A federal judge in New York upset Google's plans to create the biggest digital library and bookstore the world has ever seen. Google's grand idea was to scan and digitize pretty much every book ever published, an idea that was initially met with opposition from authors and book publishers. Google responded by agreeing to a $125 million settlement, and the project seem destined to happen, until now.

Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm hasn't been able to show up for his appeals court hearing and potential sentencing, depending on how things turn out. This isn't the first time he's gone missing. Svartholm was a no-show at the Court of Appeal in Stockholm on September 28, 2010, and was on another continent purportedly due to medical reasons. And where is he now?

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said it was another record year at the box office, with movie receipts reaching an all-time high of $31.8 billion, up 8 percent from 2009. This is the fourth time in five years that box office revenue has grown, setting records in three of them, according to John Fithian, President and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners. Playing a big role in this continued growth is the emergence of 3D.