A new Pirate Bay investigation looks to be underway, early birds will get the iPad first on Friday morning, and the popular mobile browser Dolphin arrives on the Blackberry Playbook.
Domain Registrar Confirms New Pirate Bay Investigation: It seems a new investigation is underway in an attempt to shut down the popular file-sharing site. Confirmed by The Pirate Bay's hosting company Binero, they have stated that they have received a letter from police instructing them to reveal personal details regarding the individuals that registered The Pirate Bay domain name. However, Binero says they are not giving up information without a warrant, stating, "We will not share any information about our customers until there is a court order, or when a prosecutor can refer to an applicable law. In this case, we have answered the questions with information that's already available through Whois services." [Torrent Freak]New iPad to go on Sale at 8 a.m. Friday: If you want to purchase the new iPad from your favorite retailer this Friday, you will have to get up extra (or not sleep at all) if you want to purchase one, as it will go on sale at 8 a.m. local time. [Macworld]Dolphin Browser now Available for BlackBerry Playbook: One of our favorite mobile browsers, Dolphin, is now available for the BlackBerry Playbook. [Dolphin]Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich Updates: HTC has announced plans for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich to several of their devices. In a blog post, HTC reveals a list of devices that will receive ICS in the near future. For the moment, HTC is releasing Android 4.0 for the HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE, with more updates to follow. While there isn't a strict schedule stating when devices will start to receive ICS, HTC does stress that the timeframe for receiving Ice Cream Sandwich for your device depends on your location (and of course, which device you are using). [HTC]Austin's Other Event: A Class Action, Mobile App Privacy Lawsuit Filed Against Facebook, Twitter, Apple, 15 Others: Three Austin law firms are out to make a huge splash this week, and the timing could not have been better. Edwards Law, Carl F. Schwenker, and the Jordan Law Firm announced in the middle of SXSW this week that they are filing a class action lawsuit against 18 companies behind some of today's most popular mobile apps, including Twitter, Facebook, Path, and Yelp!. The reasoning? Because the firms believe these companies are taking data from users without their permission, and that the personal data is not theirs to take without the consent of the user. [TechCrunch]Google+ Updated with Photo Album Organizer, Batch Delete and Sorting Functionality in Tow: Google released several new photo-organizing features for their social network, Google+. [Engadget]Title image remixed from "Dwight Smith" (Shutterstock).
If you know you're going to be moving from a well-lit area to the dark, you can cover one of your eyes—like a pirate with an eye patch—for a few minutes beforehand to see better in the dark.