers to easily identify you in Google searches.

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