The owner of a software piracy Web site has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison–the longest sentence ever handed down for software piracy, according to CNET News.com Nathan Peterson, 27, of Los Angeles, sold copyrighted software at a huge discount on his site, iBackups.net, prosecutors said. The FBI began investigating the site

After three consecutive months of year-on-year increases, motor vehicle registrations slipped by 3.9% year on year in August, to reach 3,792. On a year-to-date basis, registrations are still higher: they rose by 0.8% to 34,051 in January-August 2006, compared with 33,795 in January-August 2005. However, as in previous years, government tax plans are probably behind