Archivos August 2007


Sci Fi Tech

Tribler P2P rewards seeders, punishes leechers
Sci Fi Tech, NY - Aug 31, 2007
Nothing spoils a nice, legal BitTorrent downloading session like leechers. People turn off their uploads and just download, killing the entire point of ...
Bandwidth As P2P Currency Dslreports
all 4 news articles

Friday Afternoon Vid-Biz Headlines
NewTeeVee, CA - 4 hours ago
(Advertising.com) Comcast Says It Doesn’t Block BitTorrent; contrary to reports from last week. (Compiler) Jacked Raises $6.5 Million for online ...

TVShows for Mac OS X automatically downloads your favorite TV ...
MacDailyNews - Aug 31, 2007
TVShows is not a Bittorrent client, it just automatically downloads the correct torrent file at the right time. TVShows will automatically use your ...

Ars Technica

Xtorrent 1.1 brings significant new features, performance boost
Ars Technica, MA - 22 hours ago
By David Chartier | Published: August 31, 2007 - 02:14PM CT Dave Watanabe has released Xtorrent 1.1, an update to his commercial BitTorrent client. ...

New York Magazine

Rob Zombie Celebrates ‘Halloween’ in August
New York Magazine,  USA - 6 hours ago
Rob Zombie's retelling of the 1978 horror classic hits theaters today, and we'll find out for sure if Tuesday's BitTorrent leak affects ticket sales. ...
Malcolm McDowell Discusses Rob Zombie's Halloween About - News & Issues
all 2 news articles

IT PRO

Microsoft delays tax IT workflows
IT PRO, UK - 12 minutes ago
But the news came hot on heels of claims that peer-to-peer site BitTorrent had leaked the service pack just a week after it was released to testers. ...

Comcast Responds: 'We Don't Block BitTorrent'
Wired Blogs - Aug 30, 2007
We do not block access to any applications, including BitTorrent and do not alter Internet speed. Comcast currently works with a number of industry groups ...

Bandwidth could be a new global 'currency'
New Scientist (subscription), UK - Aug 30, 2007
The researchers' free software, called Tribler, uses a modified version of the popular BitTorrent file-trading algorithm. This requires people downloading a ...

Tech Republic

TorrentSpy ordered to keep user details
Connected Home News (press release), UK - 6 hours ago
August 30, 2007 – A US federal judge has upheld a previous ruling ordering TorrentSpy, a popular BitTorrent indexing website, to retain records of its ...
USA Users Cut Off from TorrentSpy Techtree.com
Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case CNET News.com
TorrentSpy Ordered to Retain RAM Data IDM.net.au
Wired News - CNET News.com
all 37 news articles

P2P-2-ISP Peace Pipe Could Ease Bandwidth Crunch
Wired News - Aug 29, 2007
The P4P working group consists of content-distribution-technology providers like BitTorrent, Pando Networks, LimeWire and VeriSign's Kontiki, ...
How to Thwart Comcast's BitTorrent Shenanigans BroadbandReports.com
all 4 news articles

GTK MonoTorrent front end - Ars Technica

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GTK MonoTorrent front end
Ars Technica, MA - 13 hours ago
I've generally been dissatisfied with the BitTorrent clients available for the Linux platform, but MonoTorrent and Deluge both look like increasingly viable ...

How to Thwart Comcast's BitTorrent Shenanigans
BroadbandReports.com, NY - Aug 29, 2007
... addition to their invisible caps) was using Sandvine traffic shaping hardware installed at the CMTSs to limit the effectiveness of BitTorrent seeding. ...

The 2007 P2P survey shows the continuing relevance of P2P and the ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 12 hours ago
The 2006 survey saw BitTorrent slowly surpassing eDonkey as the most popular P2P network. This trend has continued. BitTorrent has become the globally ...

Jam! Showbiz

'Heroes' star Masi Oka says 'Lost' helps pave way for shows with ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 29, 2007
Asked about the use of the file sharing software BitTorrent, Oka said he enjoyed the fan reaction in France, where he noticed locals had already seen the ...
American 'Heroes' in Hong Kong China Internet Information Center|
all 9 news articles

CNET News.com

Legal woes mount for TorrentSpy
CNET News.com, CA - Aug 29, 2007
By Greg Sandoval news analysis Hollywood has pounded TorrentSpy this past week, winning two important court decisions against the BitTorrent search engine ...
Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case CNET News.com
File-Sharing Search Engine TorrentSpy Bans US Users Digital Media Wire
TorrentSpy judge decides RAM is stored information Webware/Cnet
all 11 news articles

Latest Vista SP1 build leaks out
Computerworld Malaysia, Malaysia - 8 minutes ago
But as is the norm, the version also leaked to BitTorrent networks. The 6.0.6001.16633 (longhorn.070803-1655) build weighs in at a relatively svelte 684MB, ...

eFluxMedia (press release)

USA Users Cut Off from TorrentSpy
Techtree.com, India - Aug 29, 2007
BitTorrent's tracking site, TorrentSpy.com, has reportedly announced shutting down access to users in USA. While TorrentSpy claims the decision is not ...
TorrentSpy ordered to keep user details Connected Home News (press release)
Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case CNET News.com
TorrentSpy Ordered to Retain RAM Data IDM.net.au
Wired News - CNET News.com
all 37 news articles

Vista SP1 build hits BitTorrent
Techworld.com, UK - Aug 28, 2007
By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Microsoft's latest build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has leaked from its invite-only list of testers onto the BitTorrent ...

Vista SP1 surfaces on BitTorrent
VNUNet.com, UK - Aug 28, 2007
A new beta of Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has appeared on the BitTorrent file sharing services over the weekend. ...

Tech Republic

Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case
CNET News.com, CA - 7 hours ago
By Greg Sandoval A lawsuit filed last year by TorrentSpy--a BitTorrent search engine--that accused the movie studios' trade group of intercepting the ...
File-Sharing Search Engine TorrentSpy Bans US Users Digital Media Wire
TorrentSpy Shutting Down Access for US Users TMCnet
TorrentSpy Closes to US Users Wired News
CNET News.com - Ars Technica
all 28 news articles

Anti-Piracy group hunts down BitTorrent admins as they flee to ...
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - Aug 28, 2007
By Sean P. Aune It's not a good day in the land of BitTorrent admins as an anti-piracy group hunts down fleeing admins. According to TorrentFreak, the BREIN ...

Latest Vista SP1 Build Leaks Out
PC World - 3 hours ago
But as is the norm, the version also leaked to BitTorrent networks. The 6.0.6001.16633 (longhorn.070803-1655) build weighs in at a relatively svelte 684MB, ...
Wait six months after SP1 to tackle Vista, says support CEO Computerworld
all 10 news articles

GameSHOUT

Torrentspy Disables Searching For US IPs
Slashdot - 31 minutes ago
PC Guy writes "TorrentSpy, one of the world's largest BitTorrent sites, has been ordered by a federal judge to monitor its users. ...
TorrentSpy Closes Doors to US Users BetaNews
TorrentSpy halts US operation TechSpot
all 14 news articles

GameSHOUT

File-Sharing Search Engine TorrentSpy Bans US Users
Digital Media Wire, CA - 2 hours ago
The site does not host copyrighted material, but does provide links to where users can find files on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing network. ...
Torrentspy Disables Searching For US IPs Slashdot
TorrentSpy Closes to US Users Wired News
TorrentSpy Shutting Down Access for US Users TMCnet
CNET News.com - Ars Technica
all 37 news articles

Latest Vista SP1 build leaks out
Computerworld, MA - 54 minutes ago
But as is the norm, the version also leaked to BitTorrent networks. The 6.0.6001.16633 (longhorn.070803-1655) build weighs in at a relatively svelte 684MB, ...

Vista Beta SP1 Leaked - Channel Insider

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Vista Beta SP1 Leaked
Channel Insider, NY - 8 hours ago
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Starting in early August, beta versions of Windows Vista SP1 started to appear on BitTorrent sites such as Pirate Bay. ...

The Unfestival: Let down only by the TV execs
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 23 hours ago
Topics of discussion included whether DRM is dead and how BitTorrent is the new TV format, but the killer session, BBC Backstage's Matt Cashmore tells me, ...

BayTSP CEO flies to Singapore to support anime crackdown
Ars Technica, MA - 56 minutes ago
After coming up with a list of several thousand Singapore IP addresses that it claimed had been used to download anime content from BitTorrent, ...
RIAA-style lawsuits hit Singapore anime scene Ars Technica
all 2 news articles

Judge — "Making Available" Is Stealing Music
Slashdot - Aug 27, 2007
There's legal precedent, but how long do we have before the BitTorrent crew is sued?" The New York case testing the same theory is still pending. ...

Does Comcast Broadband Have an Invisible Bandwidth Limit?
Wired News - Aug 27, 2007
... you about various reports that Comcast was drastically throttling BitTorrent traffic, basically preventing users in some areas from seeding torrents. ...
Comcast Cuts Off Users Who Exceed Secret Limit Slashdot
all 3 news articles

Rob Zombie's 'Halloween' Remake Leaked to BitTorrent
Zeropaid, CA - Aug 27, 2007
A workprint of the much anticipated horror flic makes it way to BitTorrent tracker sites everywhere. Following in the footsteps of "Sicko," "Hostel 2," and ...

Podcast: Making sense of Gateway's fall
CNET News.com, CA - 22 hours ago
TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent tracking site facing a copyright lawsuit from the motion picture industry, says it is shutting down access to users in the ...

TECH.BLORGE.com

TorrentSpy Closes Doors to US Users
BetaNews - 18 hours ago
The BitTorrent search engine's servers are located in the Netherlands, and it falls under the jurisdiction of the European Union, as do the copyright laws ...
Torrentspy Disables Searching for US IPs Slashdot
TorrentSpy halts US operation TechSpot
all 11 news articles

eFluxMedia (press release)

TorrentSpy Closes to US Users
Wired News - Aug 27, 2007
Last year, the Motion Picture Association of America sued TorrentSpy, a BitTorrent search engine, for alleged copyright infringement by aiding users in ...
TorrentSpy shuts down in the US CNET News.com
Judge: TorrentSpy must preserve data in RAM Ars Technica
TorrentSpy Blocks Access for US Internet Users TechShout!
AHN - SDA India Magazine
all 20 news articles

TorrentSpy Decides to Block US Visitors
Zeropaid, CA - 16 hours ago
It appears that TorrentSpy, one of the more popular public BitTorrent tracker sites around, has decided to circumvent a federal court ruling ordering it to ...

Comcast Invisi-Caps Re-Discovered
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 5 hours ago
With the recent scuff-up over Comcast's alleged efforts to derail BitTorrent seeding, the company's long-standing practice of booting customers for using ...

CNET News.com

TorrentSpy shuts down in the US
CNET News.com, CA - 3 hours ago
By Greg Sandoval TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent tracking site facing a copyright lawsuit from the motion picture industry, is shutting down access to users ...

P2P just as Big in Asia as US and Europe
Marketing Vox News - 7 hours ago
While the West's BitTorrent is responsible for anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of all traffic, file sharing is just as big in the East. ...

Use Windows or risk violating your probation!
Technocrat.net, MA - 10 hours ago
This chap has been convicted of "conspiracy to commit copyright infringement" after he uploaded Star Wars Episode III to a bittorrent site. ...

Furore as Comcast cuts off ‘heavy’ Internet users
Tech Republic, KY - 7 hours ago
In our recent report: Comcast declares war on BitTorrent, TR reader Tony has complained in the comments that he had his ComCast Internet connectivity ...

Azureus Vuze BitTorrent client
Pocket-lint.co.uk, UK - Aug 27, 2007
by Stuart Miles 27 August 2007 - BitTorrent, there's a dirty word, mention it and you're now going to expect that I spend the next 500 or so words talking ...

Comcast Cuts Off Users Who Exceed Secret Limit
Slashdot - Aug 26, 2007
FsG writes "Over the past few weeks, more and more Comcast users have reported that their BitTorrent traffic is severely throttled and they are totally ...
Does Comcast Broadband Have an Invisible Bandwidth Limit? Wired News
Comcast Cuts Off Users Who Exceed Secret Limit Slashdot
all 3 news articles

Swedish geeks are Hollywood's No. 1 enemy
Taipei Times, Taiwan - Aug 25, 2007
Its creators say it's a search engine, but officials disagree By Bobbie Johnson The Pirate Bay is based around a system called BitTorrent, which has become ...
Brazilians' image as natural and attractive is making for a ... Taipei Times
all 3 news articles

Asia’s P2P Boom - NewTeeVee

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Asia’s P2P Boom
NewTeeVee, CA - Aug 25, 2007
And BitTorrent is responsible for 30 to 50 percent of all internet traffic, give or take. But there is a whole world of P2P services with millions of users ...

The Consumerist

Comcast Tries To Sterilize, Decapitate BitTorrent
The Consumerist, NY - Aug 25, 2007
Comcast is reportedly stabbing at the heart of the file transfer protocol BitTorrent by preventing users from seeding torrent files. ...

TV unfestival: Rights and new TV models
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 25, 2007
... him to pull together electronic programme guide information, information from P2P platforms like BitTorrent and new services like the BBC's iPlayer. ...

Government Monitors Movie Pirate After Sentence Served McCausland ...
Dslreports - 13 hours ago
Last year, Scott McCausland pled guilty to copyright infringement violations after being caught using BitTorrent tracker Elitetorrents. ...
Court orders movie pirate to use Windows TechSpot
all 2 news articles

CNET News.com

Linux felon forced to install Windows
CNET News.com, CA - 24 minutes ago
Scott McCausland, who used to be an administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent server before it was shut down by the FBI, pleaded guilty in 2006 to two ...

Slyck

Need Upload Banwidth? Get a Seedbox
Slyck, NY - 19 hours ago
Is your ISP reportedly choking your BitTorrent uploads while denying it to the press? Are you a content producer who wants to keep distribution bandwidth ...

Tech Republic

Movie pirate forced to ditch Linux
Register, UK - Aug 24, 2007
By John Leyden → More by this author A BitTorrent admin convicted of uploading movie files is being forced to ditch Linux if he wants to use his PC. ...
Linux felon forced to install Windows CNET News.com
Government Monitors Movie Pirate After Sentence Served McCausland ... Dslreports
Court orders movie pirate to use Windows TechSpot
VNUNet.com
all 21 news articles

Be the first to comment! - Bink.nu

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Be the first to comment!
Bink.nu, Netherlands - 20 hours ago
Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. ...

Startup Profile: Divinity Metrics
NewTeeVee, CA - 11 hours ago
The nitty-gritty of what Divinity Metrics does is probably most comparable to security firms who patrol BitTorrent and YouTube for infringers — and that’s ...

My Solution to the Odex problem, and the problem of BitTorrent in ...
Cnet Asia, CA - Aug 22, 2007
Especially with the current situation where BitTorrent is used to download content illegally, BT has become a taboo subject in most areas. ...

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory - Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities ...
Help Net Security, Croatia - Aug 22, 2007
Furthermore, iDefense Labs reported that an already-freed pointer may be still used under unspecified circumstances in the BitTorrent support ...
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory - Qt: Multiple format string ... Help Net Security
all 2 news articles

Comcast throttles BitTorrent users
Register, UK - Aug 22, 2007
By Cade Metz in San Francisco → More by this author It looks like Comcast, America's biggest cable network, has put the squeeze on BitTorrent users. ...

Proof of Concept Gives Comcast Headaches
WebProNews, KY - Aug 22, 2007
Reports from TorrentFreak went viral via Digg.com that Comcast subscribers using BitTorrent transfers were experiencing significant decreases in download ...

Comcast denies filtering Bittorrent traffic
Afterdawn.com - Aug 22, 2007
Comcast on Tuesday denied rumors that the company is filtering BitTorrent traffic running over its network. Broadband providers have not been big fans of ...

Comcast Accused of Throttling BitTorrent Traffic
BetaNews - Aug 22, 2007
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews Comcast is denying any filtering of BitTorrent traffic after a blog accused it and other ISPs of attempting to thwart users of the ...

Infamous Torrent Tracker Suprnova.org Officially Back Online
Wired Blogs - Aug 22, 2007
By Scott Gilbertson August 22, 2007 | 10:02:49 AMCategories: P2P The Pirate Bay has made good on its promise to bring back the wildly popular bittorrent ...
Torrent site Suprnova.org is back online TechSpot
all 5 news articles

Suprnova.org relaunches, taunts The Powers That Be
Ars Technica, MA - Aug 22, 2007
Instantly the BitTorrent tracker index started showing popular torrents from around the world, in a design reminiscent of the original Suprnova. ...

A BitTorrent for cell phones
CNNMoney.com - Aug 22, 2007
By Chris Morrison, Business 2.0 Magazine (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- By grabbing small pieces of big files from multiple computers simultaneously, BitTorrent ...

Comcast denies monkeying with BitTorrent traffic
ZDNet Asia, Asia - 19 minutes ago
By Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com Comcast on Tuesday denied rumors that the company is filtering BitTorrent traffic running over its network. ...

What is BitTorrent? - Bits of News

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What is BitTorrent?
Bits of News - Aug 21, 2007
Throughout the years there has been numerous file-sharing networks, some of them free and some of them pay-per-download or some other money making scheme. ...

Wired Blogs

Comcast denies monkeying with BitTorrent traffic
CNet News.com Blog - 13 hours ago
Comcast on Tuesday denied rumors that the company is filtering BitTorrent traffic running over its network. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing ...
Comcast throttles BitTorrent traffic TechSpot
Comcast Takes on TorrentFreak Light Reading
Comcast Responds To Traffic Shaping Accusations Dslreports
Wired Blogs - ZDNet Asia
all 7 news articles

Comcast Responds To Traffic Shaping Accusations
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 1 hour ago
... to) have been trying to get Comcast to comment on reports that the company has started using Sandvine gear to disrupt the seeding of BitTorrent files. ...

SuprNova Returns BitTorrent trading as popular as ever...
Dslreports - Aug 21, 2007
It has been a couple years since popular BitTorrent website SuprNova folded under legal pressure from the RIAA and MPAA. The folks at the Pirate Bay were ...

SuprNova Returns - Dslreports

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SuprNova Returns
Dslreports - 17 hours ago
It has been a couple years since popular BitTorrent website SuprNova folded under legal pressure from the RIAA and MPAA. The folks at the Pirate Bay were ...
Torrent site Suprnova.org is back online TechSpot
all 4 news articles

TECH.BLORGE.com

They're baaaaaack! The Pirate Bay relaunches Suprnova.org
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 21 hours ago
As before the shutdown, Suprnova.org will not host any shared files, nor will it operate any BitTorrent trackers, instead it will offer the ".torrent" meta ...

Pirate Site Suprnova.org Is Back
Appscout, NY - 4 hours ago
There is absolutely no doubt that the site links to torrents (downloaded via a BitTorrent client) which represent blatant copyright infringement. ...

SuprNova.org: 'We're Back!' - Zeropaid

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SuprNova.org: 'We're Back!'
Zeropaid, CA - 18 hours ago
Thanks to the Pirate Bay, the legendary BitTorrent tracker site has returned after an almost 3 years-long absence. As I mentioned before for those of you ...

Suprnova Torrent Site Relaunched
Desicritics.org, India - 19 hours ago
One site has always had a special place in the hearts of long-time Bittorrent users. While Piratebay.org may have been more newsworthy in recent months, ...

Mobile Digest

Police arrest the man who pirated "The Simpsons Movie" on mobile
Pocket-lint.co.uk, UK - 11 hours ago
Not only that, the movie has already undergone a re-edit with an unauthorised French language version and is currently available over Bittorrent and other ...
Opinion: Downloading a pirated copy of The Simpsons Movie shot ... Mobile Digest
Aussie arrested for pirating 'The Simpsons Movie' Mobile Digest
all 3 news articles

New Microsoft Update Catalog makes managing updates easier
Ars Technica, MA - 14 hours ago
As with the regular Windows Update site, downloads are accelerated with Microsoft's BITS technology, which works in a similar manner to Bittorrent. ...

Malware in Advertising - WebProNews

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Malware in Advertising
WebProNews, KY - 16 hours ago
There has been a lot of that lately to distribute bad BitTorrent clients, to infesting a computer with malware based on advertising that is sold on the ...

Comcast throttles BitTorrent traffic
TechSpot - Aug 20, 2007
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com It appears that Comcast has stepped up their fight against BitTorrent by outright cutting off users’ transfers and blocking ...

Windows update triggers Skype outage
Tech Republic, KY - 11 minutes ago
Perhaps the Comcast might do well to take a leaf out from Microsoft’s book rather irritating their BitTorrent users to jump ship. ...

Finland cops bust ‘p2p download cinema’
p2pnet.net, Canada - 12 hours ago
p2pnet news | Freedom:- The latest blockbuster movies downloaded via BitTorrent are fuelling a ‘Pirate Cinema’ with free entry for all. ...

On Computers : TV shows, movies, games now offered on Internet
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Aug 20, 2007
Siphoning the Internet into your TV is just part of the adventure here because the Netgear box comes with software that lets you connect to BitTorrent. com. ...

P2P: LimeWire Turns Into A Store
Spacelab, MN - 12 hours ago
Later they also joined up with BitTorrent. They were sued late last year by the RIAA; a month later, LimeWire countersued, citing antitrust violations. ...

Comcast Hinders BitTorrent Traffic
Slashdot - Aug 19, 2007
FsG writes "Over the past few weeks, more and more Comcast users have reported that their BitTorrent traffic is severely throttled and they are totally ...

Regina Leader-Post

“The Simpsons Movie” Pirate Caught In Australia
eFluxMedia (press release) - 23 hours ago
Within hours the Australian uploaded the copy on the Internet and the file has spread quickly through BitTorrent and other similar sites. ...
Pirated Simpsons video filmed on mobile Brisbane Times
Australian man arrested for leaking The Simpsons Afterdawn.com
Aussies get lesson from pirated "Simpsons" movie: can't plug a ... Ars Technica
TECH.BLORGE.com
all 146 news articles

Comcast Throttles BitTorrent Traffic
Hard OCP, TX - Aug 19, 2007
Over the past weeks more and more Comcast users started to notice that their BitTorrent transfers were cut off. Most users report a significant decrease in ...

Comcast declares war on BitTorrent
Tech Republic, KY - Aug 18, 2007
According to TorrentFreak, Comcast has decide to go one step further than the BitTorrent throttling that is increasingly practiced on most ISP over the last ...

Opera releases public beta of new Web browser
ARNnet, Australia - 20 hours ago
It also comes with the BitTorrent file-downloading software built in, meaning users don't have to start that software as a separate application. ...

The Internet is superior medium for video news
IBLNEWS, Spain - Aug 18, 2007
It is a BitTorrent-like service, which grabs small pieces of big files from multiple cell phones simultaneously. So millions of users will be able to send ...

Comcast Hinders BitTorrent Traffic
Slashdot - Aug 18, 2007
FsG writes "Over the past few weeks, more and more Comcast users have reported that their BitTorrent traffic is severely throttled and they are totally ...

Comcast Hinders BitTorrent Traffic
Slashdot - Aug 18, 2007
FsG writes "Over the past few weeks, more and more Comcast users have reported that their BitTorrent traffic is severely throttled and they are totally ...

Comcast said to be thwarting Torrent sessions: Good, I say. You?
ZDNet.com blogs - Aug 18, 2007
Seems as though Comcast has been nipping BitTorrent transfers in the bud by blocking the seeding step that Torrent users must undertake before their PCs are ...

Submit your review and win a year's technical support on 64 Studio!
Linux PR (press release), CT - 22 hours ago
If you cannot use BitTorrent due to restrictions on your local network, try the download mirrors. Please send your reviews by email to contest at 64studio ...

WHY? (comment 35 words or less) - PBS

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WHY? (comment 35 words or less)
PBS - Aug 17, 2007
I spoke recently with folks from BitTorrent, for example. This peer-to-peer data distribution technology has dominant market share and is poised to do some ...

Plug 'n' Play: Modular Computer Concept Talks Over Powerlines
Wired News - Aug 17, 2007
Still, the easy upgrading of a modular system is a definite boon, and a household computer is essential for the BitTorrent Generation.
Conceptual UNI enables compartmentalized computing engadget
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The Age

Pirate films Simpsons Movie on mobile
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Aug 16, 2007
... already been downloaded thousands of times. It then spread to BitTorrent sites and Gnutella networks, and was downloaded by 110000 people within three days.
Man faces prison term for pirating Simpsons movie TECH.BLORGE.com
Aussies get lesson from pirated "Simpsons" movie: can't plug a ... Ars Technica
Pirated Simpsons video filmed on mobile Sydney Morning Herald
all 163 news articles

Anime supplier sends threatening letters to BitTorrent users
Afterdawn.com - Aug 16, 2007
This year, a decision was made to target file sharing groups over BitTorrent after claiming sales had dropped some 70% in just two years. ...

eNewsChannels

Solid State Networks and BandCon Announce Strategic Partnership
Send2Press (press release), CA - Aug 16, 2007
BitTorrent is a trademark or registered trademark of BitTorrent, Inc., used under license. The company's Web address is www.SolidStateNetworks.com. ...
Solid State Networks and BandCon Announce Strategic Partnership California Newswire
all 3 news articles

When cool tools get the cold shoulder
IT Week, UK - Aug 16, 2007
Peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing is perhaps one of the best examples, particularly in the form of the incredibly innovative BitTorrent. ...

When cool tools get the cold shoulder
What PC?, UK - 22 hours ago
Peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing is perhaps one of the best examples, particularly in the form of the incredibly innovative BitTorrent. ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Play Locally – Sell Globally
Business Wire (press release), CA - 7 hours ago
GAINESEVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grooveshark today announced a new independent artist and label program that allows independent musicians – who once ...
Digital pirate or entrepreneur? Brisbane Times
Play Locally – Sell Globally Grooveshark Brings the Power of ... PR Web (press release)
Play Locally - Sell Globally: Grooveshark Brings the Power of ... Emediawire (press release)
all 7 news articles

PW-Philadelphia Weekly

Pottstown Mayor To Fire Truth Bullets At Foes
PW-Philadelphia Weekly, PA - 22 hours ago
And are we now allowed to police criminal thoughts, such as if I'm thinking about downloading an MP3 on BitTorrent? “I’m certainly willing to be a mediator ...

'Avalanche' Could Ease In-House App Deployment
Redmond Developer News, CA - Aug 15, 2007
In a peer-to-peer model such as BitTorrent, a peer (node) simultaneously grabs different pieces of a file from other peers with which it's connected, ...

A shot in the foot - p2pnet.net

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A shot in the foot
p2pnet.net, Canada - Aug 15, 2007
Seemingly out of the blue came the open-source BitTorrent, which revolutionized and popularized the power and nature of file-sharing beyond anyone’s ...

Crave

Is network neutrality a fake issue? Not if you want to watch the BBC
Salon - Aug 13, 2007
Like many efforts to move large files around the Internet -- for instance, BitTorrent, Skype and Joost -- iPlayer is a peer-to-peer program; people who use ...
Crave Talk: ISPs upset by BBC iPlayer hogging bandwidth Crave
ISPs hijack BBC in tiered services push Register
all 87 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Digital pirate or entrepreneur?
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Aug 13, 2007
The website isoHunt.com, which he created to help visitors find downloadable BitTorrent files (often containing illegally copied movies, music or software), ...

HDTV News

High def content fails on Vista PCs
HDTV News, UK - 23 hours ago
These are more effective sometimes then Windows own WMV codec and are often used on HD video Bittorrent sites, or Newsgroups. The feature has led to claims ...
Vista's DRM "protects" users from high definition media Inquirer
all 2 news articles

Digital pirate or entrepreneur? - The Age

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The Age

Digital pirate or entrepreneur?
The Age, Australia - 1 hour ago
The website isoHunt.com, which he created to help visitors find downloadable BitTorrent files (often containing illegally copied movies, music or software), ...

Attention to detail key to VoIP
Australian IT, Australia - Aug 13, 2007
If the connection is overloaded by other applications (such as Bittorrent), you might find the sound breaks up frequently. To avoid this there are two ...

Plan to put free videos on Net set for debut
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Aug 13, 2007
BitTorrent is rolling out a service that it hopes will usher in a whole new era of television. Beginning next month, the San Francisco video and media ...

BitTorrent revolution builds on old model
Seattle Times, United States - Aug 13, 2007
BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole new era of television. Beginning next month, the San Francisco video and media-distribution ...

High-Quality HD Content Can't Easily Be Played by Vista
Slashdot - Aug 12, 2007
... or DiVX, which are in fact more effective sometimes then Windows own WMV codec. These codecs are quite common on HD video Bittorrent sites, or Newsgroups."

TV Industry Battles Piracy Hydra
Television Week, MI - 23 hours ago
Many of the peer-to-peer sites (or "torrent" sites, named after the popular file-trading software client BitTorrent) offering the programs are already being ...

Online ads to offset falling CD sales
The Brunei Times, Brunei Darussalam - 11 hours ago
These peer-to-peer, or P2P, networks, including Gnutella and BitTorrent, already allow billions of digital music files to be traded illegally each month.

The Pirate Bay to Resurrect SuprNova
ShortNews.com, Germany - 1 hour ago
SuprNova.org, the legendary BitTorrent site shut down in 2004, will return thanks to The Pirate Bay, although a date has not yet been set. ...

BitTorrent's closed protocol: fact or fiction?
Ars Technica, MA - Aug 10, 2007
By Ryan Paul | Published: August 10, 2007 - 01:24PM CT Last year, BitTorrent Inc. acquired the company that makes uTorrent, one of the most popular ...

Blockbuster to Buy Movielink - Red Herring

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Blockbuster to Buy Movielink
Red Herring, CA - Aug 10, 2007
The deal will put Blockbuster in direct competition with an emerging group of digital movie download services that include CinemaNow, Amazon, BitTorrent.com ...
Blockbuster and Movielink: Connecting "Links" For Success? CNBC
STUDIO BRIEFING: August 9, 2007 MovieWeb
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Is BitTorrent Evil? - Advogato

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Is BitTorrent Evil?
Advogato - Aug 9, 2007
Stevens), BitTorrent and similar protocols draw down the available network capacity many times more than necessary to move files or frames from the machines ...

New challenge rising against existing video business model
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - Aug 9, 2007
BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole new era of television. Beginning next month, the San Francisco video and media distribution ...
WEBSITE TO OFFER FREE -- AND LEGAL -- MOVIES Contactmusic.com
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BitTorrent: Old idea or new business model?
East Valley Tribune, AZ - Aug 9, 2007
BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole new era of television. Beginning next month, the San Francisco video and media distribution ...

Limelight Goes Dark - Forbes

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Limelight Goes Dark
Forbes, NY - Aug 9, 2007
Another challenge: Limelight is dealing with more competition, as new rivals like Joost and BitTorrent push cheaper services. (See: " Limelight Prepares For ...
Limelight Networks Sees Profit Shortfall Forbes
Limelight Networks Swings to 2Q Loss Forbes
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MySQL Closing Off Its Source - Slashdot

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MySQL Closing Off Its Source
Slashdot - Aug 9, 2007
We are not responsible for them in any way. by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @06:08PM (#20175689) MySQL announced plans for a new BitTorrent based ...

PhysOrg.com

Blockbuster to Buy Movielink
Red Herring, CA - 14 hours ago
The deal will put Blockbuster in direct competition with an emerging group of digital movie download services that include CinemaNow, Amazon, BitTorrent.com ...
STUDIO BRIEFING: August 9, 2007 MovieWeb
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WEBSITE TO OFFER FREE -- AND LEGAL -- MOVIES
Contactmusic.com, UK - Aug 9, 2007
BitTorrent, the controversial video distribution company that has often been linked to Internet piracy, plans to inroduce a new service next month that will ...
New challenge rising against existing video business model St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Looking into the Miro - Slyck

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Looking into the Miro
Slyck, NY - 23 hours ago
Codecs vary from iPod video to WMV, Flash video and Xvid, while the files are usually hosted either on a central server or via BitTorrent. ...

BitTorrent Closes Source Code - Slashdot

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BitTorrent Closes Source Code
Slashdot - Aug 9, 2007
An anonymous reader writes ""There are two issues people need to come to grips with," BitTorrent CEO Ashwin Narvin told Slyck.com. ...

BitTorrent goes closed source
Inquirer, UK - Aug 9, 2007
By Nick Farrell: Thursday 09 August 2007, 08:41 DEVELOPERS ARE being told that they cannot have access to the code of the latest version of BitTorrent. ...

BitTorrent Closes Source Code
E-pressen, Denmark - Aug 9, 2007
There are two issues people need to come to grips with, BitTorrent CEO Ashwin Narvin told Slyck.com. Developers who produce open source products will often ...

BitTorrent Closes Source Code
Slashdot - Aug 8, 2007
An anonymous reader writes ""There are two issues people need to come to grips with," BitTorrent CEO Ashwin Narvin told Slyck.com. ...

Data Center Power Strain: Problems and Solutions
Web Host Industry Review - 11 hours ago
... as technology phenomena like BitTorrent and YouTube made the distribution of video material commonplace, and led to the consumption of considerably more ...

Slyck

BitTorrent Addresses Closed Source Issues
Slyck, NY - Aug 8, 2007
BitTorrent gained prominence in the file-sharing community largely due to its open source nature. What began as an unknown file-sharing client quickly ...

uTorrent, WinZip: BT malware targets
p2pnet.net, Canada - Aug 8, 2007
All the best BitTorrent clients (like uTorrent) are free and when you install them they don’t install extra stuff on your PC like adverts, annoying popups ...

How to: BitTorrent on your mobile phone
Australian Personal Computer, Australia - Aug 8, 2007
I am a heavy BitTorrent user. I regularly go over my quota and then end up being capped to a painful and pitiful 64Kbit/s. At the end of each cycle I tell ...

Realtek silent data corruption caused by firmware
ZDNet - Aug 8, 2007
Now, unfortunately in a real life situation this can happen pretty easily if let’s say you are running BitTorrent client while trying to transfer files on ...

Transmission 0.8 released with selective file downloads, UI ...
tuaw.com, CA - 7 hours ago
You TUAW readers have spoken loud and clear: Transmission is your favorite BitTorrent client. If you're nodding your head right now, you'll be happy to know ...

DailyTech

P2P Whack-a-Mole: SuprNova Returns
DailyTech, IL - Aug 7, 2007
BitTorrent fans everywhere have reason to rejoice as SuprNova.org, once one of the best BitTorrent trackers on the web, is set to return after its closure ...

Speed Download updated for 10.4.10
Macworld, CA - Aug 7, 2007
The software also now includes a link to Transmission, a BitTorrent client. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.4.6 or later, 19MB hard disk space and ...

Slyck

BitTorrent Enabled Digital Entertainer Wins Maximum PC Award
Slyck, NY - Aug 7, 2007
We've written quite a bit about BitTorrent's forays into the digital entertainment field. One of BitTorrent's more interesting ventures was its cooperation ...

The Pirate Bay Set to Relaunch SuprNova.org
Zeropaid, CA - Aug 6, 2007
For those of you who don't remember, Suprnova.org was a Slovenia-based BitTorrent tracker site that was started in late 2002 by Slovenian teen Andrej ...

Education 2.0: The College Student's Guide to File Sharing
Wired News - Aug 6, 2007
Heard of Napster or BitTorrent? Both are peer-to-peer networks through which your computer, equipped with the proper software, can find files to download. ...

Mobile Digest

The Pirate Bay relaunches Suprnova BitTorrent hub
Mobile Digest, UK - Aug 6, 2007
Apologies to those of you who buy all your music and films legally, and wouldn't know a BitTorrent stream if it came up and slapped you in the face. ...

Nothing on TV? Streaming appeals to niche audiences
CNET News.com, CA - 15 hours ago
Potential of new streaming video services is unleashing a torrent of programming aimed at narrowly defined audiences. By Michel Marriott Seeing these words ...
BitTorrent to stream movies, TV shows for free Austin American-Statesman (subscription)
Nothing to Watch on TV? Streaming Video Appeals to Niche Audiences New York Times
The New York Times Mediapost.com
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Pirate Bay to relaunch SuprNova
Marketing Vox News - 22 hours ago
BitTorrent hub SuprNova will soon be brought back to life by The Pirate Bay, reports Ars Technica. Though it was down for about three years, ...
SuprNova Making a Comeback Uber-Review
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SuprNova Making a Comeback
Uber-Review - 23 hours ago
They are the founders of The Pirate Bay and they are resurrecting a ghost from the Bittorrent past. They have plans to bring back Suprnova, which in its day ...
Suprnova.org set to return thanks to The Pirate Bay TechSpot
Popular Torrent Site Suprnova Set to Return BetaNews
The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org Slashdot
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With a fistful of cash, SuprNova.org is to be reborn
Ars Technica, MA - Aug 4, 2007
By Nate Anderson | Published: August 04, 2007 - 11:57AM CT Fabled BitTorrent site SuprNova.org will soon be back online. The one-time darling of the ...

Pirate Bay's 'brokep' details new SuprNova.org
Webware/Cnet, CA - 5 hours ago
They track BitTorrent files that are often used to download unauthorized copies of TV shows and movies. A representative for the Motion Picture Assoc. of ...

Pirate Bay's 'brokep' details new SuprNova.org
CNET News.com, CA - Aug 3, 2007
They track BitTorrent files that are often used to download unauthorized copies of TV shows and movies. A representative for the Motion Picture Assoc. of ...

Pirate Bay to resurrect Suprnova.org
Register, UK - Aug 3, 2007
By Chris Williams → More by this author Swedish anti-copyright group Pirate Bay will reopen Suprnova.org, which used to be the most popular BitTorrent ...
Suprnova torrent search resurrected Inquirer
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Networks Grapple with Leaked Pilots
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Aug 3, 2007
But now, we have shows like The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which is going to be aired in early 2008, show up on BitTorrent sites." Smaran said. ...

Studio Source: 'I Helped Upload TV Pilot'
AllYourTV.com, MN - 1 hour ago
But my neighbor's kid loves swapping files through Usenet and Bittorrent sites. Actually, we've had a bit of an argument about it before. ...

Suprnova.org, resurrected - p2pnet.net

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Suprnova.org, resurrected
p2pnet.net, Canada - 23 hours ago
p2pnet news | music:- The legendary BitTorrent site Suprnova.org will be back in action soon. Sloncek, the former owner of suprnova.org decided to donate ...


Wired News
It Lives! Pirate Bay To Re-ignite Suprnova
Wired News - Aug 3, 2007
By Scott Gilbertson August 03, 2007 | 7:58:21 AMCategories: P2P Suprnova.org, the king of the early bittorrent trackers, was shut down nearly three years ...

Xtorrent 1.1 beta 1 released with major new features
tuaw.com, CA - 10 hours ago
Dave Watanabe has released v1.1 beta of Xtorrent, his excellent BitTorrent client. With this major x.1 release, Watanabe has included some significant new ...

Reports: BitTorrent index SuprNova.org to rise again
CNet News.com Blog - Aug 2, 2007
SuprNova.org, a well-known BitTorrent hub before being forced to shut down three years ago, is apparently making a comeback. The operators of The Pirate Bay ...


Wired News
GigaTribe Encrypted Private File Sharing Network Adds "Peer-to-Web ...
Wired News - 17 hours ago
... you could use YouSendIt to share large files with your friends, and BitTorrent to download stuff from strangers, but if you'd rather set up a private, ...


Slyck
SuprNova.org Transfers to The Pirate Bay
Slyck, NY - 24 minutes ago
December 19, 2004, is a moment that many in the BitTorrent community remember as the day SuprNova.org closed its doors forever. ...

Cable sector warns govt on `errant` IPTV channels
Business Standard, India - Aug 2, 2007
The cable industry has asked the government to quickly address the policy issues related to the Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). ...
Indian cable industry warns government on IPTV industry regulation IPTV News (press release)
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Xtorrent 1.1 beta 1 released with major new features
tuaw.com, CA - 7 hours ago
Dave Watanabe has released v1.1 beta of Xtorrent, his excellent BitTorrent client. With this major x.1 release, Watanabe has included some significant new ...


TV Fodder
Fall Pilots Being Leaked Online
TV Fodder, CT - 10 hours ago
A few programs have popped up on BitTorrent tracker sites, says TV Week. As of Friday, NBC's "Bionic Woman," ABC's "Pushing Daisies," The CW's "Reaper," ...
TV pilots leaked to the Web -- again Globe and Mail
Pirates and Critics Agree 'Pushing Daisies' is the Best New Show ... BuddyTV
Fall television pilots reach P2P early Afterdawn.com
Contactmusic.com - ImediNews
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The truth about BitComet - p2pnet.net

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The truth about BitComet
p2pnet.net, Canada - Aug 1, 2007
Because he wants to provide independent data to the BitTorrent community about, “persistent concerns” centering on the BitComet client. ...
STUDY: 'Examining the Myths and Facts Concerning BitComet Behavior' Zeropaid
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BitTorrent: Old idea, new business model?
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Aug 1, 2007
By Troy Wolverton BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole new era of television. Beginning next month, the San Francisco video and ...

BitTorrent offering may reshape TV
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Jul 31, 2007
By Troy Wolverton BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole new era of television. Beginning next month, the San Francisco-based video ...

BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole ...
Contra Costa Times, CA - 18 minutes ago
While it's too early to know how consumers will respond to the new service, it and similar offerings on the way from BitTorrent rivals point to a potential ...

BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole ...
SiliconValley.com, CA - 28 minutes ago
While it's too early to know how consumers will respond to the new service, it and similar offerings on the way from BitTorrent rivals point to a potential ...

BitTorrent is rolling out a service that could usher in a whole ...
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Jul 31, 2007
While it's too early to know how consumers will respond to the new service, it and similar offerings on the way from BitTorrent rivals point to a potential ...

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