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UPDATE: Local music legend Joe Cunningham dies Musical gift: Joe Cunningham, left, helped instill a passion for music in his son Trey, who now plays the bass, guitar, drums and piano, and occasionally sings. www.guampdn.com
BRIEFLY: May 24 See what's happening in and around the Tri-towns. www.wickedlocal.com
What The Pirate Bay is Doing to Survive Though several of the world's governments have painted them as thieves or at least enablers of thieving, The Pirate Bay is taking broad strides to understand how file-sharing works on its site rather than ban it altogether. The eight year-old, torrent-hosting website is becoming an increasingly well organized political action organization, as it shifts its energies not only towards keepings its ... news.yahoo.com
Weekend fun: Hit the 'Street,' head to the water Visitors to the Old Snohomish Antique and Classic Motorcycle Show check out one of the "Rat Bikes" entered in the 2008 motorcycle competition. The show returns to Snohomish this weekend. www.heraldnet.com
Cloud Storage Booming, But Trouble is on the Horizon SkyDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and SugarSync have the same feature that got Megaupload shut down, and users still have reason to distrust providers. www.pcworld.com
Stargazing, plant shopping and more weekend ideas Gaze at the stars: To celebrate International Astronomy Day 2012, the Everett Astronomical Society is hosting two events Saturday, including... www.heraldnet.com
MacAce launches MobileMe replacement, MacMate Apple is set to discontinue MobileMe on 30 June, with iCloud taking its place. But if the recent iCloud outages have knocked your confidence in the service, or you need more from your cloud service than iCloud provides, MacAce is offering an alternative: MacMate. www.macworld.co.uk
Solar eclipse, transit of Venus coming to Colorado skies They traveled the globe 250 years ago, spending months at sea and dealing with storms and disease, with wars and homesickness and miserable food, to witness Venus crossing the sun from different locations. The transit of Venus. Next month, when it happens for just the third time in 130 years, you can check it out, minus the shark worries and the rogue cannonballs. www.denverpost.com
Area Calendar 5-19-12 Events in the area for the week starting May 19, 2012. orangeleader.com
Android remote access app shootout There are times when accessing another computer remotely can be convenient -- to check on the status of a download or code that is being compiled, to start or stop an application, or to load a document to view it. It can be really helpful to be able to do this from a smartphone or tablet. We tested three services that let you use your Android device to connect to your computer remotely. www.computerworld.com.au
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