Archivos May 2007



NewTeeVee
TiVo aims For Mass Market
NewTeeVee, CA - May 31, 2007
While it’s still the premiere DVR brand in terms of features, the company’s technology is also going facing challenges from P2P solutions like BitTorrent, ...

Fedora 7 released today - TechSpot

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Fedora 7 released today
TechSpot - May 31, 2007
You can read all about the release in the F7 release notes, or download it by many of the mechanisms they make available, including BitTorrent. ...


Columbus Dispatch
iTunes Stashes Your Name in DRM-Free Downloads
Wired News - May 31, 2007
If you think that DRM-free music is an excuse to start throwing it up by the gigabyte on Bittorrent, there could be public humiliation and, perhaps, ...
iTunes Plus DRM-free music now official(er) engadget
iTunes Plus DRM-free music now official(er) engadget
iTunes supposedly DRM-free music not so DRM-free? ZDNet.com blogs
all 643 news articles


Mobile Digest
DRM-free iTunes Plus: the awful truth
PC Advisor, UK - May 31, 2007
So if it ends up on BitTorrent, record-industry lawyers will be able to track you down and punish you to the full extent of the law. ...
iTunes still pirate-proof T3
DRM-free iTunes tracks contain personal data PC Retail
iTunes Plus under fire for sneaky user-ID feature Mobile Digest
all 4 news articles

Review: Fedora 7 - IT Management

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IT Management
Review: Fedora 7
IT Management, CT - May 30, 2007
ISO images or as BitTorrent downloads. As has been the case for several releases (at least for me), Anaconda, Fedora's installation program, ...

Looks like iTunes Plus DRM-free music isn't so 'free' after all
Zeropaid, CA - May 30, 2007
... embedded with the users full name and account e-mail, making it a risky endeavor to put them up on your favorite P2P network or BitTorrent tracker site. ...
iTunes Plus songs are DRM-free, but hold something worse … RealTechNews
EFF: iTunes DRM-Free Songs Include User Names, E-Mails, Other Data Digital Media Wire
Privacy Concerns Raised over DRM-Free iTunes Tracks NewsFactor Network
all 7 news articles

On The Web, Pilots Keep Flying
Forbes, NY - May 30, 2007
Though the failed pilot never received a network pickup, it leaked onto file-sharing service BitTorrent and, thousands of downloads later, it proved there ...


Columbus Dispatch
iTunes Plus DRM-free music now official(er)
engadget, CA - May 30, 2007
Now put down that BitTorrent client and get out there and support Fair Use kids, the future is yours. The $3.00 is to "upgrade" a previously purchased album ...
iTunes Plus DRM-free music now official(er) engadget
all 556 news articles

Wikipedia with content for schools launched
Tectonic, South Africa - May 30, 2007
Aside from being accessible on the site, it is also possible to download the entire selection via BitTorrent (2.5GB compressed with full size images, ...

Which ISPs are spying on you?
Help Net Security, Croatia - May 30, 2007
... service provider's - the company that ferries all your traffic to and from the internet, from search queries to BitTorrent uploads and flirty IMs. ...

German authorities raid P2P network
Afterdawn.com - May 29, 2007
In the search for an illegal BitTorrent P2P network that spanned most of Germany, German authorities this week were finally able to obtain evidence that ...

P2P Writer's Block - Slyck

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P2P Writer's Block
Slyck, NY - May 29, 2007
Instead, most development has concentrated around the de facto representative of file-sharing, BitTorrent. If a new client or version of an existing client ...

Australian ISP to speed up BitTorrent downloads?
Zeropaid, CA - May 29, 2007
... also cause it to run afoul of copyright protection laws if the data in question, like BitTorrent trackers for instance, is deemed to be infringing. ...

German cops bust BT network
p2pnet.net, Canada - May 29, 2007
p2pnet.net http://www.newsbittorrent.com/cgi-bin/go/256 German police spent months scouring virtually the whole of Germany looking for an illegal BitTorrent p2p network. ...

Australian ISP to speed up BitTorrent downloads?
Zeropaid, CA - May 29, 2007
... also cause it to run afoul of copyright protection laws if the data in question, like BitTorrent trackers for instance, is deemed to be infringing. ...

Oh, Look! A (Meaty) Chicken!
MediaPost Publications, New York - 20 hours ago
... I probably will have checked my email four times, my RSS feeds at least twice, and checked the progress of my Bittorrent downloads a time or two. ...

UK ISPs Muzzle VOD Service
Marketing Vox News - May 29, 2007
The service runs on VeriSign's Kontiki, a P2P service similar to BitTorrent or Limewire. ISPs automatically limit its use through "packet shaping," a tactic ...


p2pnet.net
Davenport Lyons, Zuxxez saga
p2pnet.net, Canada - May 29, 2007
... unsecured router, downloaded and redistributed even just a tiny piece of this file via BitTorrent or eMule, with the router's owner getting the blame. ...

Illegal P2P network raided
Heise Online, Germany - May 29, 2007
... dotted throughout almost the whole of Germany authorities last week were able to obtain evidence relating to an illegal BitTorrent P2P network. ...

Another Hong Kong website called to task by government, is Hong ...
Cnet Asia, CA - May 28, 2007
Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal turned down a BitTorrent user's plea and sent computer user Chan Nai-ming, also known as Big Crook, to jail for uploading ...

P2P and its exciting potential
IBLNEWS, Spain - May 26, 2007
And with Joost’s launch upon us, BitTorrent going mainstream, Akamai buying Red Swoosh and other initiatives underway, many players see it as an important, ...
CNN.com garners EPpy Award Televisionpoint.com
CNN to enhance online offering Indiantelevision.com
Free videos in CNN's Pipeline Indiantelevision.com
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Cinema Blend
Sandler’s Gay Robot Retooled
Animation Magazine - May 25, 2007
The decision to revive the project came after the abandoned pilot was released online and created a stir on such web destinations as MySpace, BitTorrent and ...
Sandler Gets Gay With Robots Cinema Blend
Sandler's 'Gay Robot' May Get Animated Zap2it.com
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Adam Sandler's Gay Robot As Animated Film?
Towleroad, NY - May 25, 2007
... SPT made the pilot and clips from it available on such sites as MySpace (where Gay Robot has his own page), BitTorrent and Sony-owned Grouper. ...

Azureus to host 'Independent TV Festival'
Zeropaid, CA - May 24, 2007
In a in interesting development for Azureus users like myself, who use the BitTorrent client regularly, the Vuze community of users will be part of the ...
Azureus and the Independent Television Festival Partner to Offer ... Broadcast Newsroom
all 2 news articles

the burning question
Playback (subscription), Canada - 20 hours ago
Publicly, everyone may condemn piracy, but we've got a feeling that most of you know your way around BitTorrent. And yet, stealing is a touchy subject. ...

Square One home server adds wireless, BitTorrents
Electronista, CA - 18 hours ago
A BitTorrent client is now in place that can download and store the peer-based files on its own, even when other PCs are turned off. ...

Italians love eMule - Zeropaid

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Italians love eMule
Zeropaid, CA - May 24, 2007
New study says that 51% of illegal file-sharers in Italy use eMule compared to about 3% who use BitTorrent. Italy’s Luigi Einaudi Foundation has published ...

Spider Robinson - Georgia Straight

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Spider Robinson
Georgia Straight, Canada - 16 hours ago
Music has long been his passion, and he's absolutely enthralled by the wealth of new listening options available via BitTorrent and other file-sharing ...

SURVEY: Illegal music downloading by youth drops by 40%
Zeropaid, CA - 2 hours ago
I guess todays youth has yet to learn the magic of BitTorrent and instead cling to KaZaA or similar networks. “...while decreases in downloading are ...

Swedish prosecutors to extend search of Pirate Bay servers
Zeropaid, CA - 17 hours ago
The ".torrent" torrent tracker file extensions which users run with BitTorrent clients is the only material hosted by the Pirate Bay, which to the RIAA and ...

BitTorrent client Tribler combines YouTube, BitTorrent, and Last.fm
Afterdawn.com - May 23, 2007
Tribler, a Dutch BitTorrent client recently updated to version 4.0, adds Last.fm-style personalization to your torrent downloading. ...


Mobile Digest
Why Coca-Cola competitions won't convice me to use iTunes for ...
Mobile Digest, UK - May 23, 2007
I'm not going to come right out and admit to downloading songs illegally through means such as Bittorrent, and I do admit that the argument against is quite ...
Coca-Cola and Apple iTunes giving away choons, iPods and concert ... Mobile Digest
all 2 news articles

YouTube On P2P? Watch Out For Falling Lawyers
WebProNews, KY - 23 hours ago
Probable piracy problems aside, the peer-to-peer network is raising some eyebrows with its YouTube-compatible BitTorrent system throwing down Last.fm-style. ...


Wired News
Tribler: BitTorrent Meets Social Networking
Wired News - May 23, 2007
Tribler is a BitTorrent client that attempts to combine the social aspects of online communities with the traditional components of the torrent app. ...

First convicted movie distributor loses appeal
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 6 hours ago
The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network has lost an appeal against a jail sentence ...

Tribler Combines YouTube, BitTorrent, and Last.fm
NewTeeVee, CA - May 22, 2007
The Dutch BitTorrent client Tribler aims to solve this problem with Last.fm-style personalization. Tribler suggests new media based on your downloading ...

Watch FRIENDS for FREE on-demand!!
Zeropaid, CA - May 22, 2007
There's a cool site I found that allows you to watch many of your favorite shows "YouTube style" without the need for BitTorrent or any other file-sharing ...

India: We are talking Bollywood
Global Voices Online, MA - 19 hours ago
BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file sharing company is also interested in Bollywood. Recently, I caught up with Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder of ...


Crave
Crave Talk: Channel 4's 4oD hamstrung by UK ISPs
Crave, UK - 14 hours ago
What does this mean for the millions of people who don't use BitTorrent? Basically, they're treated as criminals. BT, for example -- but it's not the only ...

YuMe, somagirls.tv in First-Ever 'Any Device' Ad Distribution Deal
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 5 hours ago
Through global distribution partners like Veoh, MediaZone, BitTorrent and virtual world Whyville.net, somagirls.tv reaches a worldwide audience of 250 ...
Somagirls.tv, Global Online & Branded Video Destination for Women ... PR Newswire (press release)
Get marketing news first - subscribe for free to the MarketingVOX ... Marketing Vox News
all 14 news articles

Hong Kong Man to Serve 3 Months for BitTorrent Movie Uploads
Digital Media Wire, CA - May 21, 2007
Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal ruled that Chan Nai-ming -- aka "Big Crook" on BitTorrent -- "plainly succeeded in distributing copies" of three movies on ...

BT Etree provides FREE, LEGAL, LIVE concert recording downloads
Zeropaid, CA - 9 hours ago
BT Etree is a BitTorrent tracker site that offers free, and apparently legal, live concert recording downloads from "trade friendly artists." ...

The Next Big Thing
World Screen News, NY - 23 hours ago
BitTorrent, the P2P com­pany most in the news these days, launched a movie-download service in late February to handle legal downloads of films and TV shows ...
National Lampoon's Online Video Switched
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Discover these lesser known web and e-mail tools: web browsers
PC World Canada, Canada - 22 hours ago
The latest version even bundles desktop widgets--including BitTorrent search, clocks, games, and news and weather tickers--that appear on your desktop as ...
Discover these lesser known web and e-mail tools PC World Canada
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QNAP TS-100 NAS handles BitTorrent downloads, media server duties
engadget, CA - May 21, 2007
... accessible hard drive, and "non-stop" BitTorrent / P2P client that can keep those downloads runnin' so long as it's being fed an internet connection. ...

YuMe, somagirls.tv in First-Ever 'Any Device' Ad Distribution Deal
Earthtimes.org - 15 hours ago
Through global distribution partners like Veoh, MediaZone, BitTorrent and virtual world Whyville.net, somagirls.tv reaches a worldwide audience of 250 ...
Get marketing news first - subscribe for free to the MarketingVOX ... Marketing Vox News
Somagirls.tv, Global Online & Branded Video Destination for Women ... Digital Producer
all 12 news articles

TV Pilots Crash, Fans Race to the Web for the Next Viral Hit
Wired News - 12 hours ago
Gay Robot , produced by Adam Sandler's company Happy Madison, already has its own MySpace page and BitTorrent following, which are prompting renewed network ...

The Pirate Bay moves into video streaming
Help Net Security, Croatia - 17 hours ago
The Pirate Bay, one of the largest and most controversial sites for downloading copyrighted materials via BitTorrent, confirmed today that they are ...

Police hang up on phone pest case
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 17 hours ago
... times to favour everyday Web surfers, because peer- to-peer technology was often used to download movies and software from services such as BitTorrent. ...

Pirate Bay to Launch Youtube Competitor?
Digital Podcast News, CA - May 19, 2007
Mashable reports that Pirate Bay, a defiant bittorrent search provider based in Sweden, has confirmed in its blog that it is going to lanch a competitor to ...

Saturday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines
NewTeeVee, CA - May 19, 2007
BitTorrent ‘Pirate’ Loses Appeal, Chinese court says he must finish out sentence. (Reuters). Simpsons Coming to AOL, as part of NBCU/News Corp. alliance. ...

Posts tagged 'file sharing'
CNet News.com Blog - May 19, 2007
The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent file tracking site based in Sweden, hinted in a blog post on Friday that it has begun navigating the high seas of streaming ...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End AskMen
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Box Office Prophets
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Encrypt your downloads
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - May 19, 2007
If you use one of the many BitTorrent clients like Azureus and uTorrent to download files, and have noticed a general slowdown in your downloading, ...

BitTorrent user convicted on piracy charges NEW!
Business of Cinema, India - May 19, 2007
The case was the world’s first in which criminal charges were filed against a user of BitTorrent (BT) technology. The Court decision clarified two important ...

BitTorrent Pirate Loses His Last Appeal
Slashdot - May 19, 2007
Vix666 writes with a link to a ZDNet article on the final chapter of a story we've discussed before: the first user convicted of piracy for using BitTorrent ...

Hong Kong Online Movie Pirate Loses Appeal
Tech2, India - 17 minutes ago
A Hong Kong man, believed to be the first man convicted of downloading pirated movies using BitTorrent file-sharing technology, lost his appeal on Friday in ...


TechShout!
Hong Kong man gets World’s First Jail Sentence for BitTorrent Piracy
TechShout!, India - May 18, 2007
A Hong Kong man, who is apparently the first man to be convicted of downloading pirated movies with the BitTorrent file-sharing technology, finally lost his ...

World's First Jail Sentence for BitTorrent Piracy
Slashdot - May 18, 2007
Rob T Firefly writes "Hong Kong newspaper The Standard reports on what seems to be the world's first case of a BitTorrent movie pirate being sent to jail. ...

BitTorrent Pirate Loses His Last Appeal
Slashdot - May 18, 2007
Vix666 writes with a link to a ZDNet article on the final chapter of a story we've discussed before: the first user convicted of piracy for using BitTorrent ...

Updated Firefox torrent extension available
Desktop Linux - May 18, 2007
The FoxTorrent team has released an update to its Firefox extension that adds a BitTorrent-like client to the popular web browser. FoxTorrent v1.10 fixes a ...

1TB Hard Drive Hits The Street.
Wired News - May 18, 2007
If you think you don't need it, you probably haven't discovered BitTorrent. With five platters and a noisy 32db audio profile, it's not an insignificant ...

TorrentLeech Now in Full Working Order
Slyck, NY - May 18, 2007
TorrentLeech, a well established private BitTorrent website recently got DDOS attacked, but the attackers have failed in their attempts to compromise the ...

: " Bad connection quality and worse tech support"
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 19 hours ago
On one of the few times I actually did get a call back from tech support, it was rather vehemently insisted that the bittorrent issue was due to my router. ...


The Standard
`Big Crook' back in jail as appeal fails
The Standard, Hong Kong - 15 minutes ago
The first man in the world to be convicted of distributing movies on the Internet using the BitTorrent file-sharing technology has lost his appeal in Hong ...

BitTorrent user loses appeal in movie piracy case
ZDNet - May 18, 2007
A Hong Kong man, believed to be the first person convicted of downloading pirated movies using BitTorrent file-sharing technology, lost his appeal on Friday ...


The Age
Jail for BitTorrent bandit 'Big Crook'
The Age, Australia - May 18, 2007
The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail ...


LAist
Tech News Roundup -- AppleGate, iPhone is Go and the Dangers of a ...
LAist, CA - 22 hours ago
It looks like TV shows are the hot item on Bittorrent these days. What, not porn? • Google scored (at least in court). An appeals court finds that ...

The Pirate Bay preps streaming site
T3, UK - 23 hours ago
The Pirate Bay has announced its team of coders are hard at work on a video streaming service intended to sidestep BitTorrent downloads. ...

First BitTorrent convict loses appeal
TG Daily - May 18, 2007
Hong Kong - Chan Nai-ming, the Hong Kong man reported to be the first to go to court over using BitTorrent, lost his appeal last week and must now face the ...


Sydney Morning Herald
Jail for BitTorrent bandit 'Big Crook'
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - May 18, 2007
The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail ...

World's first convicted BitTorrent pirate jailed after appeal fails
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - May 18, 2007
Hong Kong - The world's first person to be convicted of illegally pirating movies onto the internet using BitTorrent technology was jailed for three months ...

Hong Kong jails pirate - Variety

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Hong Kong jails pirate
Variety - 23 minutes ago
Judges said that by uploading movies to the BitTorrent peer-to-peer service for others to download he was guilty of offenses under Hong Kong's copyright ...

P2P, Streaming and CDNs: What Will Really Work?
NewTeeVee, CA - May 18, 2007
And how do BitTorrent and upstart Neokast fit into the equation? Does a combination of CDN and P2P solve some of the quality-of-service issues many service ...

BitTorrent pirate loses appeal in landmark case
ABC Online, Australia - May 18, 2007
While Internet users have used BitTorrent technology for years to download movies undetected, Chan was caught red-handed by a Hong Kong Customs officer in ...

World’s first BitTorrent pirate jailed after appeal fails
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - May 18, 2007
HONG KONG - The world’s first person to be convicted of illegally pirating movies onto the internet using BitTorrent technology has been jailed for three ...

Movie pirate's appeal rejected
News.gov.hk, Hong Kong - 15 hours ago
... convicted and sentenced to three months' jail for uploading infringing movies to the Internet via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing programme. ...

Man convicted for Internet piracy
Independent Online, South Africa - 12 minutes ago
Hong Kong - The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against ...


Javno.hr
Hong Kong Online Movie Pirate Loses Appeal
Javno.hr, Croatia - May 18, 2007
A Hong Kong man, believed to be the first man convicted of downloading pirated movies using BitTorrent file-sharing technology. ...

Firefox not opening torrents in correct app
Atomic, Australia - May 17, 2007
I installed Firefox, bittorrent and utorrent. When I downloaded a torrent I accidently made it open it in bittorrent downloader when I should have made it ...

Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched
Slashdot - May 17, 2007
From the article: 'As the world's largest repository of BitTorrent files, ThePirateBay.org helps millions of users around the world share copyrighted movies ...

Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched
Slashdot - 1 hour ago
From the article: 'As the world's largest repository of BitTorrent files, ThePirateBay.org helps millions of users around the world share copyrighted movies ...

The PSP Store - Games Asylum

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The PSP Store
Games Asylum, UK - May 17, 2007
... PSone disc images on your memory stick will play fine on a PSP with the latest PSone emulation firmware, if you’re a naughty BitTorrent person). ...

Dueling Fools: Netflix Bull Rebuttal
Motley Fool - May 17, 2007
Unless you're downloading a popular file on a peer-to-peer site (and for the most part, that's illegal, although BitTorrent's trying to legitimize its ...


Crave
Crave Talk: Open the BBC's iPlayer to all broadcasters
Crave, UK - May 17, 2007
... but it seems a great shame that TV companies can't find as compelling a way to provide downloadable content as the illegal BitTorrent sites do. ...
Let's stop making excuses! BBC Sport
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US Attorney General proposes crackdown on copyright infringement
iTWire, Australia - May 17, 2007
... but lumping them in with measures that could conceivably be used against an individual that uses BitTorrent to download an unauthorised copy of a TV ...
US proposes life prison sentences for some piracy crimes Techlogg.com
45 Days In The Slammer For Nicking A Music Track? Smart House
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Linux.com Reviews FoxTorrent Extension for Mozilla Firefox
MozillaZine - May 16, 2007
Linux.com has a brief overview of FoxTorrent, a BitTorrent extension for Mozilla Firefox. The review outlines the extension's basic operation and takes a ...
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 Release Candidate 3 Available MozillaZine
Mozilla Japan Organising Firefox Developer Conference Summer 2007 ... MozillaZine
Mozilla QA Execution Team Meeting on Wednesday 16th May MozillaZine
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Chief Leaders of BitTorrent, Photobucket, Spock, and O'Reilly ...
Web Services Journal, NJ - May 16, 2007
Web 2.0 pioneers -- Ashwin Navin, President & Co-Founder, BitTorrent Inc.; Alex Welch, Co-Founder & CEO, Photobucket; Jaideep Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, ...

Ohio University CIO: I have 'virtually stopped' P2P
Zeropaid, CA - May 16, 2007
He followed up by saying that BitTorrent is "permitted and does not require an exception," though how he reconciles this when it is clearly on the list of ...

Chief Leaders of BitTorrent, Photobucket, Spock, and O'Reilly ...
Market Wire (press release) - May 16, 2007
Founders of BitTorrent, Photobucket, and O'Reilly Media Join Top-Ranked Speakers Such as Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com), Meg Whitman (eBay Inc.), ...

eMule version 0.48a adds Vista support, spam filter
Zeropaid, CA - May 16, 2007
I still recommend using BitTorrent instead, not just because I'm biased but, mainly because of the fact that having a "shared" folder compromises the data ...

Hackers beat the pirates
Computeractive, UK - May 16, 2007
Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has admitted that its website was hacked and a database containing 1.6 million user names and passwords stolen. ...
Pirate Bay suffers database breach in wake of attack Monsters and Critics.com
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Man appeals against sentence for distributing movies
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - May 16, 2007
The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network has appeared in Hong Kong's highest court to ...


Mobile Digest
Hackers beat the pirates
PC Authority, Australia - 4 hours ago
Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has admitted that its website was hacked and a database containing 1.6 million user names and passwords stolen. ...
Pirate Bay suffers database breach in wake of attack Monsters and Critics.com
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Pirate Bay suffers database breach in wake of attack
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - May 15, 2007
The site allows file sharing, using the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent is a way to send huge amounts of data without using all of your bandwidth. ...
Hackers beat the pirates Computeractive
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Archos roadmap reveals fifth generation plans
engadget, CA - May 15, 2007
... line of portable media players, including support for BitTorrent, Flickr, and YouTube, which would also seem to make Flash support all but confirmed. ...

Hackers beat the pirates - IT Week

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Mobile Digest
Hackers beat the pirates
IT Week, UK - 5 hours ago
Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has admitted that its website was hacked and a database containing 1.6 million user names and passwords stolen. ...
Irony alert: Pirate file-sharing site hacked Computerworld Malaysia
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Paid and free content can coexist
iTWire, Australia - May 14, 2007
As long as that happens, there will be a strong incentive to download unauthorised copies of TV shows and movies via BitTorrent or other peer-to-peer ...

Ohio University and the File-sharing Menace
Slyck, NY - May 14, 2007
The only individuals prosecuted with criminal charges are top site administrators, or those running BitTorrent indexing and or/tracking sites such as ...

Irony alert: Pirate file-sharing site hacked
Computerworld, MA - 2 hours ago
Pirate Bay is a BitTorrent directory whose members share movie, music and software files, many of them pirated. Swedish police raided the service last year, ...

Pirate Bay file-sharing site hacked
PC Advisor, UK - May 14, 2007
BitTorrent file-sharing website Pirate Bay has admitted that its database has been sent to Davy Jones' locker, via its blog. Hackers have made off with ...

Pirate Bay breach leaks database
SecurityFocus, CA - May 14, 2007
The site, which allows visitors to search for files offered by members via a BitTorrent peer-to-peer network, currently has 1.4 million members that offer ...


Mobile Digest
Pirate Bay plundered by hackers
Register, UK - 4 hours ago
Buccaneering BitTorrent source The Pirate Bay has been hacked and a copy of its user database stolen, the site admitted. The Swedish outfit copped to the ...
Hackers nab Pirate Bay database Inquirer
Pirate Bay hacked Mobile Digest
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3636 Italian file sharers receive copyright infringement notices
Afterdawn.com - May 13, 2007
... has sent out 3636 copyright infringement notices to alleged Italian file sharers for downloading music off p2p programs such as eMule and BitTorrent. ...

Beyond YouTube, challengers emerge
Toronto Star, Canada - May 13, 2007
Vuze, originally named Zudeo, is the new venture from the folks at Azureus, a very popular file-sharing program which works with BitTorrent. ...

New BitComet release adds own web browser and sidebar ads
Zeropaid, CA - May 11, 2007
The "other" BitTorrent client has just released a new stable version that adds a new "resource browser," sidebar advertisements, and a couple of other new ...

New BitComet release adds own web browser and sidebar ads (%$^#&!!)
Zeropaid, CA - May 11, 2007
The "other" BitTorrent client has just released a new stable version that adds a new "resource browser," sidebar advertisements, and a couple of other new ...


ZDNet.com blogs
Pirate Bay hacked, database stolen
ZDNet.com blogs - 19 minutes ago
Hackers have broken into The Pirate Bay and hijacked the bittorrent tracking site's entire user database. According to an alert posted on The Pirate Bay's ...


ZDNet.com blogs
Pirate Bay hacked, database stolen
ZDNet.com blogs - May 11, 2007
Hackers have broken into The Pirate Bay and hijacked the bittorrent tracking site's entire user database. In an alert posted on The Pirate Bay's blog, ...

3636 Italian file-sharers getting busted for $400 a song
Zeropaid, CA - May 11, 2007
... Jam label from their PCs as well as any trackers that may have been uploaded to BitTorrent tracker sites to facilitate sharing the content with others. ...

The Pirate Bay's user database was stolen
Zeropaid, CA - 13 minutes ago
The data is encrypted so "don't be alarmed" they tell visitors to their BitTorrent tracker site's blog this morning. Brokep wrote in a blog posting on The ...

The Pirate Bay's user database was stolen
Zeropaid, CA - May 11, 2007
The data is encrypted so "don't be alarmed" they tell visitors to their BitTorrent tracker site's blog this morning. This morning Brokep wrote in a blog ...


TECH.BLORGE.com
The Pirate Bay hacked, usernames and passwords stolen
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - May 11, 2007
Registered members of The Pirate Bay, Internet site that claims to be “the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker,” will certainly wake up to a surprise this ...

The Pirate Bay's User Data Stolen
Slyck, NY - 4 hours ago
Compromised user data has always been sticky subject in the BitTorrent community, especially after LokiTorrents was forced to hand over such a database as ...

Chan Nai-ming appeals Internet piracy verdict
The Brunei Times, Brunei Darussalam - May 10, 2007
THE first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network appeared in Hong Kong's highest court Wednesday ...
Hong Kong man appeals Internet piracy verdict Afterdawn.com
all 6 news articles


Wired News
Impatient UK Users Fume With 'Web Rage'
Wired News - 15 hours ago
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to downloading Jon Pertwee's entire run on Doctor Who over BitTorrent. Oh wait, it's already done. ...

Hong Kong man appeals Internet piracy verdict
Afterdawn.com - 22 minutes ago
The first man to be convicted of distributing movies illegally over the Internet using BitTorrent software, has appeared in Hong Kong's highest court on ...

Get-Torrent is the latest malicious BitTorrent client
Zeropaid, CA - May 10, 2007
Somebody's making big bucks out there and it's coming at the expense of unsuspecting users who are no doubt new to the BitTorrent community. ...

Get-Torrent is the latest malicious BitTorrent client server
Zeropaid, CA - 2 hours ago
Somebody's making big bucks out there and it's coming at the expense of unsuspecting users who are no doubt new to the BitTorrent community. ...

Tech Times - Manila Times

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Tech Times
Manila Times, Philippines - 19 hours ago
The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network appeared in Hong Kong's highest court Wednesday ...

Huge Apple TV giveaway announced alongside Speed Download 4.1.11
prMac (press release), TX - May 9, 2007
As an added bonus, Speed Download now includes a link to Transmission; an incredibly well designed Bittorrent application. Transmission is a free, ...

NAS + Bittorrent = Planex MZ-04G
Gadgetell, MT - May 9, 2007
Torrent users, rejoice! No longer will you have to leave your energy consuming computer on all night to get what you desire. Planex’s new NAS/P2P router is ...

Warner Bros. Blames Canada for Piracy
E! Online - May 9, 2007
The distributor reached a deal with BitTorrent last year to make several catalogue movies and TV shows available for legal download. BitTorrent, of course ...

`Big Crook' adopts civil approach in Net appeal
The Standard, Hong Kong - May 9, 2007
The first BitTorrent user in the world convicted of uploading movies told the Court of Final Appeal his act was at most a "civil wrong" instead of a ...

Man Appeals Internet Piracy Verdict
Hard OCP, TX - 23 minutes ago
The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over BitTorrent is appealing his sentence. I’m not saying his chances are bad but using a ...

World's first busted BitTorrent user appeals to Hong Kong's ...
Zeropaid, CA - May 9, 2007
Charged in April 2005 for illegally uploading the movies "Daredevil," "Miss Congeniality," and "Red Planet" to BitTorrent tracker sites without a licence, ...

World's first jailed BitTorrent user appeals to Hong Kong's ...
Zeropaid, CA - May 9, 2007
Charged in April 2005 for illegally uploading the movies "Daredevil," "Miss Congeniality," and "Red Planet" to BitTorrent tracker sites without a licence, ...
Chan Nai-ming appeals Internet piracy verdict The Brunei Times
Hong Kong man appeals Internet piracy verdict Afterdawn.com
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South Asian Women's Forum
Man appeals Internet piracy verdict
France24, France - 1 hour ago
The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network appeared in Hong Kong's highest court Wednesday ...
Man appeals Internet piracy verdict South Asian Women's Forum
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What does your bit rate say about you?
Cnet Asia, CA - May 9, 2007
You're likely to own a large collection of CDs but you're the most likely to use BitTorrent to acquire the majority of your albums. ...
Let Your iPod Be Your Guide TechNewsWorld
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Man appeals Internet piracy verdict
Daily News & Analysis, India - 6 hours ago
HONG KONG: The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network appeared in Hong Kong's highest ...

Music downloads overshadow TV
Diamondback Online, MD - May 9, 2007
Neall, a junior journalism major, used BitTorrent, a worldwide peer-to-peer data transfer method, to follow the debut season of Dexter on Showtime. ...

Planex MZ-04G router sports USB, BitTorrent compatibility
engadget, CA - May 8, 2007
Planex's MZ-04 takes a four-port gigabit Ethernet router, throws in wireless functionality, a pair of USB 2.0 ports, and gives the BitTorrent savvy the ...


P2P File Sharing
Dutch P2P Site Shut Down
P2P File Sharing, CA - May 8, 2007
The Dutch web stie dsb-tracker.org has been shut down by BREIN, a Dutch anti-piracy organization. dsb-tracker.org was a Dutch language BitTorrent site with ...

Warner Bros joins Joost - C21Media

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Warner Bros joins Joost
C21Media, UK - May 8, 2007
The company has, however, also been a keen proponent of paid downloads and was the first big name to lend its weight to the BitTorrent Entertainment Network ...


Crave
Crave Talk: What does your bit rate say about you?
Crave, UK - 21 hours ago
You're likely to own a large collection of CDs but you're the most likely to use BitTorrent to acquire the majority of your albums. ...

Krane tapped to head G4 unit
Hollywood Reporter, CA - May 7, 2007
He also oversaw G4's digital download-to-own collaboration with BitTorrent and DiVX and the launch of G4's Wii portal designed for Nintendo's Wii game ...
Krane Soars at G4 Multichannel News (subscription)
XBox 360 to Become Profitable Next Year ShortNews.com
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EurovisionTorrents Launched - Slyck

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EurovisionTorrents Launched
Slyck, NY - May 7, 2007
When visiting EurovisionTorrents.com, the concept of Eurovision may appear foreign - no pun intended - as Swedish-based BitTorrent tracker. ...

'A Terrible Precedent'
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 23 hours ago
But Ashwin Navin, president of the peer-to-peer service BitTorrent, is unconvinced by that claim. In an opinion piece for CNET News, he argues that the ban ...


New York Times
NBA offering $3 playoff game downloads
Zeropaid, CA - May 7, 2007
For those unable to find basketball playoff games on P2P or BitTorrent tracker sites like TorrentSpy, Demonoid, and the like, the NBA has quietly rolled out ...
Want to See That Shot Again? Download It for $3 New York Times
For Sports Fans, Online Videos of Those Big Games International News Service
Want to See That Shot Again? Download It for $3 Wilmington Morning Star
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription)
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Yar! Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched
Zeropaid, CA - 19 hours ago
As the world's largest repository of BitTorrent files, ThePirateBay.org helps millions of users around the world share copyrighted movies, music and other ...

BitTorrent on Ohio Uv RIAA row
p2pnet.net, Canada - May 7, 2007
p2pnet.net news view:- BitTorrent president Ashwin Navin has spotted a marketing opportunity in the Ohio University versus the RIAA p2p file sharing storm. ...

Swedish DA wants to prosecute PirateBay operators for violating ...
Heise Online, Germany - 22 hours ago
... district attorney Hakan Roswall intends to punish the operators of ThePirateBay.org, said by its operators to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. ...

The P2P mistake at Ohio University
CNET News.com, CA - May 7, 2007
BitTorrent President Ashwin Navin says a blanket ban on peer-to-peer tech could drive Ohio University students to transfer elsewhere. By Ashwin Navin ...

Kiwi help in gene studies
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - May 6, 2007
It will build upon Geneious' existing use of peer-to-peer technology, which is similar to file-sharing programs such as BitTorrent. ...

MP3 Search Premium - Cnet Asia

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MP3 Search Premium
Cnet Asia, CA - May 6, 2007
Connecting to major P2P network such as Gnutella, G2, and Bittorrent, Peer Search Premium is advanced file searching and sharing program. ...

Ten P2P Devices You Never Saw Coming
NewTeeVee, CA - May 6, 2007
The BitTorrent cell phone. Hungarian researchers have developed a BitTorrent application for Symbian-based smart phones, complete with an integrated tracker ...
When P2P meets hardware GigaOm
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Prosecutor Vows To Charge The Pirate Bay With Piracy
Wired News - May 4, 2007
Swedish prosecutor Håkan Roswall has vowed to file charges against the internet's foremost BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, for breaches of copyright law ...
Prosecutor Announces Charges Against Pirate Bay Slashdot
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Remix Nine Inch Nails' Entire "Year Zero" Album
Metal Underground, MD - May 4, 2007
The tracks appeared on a Swedish torrent site called Pirate Bay, which bills itself as the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. The songs are available for ...


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45% of Europeans watch TV online, 100% of pigs fly
www.gadgetcentre.com, UK - May 3, 2007
nor what exactly Motorola classify as 'TV '(downloaded episodes from Bittorrent? YouTube?), but it's safe to say that the sweeping generalization that 45% ...

PS3 Could Be Getting PSP Movie Downloads
PS3Center.net, Canada - May 3, 2007
... any potential for pirating and sharing movies without having to purchase them but it will likely work in a similar fashion to a closed BitTorrent service.

Techie Tools for the Internet and for Home Networks
PC World - May 3, 2007
That's why, when it comes to sharing files, your best bet these days is software that uses the BitTorrent protocol. With BitTorrent, you download bits and ...

P2P movie downloads coming to PlayStation 3?
Tech, UK - May 2, 2007
... capabilities mean any P2P network will be closely controlled and not open to illegal file-trading, as is commonplace in open systems like BitTorrent. ...
Sony wants peer-to-peer networking? PlayStation Universe
Rumour: PlayStation Home to offer P2P movie sharing Games Digest
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What private BitTorrent tracker sites are the hardest to get into?
Zeropaid, CA - May 2, 2007
Well, with a little assistance I've been able to compile a list of what BitTorrent tracker sites have the distinction of being the most exclusive. ...

Dvorak: When Will the Internet Collapse?
FOX News - May 2, 2007
... and the rest) as universal entertainment has continued to slam the Net with overhead, as has large video file sharing via BitTorrent and other systems. ...

Elite Torrents fallout continues, defendant #6 pleads guilty
Zeropaid, CA - May 2, 2007
A sixth defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with Operation D-Elite, the govt's first, and years long, crackdown on the infamous BitTorrent tracker ...

Elite Torrents fallout continues, defendant #6 pleads guilty
Zeropaid, CA - May 2, 2007
On May 25, 2005, federal agents shut down the Elite Torrents BitTorrent tracker site by taking control of its main server. After seizing the server, ...

NIN Put Songs On File-Sharing Site
Ultimate-Guitar.Com - May 2, 2007
Nine Inch Nails has posted three songs from the band's new "Year Zero" album onto a file-sharing network based on the popular BitTorrent software, ...
Remix entire Nine Inch Nails album Metal Hammer
The Pirate Bay Plans Untraceable File-Sharing App Wired News
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Digital-Lifestyles.Info
Remix entire Nine Inch Nails album
Metal Hammer, UK - 1 hour ago
The tracks appeared on a Swedish torrent site called Pirate Bay, which bills itself as the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. The songs are available for ...
Nine Inch Nails puts songs on file-sharing site Online Rock Radio
Nine Inch Nails Releases tracks on The Pirate Bay Side-Line
Nine Inch Nails Release Tracks Via Pirate Bay Digital-Lifestyles.Info
NorthJersey.com
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NIN Use BitTorrent - antiMUSIC.com

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NIN Use BitTorrent
antiMUSIC.com, CA - May 1, 2007
Note: The preceding story is a summary of the full story published by Blabbermouth, if it was followed by a message to see the full story. ...


Digital-Lifestyles.Info
Nine Inch Nails puts songs on file-sharing site
Online Rock Radio, Greece - 12 hours ago
Nine Inch Nails has posted three songs from the band's new Year Zero album onto a file-sharing network based on the popular BitTorrent software, ...
NINE INCH NAILS Puts Songs On Popular File-Sharing Site 93X.COM
Nine Inch Nails Releases tracks on The Pirate Bay Side-Line
Nine Inch Nails Release Tracks Via Pirate Bay Digital-Lifestyles.Info
NorthJersey.com - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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File-Swapping Veers into the Fast Lane
Scientific American - May 1, 2007
A new file-swapping method could speed up downloads to rates as much as three times faster than the popular service BitTorrent. The approach, outlined and ...

The Pirate Bay Plans Untraceable File-Sharing App
Wired News - 17 hours ago
... of the top file-sharing websites on the Internet allowing users to download thousands of movie and music files though various BitTorrent clients daily. ...


Digital-Lifestyles.Info
NINE INCH NAILS Puts Songs On Popular File-Sharing Site
93X.COM, MN - 49 minutes ago
The tracks appeared on a Swedish torrent site called Pirate Bay, which bills itself as the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. The songs are available for ...
Nine Inch Nails Releases tracks on The Pirate Bay Side-Line
Nine Inch Nails Release Tracks Via Pirate Bay Digital-Lifestyles.Info
Nails pushing remix strategy NorthJersey.com
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Aversion
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Digital-Lifestyles.Info
NINE INCH NAILS Puts Songs On Popular File-Sharing Site - May 1, 2007
Blabbermouth.net, NY - 1 hour ago
The tracks appeared on a Swedish torrent site called Pirate Bay, which bills itself as the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. The songs are available for ...
Nine Inch Nails Releases tracks on The Pirate Bay Side-Line
Nine Inch Nails Release Tracks Via Pirate Bay Digital-Lifestyles.Info
Nails pushing remix strategy NorthJersey.com
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Aversion
all 8 news articles

Ad-Supported Free Music Downloads Doomed to Failure?
Slashdot - May 1, 2007
But music downloaders are not going to switch to using a service that costs the same as using BitTorrent or Limewire, but comes with abominable disclaimers ...

Justice Department Announces Sixth Guilty Plea in P2P Piracy Crackdown
PressZoom (press release), Netherlands - 22 hours ago
... against the illegal distribution of copyrighted movies, software, games and music over P2P networks employing the BitTorrent file sharing technology. ...

Will the Internet Collapse?
PC Magazine - May 1, 2007
... and the rest) as universal entertainment has continued to slam the Net with overhead, as has large video file sharing via BitTorrent and other systems. ...


Crave
We7.com: An ad with every free track
Crave, UK - May 1, 2007
But music downloaders are not going to switch to using a service that costs the same as using BitTorrent or Limewire, but comes with abominable disclaimers ...
Death to the CD... digital freedom is here at last Guardian Unlimited
all 3 news articles

The Growth Of The Pirate Bay As A Political Movement
Techdirt - 11 hours ago
Instead, the site was back up in days, and the attention propelled what had been a fairly minor search engine for BitTorrent trackers into the limelight ...

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