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The Pirate Bay blocked by major Dutch ISPs Two major ISPs in the Netherlands have blocked subscribers from accessing The Pirate Bay, following a ruling from The Hague.

“Hacker” storms TV broadcaster A gunman who stormed into the headquarters of Dutch national broadcaster NOS demanding airtime Thursday night claimed to be from a “hackers’ collective”

CAUTION: Depression may follow. So my brother lives in the Netherlands and his 100 Mbps line (cable bundle, with telephone and digital tv, unshaped and uncapped @ ~€65) just got upgraded for free to 180(!) Mbps recently. Puts SA ISPs' recent free upgrades from 1Mbps to 4, 4 to 10, etc. into...

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Armed police were deployed and schools closed in the western Dutch city of Leiden on Monday after an apparent student threat to "shoot my Dutch teacher and as many students as I can". A decision was taken late Sunday night to close secondary schools to thousands of pupils following a tip-off...

http://torrentfreak.com/downloading-movies-and-music-stays-legal-in-the-netherlands-121221/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Not a completely ideal situation for all concerned, but a more sensible one than most countries if you ask me. Until the Media Distribution companies learn how...

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Dutch-city-puts-its-jobless-back-to-work-20121004

Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals