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The Megaupload troubles make for interesting discussion because there is much to be said on both sides. Whether the illegal aspects of the network “outweigh” the legal aspects is a question that will be discussed for months and perhaps years. But one thing can’t be disputed: after the two-year investigation by the FBI, the site’s takedown was swift and perhaps over-thorough

Consider the tech it takes to back the search box on Google’s home page: behind the algorithms, the cached search terms, and the other features that spring to life as you type in a query sits a data store that essentially contains a full-text snapshot of most of the Web. While you and thousands of other people are simultaneously submitting searches, that snapshot is constantly being updated with a firehose of changes. At the same time, the data is being processed by thousands of individual server processes, each doing everything from figuring out which contextual ads you will be served to determining in what order to cough up search results

Ruby, PHP and Python are compared in an infographic by Udemy. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap. Sometimes it’s difficult to catch every story that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popular discussions in our offsite communities on Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn and Google+ as well.

Forget the random pictures of babies and puppies, alarming status updates from family members and political rants. On My-ArtMap , you will be immersed in art. It’s as simple as that

Argh! What was that video called? Was that on Twitter or Facebook? Where did I save that article?

It’s tax preparation season, and while you’re busy collecting receipts and waiting on your employers to send over your W-2 forms, now’s the time to figure out the best way to prepare and file your taxes this year. Do you buy an application to do your taxes, or use an online service to do the job?

Twitter adopts nation-by-nation content controls, the EU signs ACTA, and the FBI looks for new ways to watch social media. More??