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it's Tuesday may 7 2013 i'm ross miller please note that all unsafe progress will be lost this is 90 seconds on the verge presented by virgin mobile in the midst of ongoing conflict internet traffic from Syria has vanished this is the second time Syria has cut off the internet in the last six months late last year the service was shut off for two days before being restored this apparent outage comes days after the Israeli military conducted airstrikes near serious capital apparently destroying a scientific research facility so far there's been no official word or what caused the cut-offs or wind communication will return BitTorrent has long been known as that bashing of piracy now the company responsible for it is trying to go legit with a new file format the bittorrent bundle has it's called will allow creators to require an action before users can download dj cascade is one of the first artists to use bundle and is offering exclusive material in exchange for fans email addresses the new functionality can also require a payment BitTorrent Incorporated is calling it a quote checkout counter code into each media file which basically makes eating a co-op finally stop motion and visual effects pioneer ray harryhausen has died Harryhausen was perhaps best known for his work on jason and the argonauts directors like George Lucas Steven Spielberg Peter Jackson and James Cameron all site him is a major influence in 1992 Harryhausen was honored with a career academy award for technical achievement he was 92 at the time of his death and that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow 8-bit music meets ballroom dancing that's right chips and salsa