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Navy Looking to Use Helicopter Drones to Hunt Pirates

Keeping tabs on ships in any section of the sea is no easy task, let alone busy coastal areas with tons of commercial traffic. That's why the U.S. Navy has decided to enlist the help of robots to root out pirates.

Pirates Now Using Blogs and GPS to Hunt Merchant Vessels

Piracy – in the ship hijacking, non-torrent sense – is on the rise, and real life pirates are getting increasingly sophisticated with their ship-hunting methods.

A Special Comic-Con Message From Captain Jack Sparrow

Even before the cast of Tron: Legacy had a chance to get off the stage, Captain Jack Sparrow dropped in for a special Comic-Con message. Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be in theaters May 20, 2011.

Penelope Cruz in ‘Pirates?’ Yes, Please

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the lovely Penelope Cruz is in talks to co-star alongside Johnny Depp in Disney’s upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

A Shot in the Dark: Caption This Screenshot of the Week

We got a good response last week on your captions for Heavy Rain (thanks guys!), so let’s try this again.