(AP) -- An Italian judge has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into copyright law violation, officials said Thursday.
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Google's version of Wikipedia goes multi-lingual
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Culture greatly shapes young people's drinking habits
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Braille converter bridges the information gap
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Electronic pen first to upload handwriting from plain paper
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