Archivos April 2008


IFPI, Childnet Offer Guidance For Proper Downloading
Mashable, CA - 1 hour ago
So before you go out a BitTorrent spree, pick up a copy of the IFPI’s guide. You may just think twice about your frustration with copyright law and various ...

Rogers to limit `free' Internet
Toronto Star,  Canada - Apr 30, 2008
... Internet users could soon be reaching for their wallets before they download "free" movies or video games from file-sharing websites such as BitTorrent. ...
UPDATE 3-Rogers seals key iPhone deal as profit soars Reuters India
all 9 news articles

Hollywood taking sides in Net neutrality debate
Seattle Times, United States - Apr 30, 2008
The FCC is investigating Comcast for allegedly blocking some customers from using BitTorrent, a program for sharing large files. ...

Mininova Downtime Puts BitTorrent Sites Under Pressure
TorrentFreak - Apr 29, 2008
The popular BitTorrent site mininova has been down for a few hours due to hardware issues. It is expected that the downtime will continue for several hours, ...

Hollywood Taking Sides in Network Neutrality Debate
All About Jazz, PA - 15 hours ago
The FCC is investigating Comcast, accused of blocking some customers from using BitTorrent, a program for sharing large files. ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Metallica Changes Its Tune, Finally Decides Web is Good
PC World - 11 hours ago
And while the shutdown of Napster was horrible, it did lead to bigger and better file distribution methods like Bittorrent. With that being known I think ...
Metallica may join the free music movement The Age
The Best Album You Never Bought 4.29.08: Steal This Column 411mania.com
all 38 news articles

Run Your Own Encrypted Decentralized Filesharing Network
TorrentFreak - 16 hours ago
It’s very easy to setup and scale your own decentralized network with BitTorrent-like ’swarming’ capabilities using Alliance, and as the software just ...

bit-tech.net

uTorrent doubles userbase
bit-tech.net, UK - 7 hours ago
The BitTorrent client uTorrent, on the other hand, has enjoyed a doubling of its installed user base in the same time period. While LimeWire still accounts ...

Broadcast Engineering

FCC’s Martin says Comcast’s Internet practices need government ...
Broadcast Engineering, KS - 15 hours ago
The cable operator described its network management as a “reasonable choice,” but it also announced in March that it would work with BitTorrent and other ...
Senate rejects FCC’s media ownership rules Broadcast Engineering
all 2 news articles

Book Authors See BitTorrent As a Promotional Tool
TorrentFreak - Apr 28, 2008
Authors are becoming less concerned with piracy, and having pirated copies of their books listed on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay is even ...

Girlfriend test - OS News

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Girlfriend test
OS News - 12 hours ago
Change it to Transmission Bittorrent Client or something similar. OpenOffice Draw in default installation? They would have also seen what works, ...

Gizmodo

AT&T Accused of Blocking 'Net Traffic
PC Magazine - Apr 28, 2008
Comcast has subsequently reached an agreement with BitTorrent that calls on Comcast to develop a protocol-agnostic network management policy by year's end. ...
AT&T criticizes Vuze Corp for publishing ISP reset findings TG Daily
Azureus/Vuze Says AT&T Is Pulling a Comcast, Resetting Torrents Gizmodo
We don't throttle P2P users, says AT&T Afterdawn.com
all 5 news articles

TorrentFreak

uTorrent Marked as Trojan by Avast Anivirus
TorrentFreak - 12 hours ago
Their favorite BitTorrent client was recognized as a trojan by Avast, and deleted form their computers. Attempts to redownload the software from ...

AT&T To Vuze: We Don't Throttle BitTorrent
BroadbandReports.com, NY - Apr 28, 2008
Last week P2P client developers Azureus released data they collected from a new Azureus plugin. That plugin detects the total number of network ...

PhysOrg.com

`GTA IV' expected to sell 9 million copies at launch
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There's no Burger King tie-in or special flavor of Mountain Dew. No commercial directed by Peter Jackson, or even an action figure. ...
Grand Theft Auto IV leaked online NEWS.com.au
It has been decided, GTA IV is best on Xbox 360…. No wait! iTWire
Grand Theft Auto IV Leaked Copies appear on the Internet TechShout!
all 137 news articles

Bad Meat: - DVD Talk

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Bad Meat:
DVD Talk, OR - 1 hour ago
I guess BitTorrent would be a better option, but you get my point. Bad Meat is a crackpot comedy of such questionable quality that it makes similar grubby ...

When Authors Ask Us About the Consequences of "Piracy"
O'Reilly Radar, CA - 5 hours ago
[emphasis added] So long as the royalty checks are strong, take BitTorrent as a sign of success rather than a problem. A wise dog doesn't let his fleas ...

COMCAST VS. BITTORRENT - Buffalo News

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COMCAST VS. BITTORRENT
Buffalo News,  United States - Apr 28, 2008
Christopher S. Yoo, professor at the University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA — Software whiz Bram Cohen released BitTorrent for free on the Internet in 2002 ...

Tech Digest

Planex DigiJuke NAS - downloads YouTube and BitTorrent video and ...
Tech Digest, UK - Apr 28, 2008
The MZK-NAS02SG1T (to give it the full name) is available in Japan, using its DigiJuke browser for searching and tagging BitTorrent and YouTube content you ...

Canadian Tracker Scheduled For Summer Attack From Media Groups
Mashable, CA - 15 hours ago
Earlier today, we referred you to some findings having to do with global growth of BitTorrent usage. And if you happen to be into technological expansion ...

Pivotal Canadian BitTorrent Showdown Looming
TorrentFreak - Apr 27, 2008
In three months time, the Canadian music, movie and TV industries will unleash their combined legal might on a little known BitTorrent tracker. ...

Usage Of BitTorrent-Owned Client uTorrent Doubles In 12 Months
Mashable, CA - Apr 27, 2008
Alas, the flow of BitTorrent traffic is ever increasing, with usage rates going up and up. According to data relayed by Ernesto of TorrentFreak, ...

uTorrent Eclipsing LimeWire in BitTorrent Ap Popularity Downloads ...
Dslreports - Apr 27, 2008
A shift seems to be taking place in BitTorrent client trends. LimeWire has traditionally been the most-installed BitTorrent application around the world. ...

TorrentFreak

Filesharing Report Shows Explosive Growth for uTorrent
TorrentFreak - 15 hours ago
The BitTorrent client is most popular in Europe - with an install rate of 11.6% - and least popular in the United States, where 5.1% of the PCs have ...

AT&T to FCC: 'We Don't Throttle BitTorrent'
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 26, 2008
Earlier this week I reported how Azureus had finally made the results of its BitTorrent throttling plugin available. Users of the Azureus BitTorrent client ...

Distributed Debian Distribution Development
Advogato - Apr 25, 2008
Debtorrent is a modified version of bittorrent that basically first goes and looks to see if there is a debtorrent swarm to download a package from, first. ...

Multichannel News

AT&T: We don't throttle P2P traffic
CNET News.com, CA - Apr 25, 2008
The statement came in response to a report released earlier this week (PDF) by Vuze, which offers a BitTorrent-based client primarily used for distributing ...
AT&T: We Don't Reset P2P Connections Multichannel News
Comcast opens up about how it manages traffic Indianapolis Star
AT&T Denies Resetting P2P Connections Slashdot
all 13 news articles

AT&T: We don't throttle P2P traffic
CNET News.com, CA - 39 minutes ago
The statement came in response to a report released earlier this week (PDF) by Vuze, which offers a BitTorrent-based client primarily used for distributing ...

Big Media Continues to Fight Against Net Neutrality
Yahoo! News - Apr 25, 2008
In knee-capping BitTorrent, Comcast didn't just block pirated content, but all BitTorrent content, including legitimate un-pirated content such as a file ...

Grand Theft Auto IV Leaked to BitTorrent
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 25, 2008
Both the NTSC and PAL versions of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 have been leaked to BitTorrent. This latest Grand Theft Auto epic from Rockstar games ...

The Pirate Bay - 12 Million Peers and Counting
Zeropaid, CA - 1 hour ago
Despite the entertainment industry's best efforts, the world's largest BitTorrent tracker site continues to grow. Everybody in the BitTorrent community is ...

Wired News

Test: BBC iPlayer vs BitTorrent
Wired News - Apr 25, 2008
I pitted the iPlayer against my usual method of watching Brit TV; BitTorrent. Specifically, isohunt.com and the quite excellent software client Transmission ...

Canada.com

Big Media's "Common Interest" with ISPs -- Use "Piracy" as Smoke ...
Huffington Post, NY - 5 hours ago
In kneecapping BitTorrent, Comcast didn't just block pirated content, but all BitTorrent content, including legitimate un-pirated content such as a file ...
FCC Reports Comcast P2P Blocking Was More Widespread Slashdot
FCC Looking into Comcast’s BitTorrent Throttling ShortNews.com
Surfing without Reno News & Review
The Heartland Institute - CNET News.com
all 160 news articles

P2P site cries traffic shaping foul at Canuck ISP
Register, UK - Apr 25, 2008
Comcast - America's second largest internet provider - is facing an FCC investigation after using resets to throttle BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer ...

ZeroPaid Interviews an Operator of WinMXWorld
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 24, 2008
Positively speaking, this seems to show that even the "old WinMX client" seems to dodge the filters unlike something like BitTorrent. ...

Opera 9.5 "Kestrel" Browser Gets a Second Beta
PC Magazine - 18 hours ago
Opera is the only well-known Web browser that can double as a BitTorrent client, and beta 2 improves this capability by reducing the CPU drain during a ...

Ubuntu 8.04 Released - Slashdot

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Ubuntu 8.04 Released
Slashdot - Apr 24, 2008
Kant uses BitTorrent because he asserts that one should download such that the protocol for one's download may scale to serve all downloaders ...
Ubuntu 8.04 Released PC World
Hardy Heron Is Here ShortNews.com
Ubuntu 8.04 Brings Power and Polish to the Linux Desktop Wired News
Enews 2.0 - Digitaltrends.com
all 49 news articles

TorrentFreak

The Pirate Bay Smashes 12000000 BitTorrent Users
TorrentFreak - Apr 24, 2008
The notorious Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker has reached yet another milestone as it serves more than 12 million peers. The site is also throwing down a ...

eFluxMedia

FCC Reports Comcast P2P Blocking Was More Widespread
Slashdot - Apr 23, 2008
After defending its actions and being investigated by the FCC over the past few months, Comcast has tried to repair its image by making nice with BitTorrent ...
FCC Looking into Comcast’s BitTorrent Throttling ShortNews.com
Surfing without Reno News & Review
FCC Chief Says Comcast P2P Blocking Was Widespread NewsFactor Network
CNET News.com - PC Magazine
all 207 news articles

Markets Still Rule in Protocol Issues
The Heartland Institute, IL - 2 hours ago
A big tech policy story in recent weeks was Comcast's announcement that it will stop impeding BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic and instead will ...

FCC Looking into Comcast’s BitTorrent Throttling
ShortNews.com, Germany - Apr 23, 2008
FCC Chairman, Chairman Kevin Martin has told a Senate committee that Comcast has been using a “blunt” means of restricting BitTorrent traffic. ...

Azureus Releases Data from BitTorrent Throttling Plugin
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 23, 2008
Releases data collected from more than 8000 users to show that Comcast isn't the only interfering with BitTorrent traffic. About a month ago I mentioned how ...

Subscribe to TV Shows Using BitTorrent on OSX
TorrentFreak - Apr 23, 2008
Last year TorrentFreak covered the TV-Shows application which allowed the user to subscribe to TV shows using BitTorrent. Sadly, until the software is ...

E Canada Now

CRTC to debate on Bell's unpopular 'bandwidth throttling'
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - Apr 23, 2008
Bell blames the congestion on users downloading video and music from peer-to-peer file sharing programs such as BitTorrent and Limewire. ...
Study: All Major Broadband Providers Disrupt P2P Multichannel News
P2P throttling leading to net neutrality showdown in Canada Ars Technica
Canadian CRTC To Tackle Bandwidth Issue E Canada Now
FierceTelecom
all 9 news articles

The BitTorrent guru keeps it legal
Metro, Sweden - Apr 22, 2008
The 32-year-old New York native revolutionized the internet in 2001 through the development of BitTorrent technology, which makes file sharing fast and ...

Recruiting Friendly Botnets To Counter Bad Botnets
Slashdot - 11 hours ago
... using the servers in networks such as Akamai as mailboxes; ultimately they would like to piggyback the good-botnet functionality onto BitTorrent. ...

Most Popular DVDrips on BitTorrent (wk16)
TorrentFreak - Apr 22, 2008
The top 10 most downloaded DVDrips on BitTorrent, “The Bank Job” tops the chart this week. We do not link to actual torrent files because linking to files ...

NewsOXY

Net neutrality battle returns to the US Senate
CNET News.com, CA - 20 hours ago
The saga of Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent file-sharing traffic--and intense interest from the Federal Communications Commission, including a hearing at ...
FCC Chair Infers Comcast Blocked, Not Delayed, Data PC Magazine
Martin Accuses Comcast of Widespread Throttling eWeek
FCC's Martin: Comcast Blocking Was Widespread PC World
Multichannel News - MediaPost Publications
all 438 news articles

CBC.ca

Cogeco ranks poorly in internet interference report
CBC.ca, Canada - 15 hours ago
Internet resets are a commonly used method of traffic shaping and interference with peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent, Vuze said. ...
Cogeco named in traffic throttling wars p2pnet.net
Traffic shaping: ‘I am appalled …’ p2pnet.net
CRTC ‘inundated’ with ‘throttling’ calls, emails. p2pnet.net
all 4 news articles

FCC Chair Infers Comcast Blocked, Not Delayed, Data
PC Magazine - 12 minutes ago
Comcast came under fire last year when an Associated Press article accused the provider of blocking access to P2P Web sites like BitTorrent. ...

Recruiting Friendly Botnets To Counter Bad Botnets
Slashdot - 2 hours ago
... using the servers in networks such as Akamai as mailboxes; ultimately they would like to piggyback the good-botnet functionality onto BitTorrent. ...

dBTechno

Martin Accuses Comcast of Widespread Throttling
eWeek,  NY - 58 minutes ago
Martin's comments come after two FCC hearings on charges that the nation's largest cable provider deliberately throttles P2P applications like BitTorrent ...
Net neutrality battle returns to the US Senate CNET News.com
FCC's Martin: Comcast Blocking Was Widespread PC World
ISPs Blow Off Stanford Net Neutrality Hearing Slashdot
Reuters - San Jose Mercury News
all 268 news articles

TechRadar.com

Biohazard bassist in BitTorrent rant
TechRadar.com, UK - Apr 22, 2008
However, Seinfeld’s apparently free-spirited and liberal approach to life doesn’t quite extend into the world of P2P and BitTorrent file-sharing. ...

To defeat a malicious botnet, build a friendly one
New Scientist (subscription), UK - 11 hours ago
Using the distributed file-sharing system BitTorrent would provide one way of doing that, he adds. "It is a very interesting approach that integrates a ...

ABC News

FCC's Martin: Comcast Blocking Was Widespread
PC World - 1 hour ago
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, testifying before a Senate committee, said Comcast's blocking of BitTorrent P-to-P (peer-to-peer) traffic appeared to happen when ...
US FCC chief again critiques Comcast network tactics Reuters
ISPs Blow Off Stanford Net Neutrality Hearing Slashdot
Net Neutrality Hearing at Stanford without Big ISPs eFluxMedia
Register - Consumer Affairs
all 38 news articles

eFluxMedia

US FCC chief again critiques Comcast network tactics
Reuters - 33 minutes ago
Subsequently last month, Comcast announced it would change the way it manages its network and cooperate with BitTorrent and other critics to resolve the ...
ISPs Blow Off Stanford Net Neutrality Hearing Slashdot
Net Neutrality Hearing at Stanford without Big ISPs eFluxMedia
Lessig leads Net Neut charge in Stanford inquisition Register
Consumer Affairs - Bay Area Indymedia
all 31 news articles

Anti-Piracy Blunder Shuts Down BitTorrent Tracker
TorrentFreak - Apr 22, 2008
A large BitTorrent tracker dealing only in documentaries has been shutdown after an anti-piracy company wrongfully identified content being tracked by the ...

Azureus Releases Data From BitTorrent Throttling Plugin As we knew ...
Dslreports - Apr 22, 2008
While Wikis have been made to track which ISPs throttle BitTorrent traffic, the information has never been all that reliable. ...

TechRadar.com

Biohazard bassist in BitTorrent rant
TechRadar.com, UK - 3 hours ago
However, Seinfeld’s apparently free-spirited and liberal approach to life doesn’t quite extend into the world of P2P and BitTorrent file-sharing, ...

Net Neutrality – the Wall Street Journal Got it Wrong
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 3 hours ago
In an April 12th editorial, the Wall Street Journal trumpeted that: "An agreement worked out recently between cable giant Comcast and BitTorrent, ...

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent Tracker Software “Gazelle” Debuts on What.cd
TorrentFreak - Apr 22, 2008
After a sneak peak and trial run last month, the what.cd team has finally made a semi-public release of the Gazelle tracker and site software, ...

How To Download From UseNet For Free Using NZB Files Via ISP
Zeropaid, CA - 8 hours ago
Some today may think, 'well, I use BitTorrent and I get everything I want at max speeds. I don't need anything else!' Well, that may be all fine and true, ...

Study: BitTorrent sees big growth, LimeWire still #1 P2P app
Ars Technica, MA - Apr 21, 2008
Gnutella is still the top P2P network, but BitTorrent has been steadily rising. LimeWire still rules the P2P world. It is by far the most popular single P2P ...

eFluxMedia

ISPs Blow Off Stanford Net Neutrality Hearing
Slashdot - 14 hours ago
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 ...
Net Neutrality Hearing at Stanford without Big ISPs eFluxMedia
Lessig leads Net Neut charge in Stanford inquisition Register
Cable, Telco Interests Sit Out Net Neutrality Hearing Consumer Affairs
Bay Area Indymedia - InfoWorld
all 28 news articles

eFluxMedia

Comcast, Pando Partner For "P2P Bill of Rights"
Slashdot - 1 hour ago
Last month, Comcast announced that it had reached an agreement with BitTorrent whereby Comcast agreed to alter its network management practices, ...
Net Neutrality Hearing at Stanford without Big ISPs eFluxMedia
Cable, Telco Interests Sit Out Net Neutrality Hearing Consumer Affairs
ISPs Assailed at FCC Hearing eWeek
Bay Area Indymedia - NewsOXY
all 32 news articles

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Exposed by Azureus
TorrentFreak - 18 hours ago
Data collected by the BitTorrent client Azureus shows that Comcast might only be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to BitTorrent throttling ISPs. ...

Fedora 9 Linux postponed, but new preview is available
Heise Online, Germany - 23 hours ago
The Fedora Project has released a "preview" version of the Fedora 9 Linux distribution for download via Bittorrent. Shortly beforehand, the Project had ...

eFluxMedia

Net Neutrality Hearing at Stanford without Big ISPs
eFluxMedia - 11 hours ago
It also launched collaboration with BitTorrent. The two companies have been working together on ways to improve BitTorrent applications for the Comcast ...
Cable, Telco Interests Sit Out Net Neutrality Hearing Consumer Affairs
ISPs Assailed at FCC Hearing eWeek
FCC commissioners hear panelists, public overwhelmingly support ... Bay Area Indymedia
NewsOXY - eFluxMedia
all 32 news articles

Bell rejects call to curb internet traffic shaping
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Apr 20, 2008
... objected to the company's use of network-management technology that discriminates against peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent. ...

Oops! MPAA lawsuit gives free publicity to torrent site
Ars Technica, MA - 8 hours ago
That's not all: two years ago, the MPAA sued BitTorrent, eDonkey, USENET, and TorrentSpy (among others) for making it easy to find and download copyrighted ...

The Tech Herald

Cable, Telco Interests Sit Out Net Neutrality Hearing
Consumer Affairs - 18 hours ago
It was the discovery that Comcast was blocking access to BitTorrent that reignited the net neutrality debate, leading to lawsuits against the cable giant ...
ISPs Assailed at FCC Hearing eWeek
Tech.view Delivering the bits Economist
A One-Sided Net Neutrality InternetNews.com
Arizona Republic - USA Today
all 102 news articles

BitTorrent Super Sunday: A Look at the Past Week's Top DVD-Rips
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 20, 2008
List of the past week's 10 most popular DVD-rips courtesy of FlixFlux, the popular BitTorrent search engine. It's kind of a slow news day today, ...

No bad publicity: lawsuits boost BitTorrent use
Dallas Morning News, TX - Apr 20, 2008
The film industry has filed a number of lawsuits recently, hoping to destroy file sharing sites that ignore copyrights. The strategy has succeeded against ...

ISPs Assailed at FCC Hearing - eWeek

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ISPs Assailed at FCC Hearing
eWeek,  NY - Apr 18, 2008
Speaker after speaker harangued Comcast for allegedly cracking down on frequent users of BitTorrent, using a technique called "deep packet inspection ...
Tech.view Delivering the bits Economist
Absent Comcast in hot seat at FCC hearing CNET News.com
A One-Sided Net Neutrality InternetNews.com
eFluxMedia - ZDNet
all 301 news articles

Freetards fill their boots - music survey
Register, UK - Apr 18, 2008
... music is being downloaded as people switch from the flakey post-Napster P2P services such as LimeWire, to the fast and much more reliable BitTorrent. ...
In the US, 58% of music isn't paid for Guardian
NPD's latest internet survey confirms more people steal music than ... TechRadar.com
all 3 news articles

Security Bites Podcast: What's on your network?
CNET News.com, CA - 13 hours ago
... Palo Alto Networks found that 90 percent of the sites they looked at had peer-to-peer applications such as eMule and BitTorrent on individual desktops, ...

MPAA Secretly Tells Court Why BitTorrent Tracking Sites Violate ...
Wired News - Apr 18, 2008
By David Kravets April 18, 2008 | 6:38:05 PMCategories: BitTorrent The answer to the question of whether BitTorrent tracking sites are legal in the United ...

TorrentFreak

Private BitTorrent Trackers Under Threat From Major Exploit
TorrentFreak - Apr 18, 2008
Thousands of private BitTorrent trackers using the popular TBDev code are vulnerable to hostile takeover. According to a security researcher, a successful ...

E Canada Now

Bell Won't Back Down, Says Traffic Shaping a Must
MarketnewsGadgetTalk, Canada - 12 hours ago
The telecommunications company feels that slowing down P2P and BitTorrent use is necessary in order to improve overall bandwidth performance for all users. ...
Ground rules required CanadianBusiness.com
Bell Canada - We are Overloaded, 33% Capacity Peak is Overloaded Zeropaid
Bell rejects call to curb traffic shaping CBC.ca
The Industry Standard
all 38 news articles

Suing Backfires. BitTorrent Traffic Up 24%
NewTeeVee, CA - Apr 18, 2008
You know those high-profile lawsuits the MPAA are bringing against the Pirate Bay and other BitTorrent sites? Well…they’re kinda helping boost BitTorrent ...

You'll learn to love mobile TV
Register, UK - 14 hours ago
When I get Desperate Housewives using BitTorrent, I don't get the adverts. Some dedicated seeder has chopped them out. And anyway, when I've downloaded the ...

KOMO

Tech.view Delivering the bits
Economist, UK - 12 hours ago
Ever since, Comcast has been scrambling to prevent the FCC from rewriting its rules about peer-to-peer (P2P) software like BitTorrent, which is widely used ...
A One-Sided Net Neutrality InternetNews.com
Absent Comcast in hot seat at FCC hearing CNET News.com
Will the Internet remain neutral? ZDNet
Wired News - Reuters
all 480 news articles

dBTechno

Konami Uses BitTorrent On PS3 With Metal Gear Online
dBTechno, MA - Apr 18, 2008
Boston (dbTechno) - Konami is using BitTorrent on the PS3 to patch their Metal Gear Online Beta, which was released to the public and made available for ...

In the US, 58% of music isn't paid for
Guardian, UK - 10 hours ago
This is because of the shift of many users from Limewire to BitTorrent, which makes it easier to download whole albums. One thing hasn't changed: people ...
NPD's latest internet survey confirms more people steal music than ... TechRadar.com
all 2 news articles

Gossip Girl Streams Pulled Off CW's Site Due To, Well, Popularity ...
Washington Post, United States - 10 hours ago
More power to BitTorrent, of course? LAT: The move is designed to boost ratings for the program, which has developed a loyal online following but has failed ...

Comcast refuses invite - Stanford Daily

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Comcast refuses invite
Stanford Daily, CA - 10 minutes ago
The hearing came about because of BitTorrent, peer-to-peer software that allows its users to exchange content such as music and video. ...

FCC convenes at Stanford
Stanford Daily, CA - 10 minutes ago
Software quality engineer Robb Topolski, whose initial discovery of Comcast’s methods of blocking access to BitTorrent ignited the net neutrality debate, ...

Not Many Fireworks in Latest Net Neutrality Debate
TMCnet - 26 minutes ago
The ISPs, and Comcast in particular, are under fire for slowing or throttling traffic on their networks, in particular peer-to-peer traffic like BiTTorrent, ...

KOMO

Absent Comcast in hot seat at FCC hearing
CNET News.com, CA - Apr 18, 2008
Robb Topolski, the software engineer who ignited controversy around Comcast's disruption of BitTorrent peer-to-peer traffic, was in the spotlight here at ...
Comcast Pushes 'P2P Bill Of Rights' CRN
BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Exposed by Azureus TorrentFreak
FCC's Stanford forum highlights key Net neutrality issues San Jose Mercury News
eWeek - PC Magazine
all 616 news articles

No Consumer Linux from Novell or Red Hat
PC World - 5 hours ago
Each company independently confirmed this week that you may as well keep those BitTorrent clients running: Neither Red Hat nor Novell has any plans to ...

BitTorrent Use Up 24% Since November
Slashdot - Apr 17, 2008
dingalig writes "It looks as though the MPAA's fight against The Pirate Bay and other BitTorrent sites isn't going very well. Ars Technica reports that ...

KPIC

FCC meets at Stanford on 'network management'
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 4 hours ago
BitTorrent is a company that uses peer to peer technolgy to distribute media files. But many at the meeting pressed the commission to take action against ...
FCC Gets an Earful from Open Net Defenders at Stanford Wired News
FCC weighs dispute over network practices Reuters
Comcast’s Concession to Net Neutrality New York Times
San Jose Mercury News - Multichannel News
all 507 news articles

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Absent Comcast in hot seat at FCC hearing
CNET News.com, CA - 4 hours ago
Robb Topolski, the software engineer who ignited controversy around Comcast's disruption of BitTorrent peer-to-peer traffic, was in the spotlight here ...
FCC meets at Stanford on 'network management' San Jose Mercury News
FCC Gets an Earful from Open Net Defenders at Stanford Wired News
FCC weighs dispute over network practices Reuters
New York Times - San Jose Mercury News
all 686 news articles

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FCC Gets an Earful from Open Net Defenders at Stanford
Wired News - 2 hours ago
He also disputes Comcast's defense that it only messes with BitTorrent when the network is congested, saying he recently suffered from insomnia and noticed ...
FCC weighs dispute over network practices Reuters
Comcast’s Concession to Net Neutrality New York Times
FCC's Stanford forum highlights key Net neutrality issues San Jose Mercury News
Wall Street Journal - Sci-Tech Today
all 441 news articles

TorrentFreak

Judge Orders Marshall University to Help RIAA
Dslreports - 8 hours ago
In fact, all of the media attention to the RIAA cases as well as other filesharing cases have caused BitTorrent traffic to increase 24% since last November. ...
Marshall University loses to the RIAA TechSpot
Purdue University Launches P2P Network to Bypass RIAA TorrentFreak
all 3 news articles

Ringing up mobile data
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 15 hours ago
If you're using your phone as a modem for your notebook then you might want more but, unless you're heavily into multimedia or BitTorrent, 3GB per month ...

OverTheLimit.info

Ground rules required
CanadianBusiness.com, Canada - 7 hours ago
Chances are, you don't use BitTorrent to download music or video, legally or otherwise. Most people don't, according to the major ISPs. ...
Bell rejects call to curb traffic shaping CBC.ca
Bell Canada urges regulator to toss out ISP's injunction The Industry Standard
all 32 news articles

Top 5 BitTorrent Clients for MAC
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 17, 2008
BitTorrent has really gone mainstream in the last 2-3 years, Mac has a nice list of applications to take advantage of this, some of them are freeware and ...

Comcast’s Concession to Net Neutrality
New York Times, United States - 47 minutes ago
The reason this all is an issue, of course, is that Comcast had been slowing down file transfers that used the BitTorrent protocol, a move that prompted an ...

BitTorrent use soars as MPAA fights on against P2P sites
Ars Technica, MA - Apr 17, 2008
Even as the MPA, MPAA, IFPI, and other groups have scored legal victories over torrent sites, BitTorrent use is growing. In fact, average BitTorrent traffic ...

Pirate Bay launches free-speech blogging service
PC Pro, UK - 2 hours ago
The site will join the group's existing uncensored image sharing site, BayIMG, and the hugely popular BitTorrent search engine, Pirate Bay. ...

Study: LimeWire remains top P2P software; uTorrent fast-rising #2
Computerworld, MA - Apr 17, 2008
LimeWire only recently released an upgrade that lets users search and exchange files via BitTorrent. Finally, like Napster, LimeWire has faced several ...

Canada lags behind in entertainment access
Leader Post, Canada - 11 hours ago
Even BitTorrent has gotten in on the legal action with its online movie rental store. And whereas downloading pirated video can take hours -- some Internet ...

KPIC

FCC's Stanford forum highlights key Net neutrality issues
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 15 hours ago
At the center of the FCC discussion is BitTorrent, software that allows its users to trade large files such as music or videos via a peer-to-peer network. ...
Comcast’s Concession to Net Neutrality New York Times
FCC Continues Press for Clarity In Web Providers' Delivery Practices Wall Street Journal
FCC Looks at Network Management Sci-Tech Today
San Jose Mercury News - CRN
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P2P ISP Filtering Test Published, Labels Deny Ensuing Criticism
Zeropaid, CA - 22 hours ago
eDonkey traffic completely fell off the radar for both vendors while only Ipoque PRX-5G could detect even half of the RC4 encrypted BitTorrent traffic. ...

Mark Glaser: Journalist, Critic, Facilitator, New Media Expert
PBS - 3 hours ago
Bell Canada started “throttling,” or slowing web access for people using BitTorrent and other file-sharing services, not only slowing their own users’ Net ...

Comcast’s Concession to Net Neutrality
New York Times Blogs, NY - 2 minutes ago
The reason this all is an issue, of course, is that Comcast had been slowing down file transfers that used the BitTorrent protocol, a move that prompted an ...

KPIC

FCC Continues Press for Clarity In Web Providers' Delivery Practices
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
But his stance changed last year when Comcast was accused of deliberating dropping some traffic by users of file-sharing service BitTorrent, Inc. Consumer ...
Comcast Pushes 'P2P Bill Of Rights' CRN
Advocacy Groups Skeptical of P-to-P Bill of Rights Idea PC World
Comcast Touts New P2P Initiative eWeek
New Zealand Herald - PC World
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Listen up pirates: Stop stealing
Daily Aztec, CA - Apr 16, 2008
Using BitTorrent software to pirate music is also illegal. BitTorrent is a protocol that breaks files into much smaller pieces to be distributed between ...

Forget Comcast's P2P Bill of Rights, how about the rights of couch ...
iTWire, Australia - 16 minutes ago
With a growing number of legitimate services using BitTorrent as a distribution tool, customers are entitled to be upset. Still, let's face it, ...

BitTorrent Tracker Shoots Back at IFPI Volleys
DailyTech, IL - Apr 16, 2008
Swedish BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay is demanding compensation from the IFPI for a court decision that found the site blocked from customers of the ...

New Zealand Herald

A P2P bill of rights? Yeah right
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 26 minutes ago
You'll remember that Comcast, after throttling peer-to-peer traffic on its network for years, came to an agreement with BitTorrent to alter its network ...

Gizmodo.com

Crestron Home Automation Adds Windows Sideshow Support
Gizmodo.com - 9 hours ago
Not only does it read data, you can even send control information back to Windows to change a song or turn off your BitTorrent downloads because you're ...

KOMO

Comcast Pushes 'P2P Bill Of Rights'
CRN, NY - 7 hours ago
According to the petitions, Comcast interfered with managing peer-to-peer applications from software providers BitTorrent, which has been called a ...
Advocacy Groups Skeptical of P-to-P Bill of Rights Idea PC World
Comcast Touts New P2P Initiative eWeek
A P2P bill of rights? Yeah right New Zealand Herald
PC World - iTWire
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TorrentFreak

BitTorrent site sues for IFPI compensation over block
BetaNews - Apr 16, 2008
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews The Pirate Bay has asked a Dutch court to order music industry group IFPI for monetary compensation for a block placed on it by ISP ...
The Pirate Bay to Turn Tables, Sue International Music Industry Gizmodo.com
all 6 news articles

Comcast calls for ISP “bill of rights” to protect file sharers ...
CrunchGear, NY - 2 hours ago
Comcast has been in the news for “traffic shaping“, or favoring certain types of traffic over others, notably putting BitTorrent and other P2P traffic on a ...

MediaShift

Digging Deeper Your Guide to Net Neutrality
MediaShift, CA - 12 hours ago
Bell Canada started “throttling,” or slowing web access for people using BitTorrent and other file-sharing services, not only slowing their own users’ Net ...

But Why Do We Need A P2P Bill Of Rights In The First Place?
Techdirt - 19 minutes ago
Of course, this process started with the relationship with BitTorrent -- which was woefully short on details. This "Bill of Rights" plan is, in some ways, ...

KIMA CBS 29

Comcast Touts New P2P Initiative
eWeek,  NY - 3 hours ago
By Roy Mark Pando Networks joins BitTorrent as the latest P2P firm to work with the cable giant. If nothing else, Comcast's announcement of its latest new ...
Comcast, Pando Partner for 'P2P Bill of Rights' PC Magazine
Comcast loves file sharing, honest! Los Angeles Times
Comcast proposes file-sharing 'bill of rights' CBC.ca
Washington Post - dBTechno
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BitTorrent Landscape Shifts (UTorrent's Gain Is Azureus's Loss)
Wired News - Apr 16, 2008
According to a new study, the Azureus BitTorrent client, which peaked in popularity last March, has been surpassed by uTorrent, which was found on 6.35 ...

TorrentFreak

The Pirate Bay to Turn Tables, Sue International Music Industry
Gizmodo.com - 3 hours ago
... essentially, the international RIAA) went to court and got Danish ISP Tele2 to block access to the famous BitTorrent tracker. ...
Hip-Hop Artist Refuses To Stand Against The Pirate Bay TorrentFreak
all 2 news articles

Comcast, Pando call for pact on P2P rights
Infoworld, Netherlands - 8 minutes ago
The move comes a few weeks after cable operator Comcast said it would work with P2P software company BitTorrent on network management. ...

Comcast Adds On File- Sharing Tests And 'P2P Bill Of Rights'
Washington Post, United States - 15 minutes ago
A few weeks after Comcast's (NSDQ: CMCSA) non-deal deal with BitTorrent on making the latter's P2P apps run more smoothly for the cable operator's broadband ...

Comcast loves file sharing, honest!
Los Angeles Times, CA - 31 minutes ago
Was it really just a few months ago that Comcast was surreptitiously interfering with BitTorrent uploads? How quickly things change. ...

CBC.ca

Comcast proposes file-sharing 'bill of rights'
CBC.ca, Canada - 30 minutes ago
File-sharing, which uses peer-to-peer (P2P) technology such as BitTorrent, is popular among internet users for swapping copyrighted works such as movies or ...

MMORPG blog

Gaming News - Eve Online Source Code Hacked and Leaked
Overclockers Club, AL - 2 hours ago
The source code for Eve Online, a popular science-fiction MMORPG, has been leaked onto the Internet by BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay. ...
EVE Leak "Grossly" Exaggerated Next Generation
EVE Online Source Code Stolen, Leaked Wired News
CCP Promises No Security Risks With Leaked Source Code Gamasutra
MMORPG blog - Escapist Magazine
all 12 news articles

dBTechno

Comcast, Pando Partner for 'P2P Bill of Rights'
PC Magazine - 19 hours ago
by Chloe Albanesius On the heels of its arrangement with BitTorrent , Comcast on Tuesday announced that it would partner with Pando Networks to create a P2P ...
Comcast loves file sharing, honest! Los Angeles Times
Comcast proposes file-sharing 'bill of rights' CBC.ca
Comcast Adds On File- Sharing Tests And 'P2P Bill Of Rights' Washington Post
dBTechno - eFluxMedia
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Ditching the boob tube - U Weekly

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Ditching the boob tube
U Weekly, OH - 3 hours ago
One such offering is turning to BitTorrent, a file-sharing network that’s legal by itself, but most often used to share and distribute illegal copies of ...

Ars Technica

Comcast to spearhead creation of P2P Bill of Rights
Ars Technica, MA - 1 hour ago
Between this announcement and the recent deal with BitTorrent, Comcast has reversed its tough stance on the issue of network management. ...
Comcast, Pando Networks To Analyze Data Flow Using P2P CNNMoney.com
Comcast Proposes 'P2P Bill Of Rights' Multichannel News
Comcast and Pando Networks to Lead Creation of 'P2P Bill of Rights ... CNNMoney.com (press release)
all 19 news articles

The Pirate Bay targets Big 4’s IFPI
p2pnet.net, Canada - 2 hours ago
And, promises the famous Swedish BitTorrent tracker, if it manages a win, the money will go to independent artists who share their music for free. ...

YouTorrent shifts policy and goes up for sale
Afterdawn.com - 9 hours ago
Since its launch in early January, YouTorrent has become one of the most, if not the most, popular BitTorrent search engines. The site, which claims it is ...
TorrentFreak’s Top 10 YouTorrent Alternatives TorrentFreak
YouTorrent Goes Legal, and Up For Sale TorrentFreak
all 3 news articles

The Bandwidth Conundrum - PC Magazine

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The Bandwidth Conundrum
PC Magazine - Apr 14, 2008
Understanding this phenomenon, by the way, is the reason BitTorrent was invented and has become one of the few useful download methodologies in an ...

Popular BitTorrent site goes legit, looks for buyer
BetaNews - Apr 14, 2008
The indexer only launched in early January, but it has quickly become one of the Web's most visited BitTorrent sites. According to the company, ...

TechRadar.com

Thanks to the Internet, stealing is easy
TechRadar.com, UK - 23 hours ago
But the real P2P revolution was the introduction of the BitTorrent protocol. This splits files into identical pieces from 64KB to 1MB in size, ...

Popular BitTorrent goes legit, looks for buyer
BetaNews - 1 hour ago
The indexer only launched in early January, but it has quickly become one of the Web's most visited BitTorrent sites. According to the company, ...

Targeted P2P? - TMCnet

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Targeted P2P?
TMCnet - Apr 14, 2008
In fact, the whole idea behind SafeMedia's technology is to allow legal BitTorrent applications to operate while possibly-dangerous and certainly unknown ...
International Computer Staffing and Consulting Company Selects ... PR Newswire (press release)
all 8 news articles

YouTorrent: 2 Legit and Quit? - NewTeeVee

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YouTorrent: 2 Legit and Quit?
NewTeeVee, CA - 3 hours ago
BitTorrent meta-search engine YouTorrent is going legit and will only index sites that source legal torrent files from now on, according to TorrentFreak. ...
YouTorrent On The Market, Switches To Legal Torrents TechCrunch
YouTorrent Goes Legit, Looks To Cash In Mashable
all 3 news articles

BitTorrent Search Engine Kicks Out The Pirates. What's It Worth?
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Apr 14, 2008
Search-engine-for-BitTorrent downloads YouTorrent is about to find out. YouTorrent, which indexed a handful of illegal torrent sites and let users search ...

E Canada Now

Internet service providers cry foul
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 12 hours ago
One main target is peer-to-peer file transfer such as BitTorrent, used to transfer files such as music and video. Tom Copeland, chairman of the Canadian ...
More Bell Canada misinformation and misdirection in attempt to ... IT World Canada Blogs
Canadian CAIP Cries Internet Foul E Canada Now
Threat to computers overstated: cyber-security firm Standard Freeholder
all 5 news articles

Digital-Lifestyles.Info

Demonoid BitTorrent Tracker Returns
Digital-Lifestyles.Info, UK - Apr 14, 2008
This latest resurrection continues the cat and mouse battle between the BitTorrent trackers and The Man, with their attempts to block Canadian users failing ...

SlashGear

SlashGear Week in Review - April 7th through April 13th
SlashGear, AZ - 3 hours ago
For starters we have a new BitTorrent Set Top Box from Myka, no more will you have to waste power by leaving your entire computer running all night just to ...

YouTorrent On The Market, Switches To Legal Torrents
TechCrunch, CA - 12 hours ago
YouTorrent, the bittorrent meta search engine we wrote about in January, is on the market and has switched to legal torrents only. ...

YouTorrent Goes Legit, Looks To Cash In
Mashable, CA - 5 hours ago
YouTorrent, which popped up in the BitTorrent scene a scant four months ago, has decided to go wholly legit with its linkage - and possibly even sell itself ...

YouTorrent Goes Legal, and Up For Sale
TorrentFreak - 16 hours ago
In just a matter of weeks since its launch, YouTorrent has become one of the most popular BitTorrent meta-search engines. This weekend, however, it revealed ...

Demonoid is Back - DailyTech

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Demonoid is Back
DailyTech, IL - 13 hours ago
... to prevent its takedown in November, and the site’s BitTorrent tracker reappeared briefly in Malaysia around January before disappearing once more. ...

Infamous Bittorrent tracker Demonoid dances again
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - Apr 13, 2008
By Triston McIntyre There’sa dance-off on the internet, and its between big name torrent trackers and the media protection groups. Demonoid, once one of the ...

TechShout!

BitTorrent site Demonoid is back online, once again!
TechShout!, India - Apr 12, 2008
BitTorrent users all over the world have a reason to rejoice! Demonoid, one of the most popular BitTorrent website, is back online. ...

After Rocky Stint Around The Globe, Demonoid Reappears
Mashable, CA - 5 hours ago
Back in November of last year, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) pressured Demonoid, a popular BitTorrent tracker site, into shutting down. ...
Demonoid's Back Online! Zeropaid
all 2 news articles

An Alternative to 'Net Neutrality'
Wall Street Journal - Apr 11, 2008
An agreement worked out recently between cable giant Comcast and BitTorrent, the creator of a popular file-sharing program, offers a private-sector ...
ISPs Say P4P Negates Need for Net Neutrality Regs Slashdot
all 3 news articles

Demonoid's Back Online! - Zeropaid

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Demonoid's Back Online!
Zeropaid, CA - 11 hours ago
After a long hiatus, one of the BitTorrent community's most beloved tracker sites rises back from the dead. Earlier today I reported how Deimos, ...

Demonoid Is Back Online - TorrentFreak

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p2pnet.net

Demonoid Is Back Online
TorrentFreak - Apr 11, 2008
Yesterday, we reported that the popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was to be resurrected, under a new administrator. Now, less that a day later the site ...
Demonoid To Be Resurrected Under New Admin TorrentFreak
Demonoid Tracker Is Back Online Slashdot
all 6 news articles

Exclaim!

CBC Becomes the First TV Network in North America to Release a ...
Exclaim!, Canada - Apr 11, 2008
... made a small bit of history recently when it released an episode of Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister through the BitTorrent file-sharing network. ...

Exclaim!

Bell Canada Begins Throttling BitTorrent Traffic
Exclaim!, Canada - Apr 11, 2008
(Throttling is exactly what you think it is: the deliberate slowing down of your connection when using bittorrent and other peer-to-peer file sharing ...

SlashGear

Myka - the set top box for those with lower moral standards
SlashGear, AZ - 20 hours ago
After you get everything setup and connected, simply point the BitTorrent client to a torrent file and you are off and running filling up your 80, 160, ...

Wired News

Myka: One Set Top Box To Rule Them All?
Wired News - Apr 11, 2008
The Myka is a set-top BitTorrent device which dispenses with proprietary technology in favor of open standards. Unlike vendor-specific hardware like Apple ...

Is Content Worthless? - Huffington Post

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Is Content Worthless?
Huffington Post, NY - 13 hours ago
No need, when YouTube and BitTorrent make videos, and pirated movies and TV, free for the asking. Subscribe to a newspaper or magazine? ...
Does Premium Viral Content Exist? ClickZ News
all 2 news articles

OverTheLimit.info

Traffic throttling must cease
24 Hours Vancouver, Canada - Apr 10, 2008
For example, CBC's show Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, was offered to viewers via BitTorrent for download: CBC is one of the first broadcasters to do ...
Traffic Shaping a la Bell Welland Tribune
Independent Internet Providers Take Bell to Task mediacaster
Pressure Grows For True Internet Neutrality E Canada Now
all 5 news articles

Netgear Expands Wireless-N Networking Products
Smart House, Australia - 19 hours ago
To ensure the best-possible experience for users who access movies, music, TV shows, games and software through their BitTorrent subscriptions, ...
Photo Gallery: Netgear sets sail with Wireless-N range CRN Australia
all 2 news articles

Demonoid To Be Resurrected Under New Admin
TorrentFreak - 4 hours ago
It’s great news for the BitTorrent community that the future of Demonoid is in trusted hands and for some, quite a surprise after such a wait. ...

TechRadar.com

Does the Internet Need More Roads or Better Traffic Signals?
GigaOm, CA - Apr 10, 2008
Comcast throttling BitTorrent traffic as a way to protect network integrity (or so it says) is one example. Another can be found in the arguments of a ...
P2P Tests Show Speed Boost on Cable, Telco Networks Multichannel News
Pando Field Test Results Attract Cable and Telco Ops to P2P ‘Good ... screenplays magazine
all 17 news articles

A short history of cable and telephone companies pushing for more ...
Sacramento News & Review, CA - 20 hours ago
Comcast was caught blocking BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer Internet services by cybersleuths last fall, and on November 1, 2008, Free Press formally ...

BBC Radio Offers New Who Episode Commentary
Wired News - Apr 10, 2008
But, it's not likely to set off a global piracy war to assume most American fans of the show caught up with The Doctor via Bittorrent, Limewire or ...

Net neutrality debate hampers Sandvine
Waterloo Record, Canada - Apr 10, 2008
Critics suggest Comcast is interfering with traffic on its networks, particularly file sharing that originates on sites like BitTorrent. ...
Sandvine slides into the red Globe and Mail
Sandvine swings to Q1 net loss as sales decline; reiterates 2008 ... Forbes
Sandvine Welcomes New Board Member Earthtimes
all 11 news articles

Tubin’! Sen. Stevens Back on Net Neutrality
NewTeeVee, CA - 8 hours ago
But given revelations that Comcast blocked BitTorrent traffic and is now angling to throttle heavy web users, while Road Runner, Charter and Cox already ...
ACA Chairman Says HDTV Exemption Gets To Root Of Capacity Issue Broadcast Newsroom
all 4 news articles

Comcast, BitTorrent Reach Throttling Agreement
eWeek,  NY - Apr 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES—The agreement between Comcast and BitTorrent to resolve issues involving the throttling of P2P traffic may end a government investigation into ...

Comcast to Modify Network Practices
eWeek,  NY - 37 minutes ago
The cable giant has been accused by consumer groups of blocking some file-sharing services, such as BitTorrent, that distribute TV shows and movies on the ...

Comcast’s true speeds and the BitTorrent deal
ZDNet - Apr 9, 2008
We also talked about the Comcast-BitTorrent deal – and btw, George will be on one of the panels at next week’s FCC hearing at Stanford. ...

Breaking the Internet video gridlock
Telecommunications Magazine, MA - 6 hours ago
A BitTorrent request might result in hundreds or even thousands of answers pushing content toward the end user. GridNetworks’s technology selects from only ...

Rogers Continues to Throttle BitTorrent Traffic, Despite ...
TorrentFreak - Apr 9, 2008
The problem is, however, that Rogers continues to throttle BitTorrent traffic, so most BitTorrent users will never reach their quota anyway. ...

How ISPs throttle legitimate internet users like you and me
Guardian, UK - Apr 9, 2008
In Canada, the national telco, Bell Canada, is doing one better: it is simply throwing away some or all of the BitTorrent packets generated by its customers ...

How ISPs throttle legitimate internet users like you and me
Guardian, UK - Apr 9, 2008
In Canada, the national telco, Bell Canada, is doing one better: it is simply throwing away some or all of the BitTorrent packets generated by its customers ...

'Throttling' Net Traffic - TheTyee.ca

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'Throttling' Net Traffic
TheTyee.ca, Canada - Apr 8, 2008
They do it, they say, because practices like BitTorrent's peer-to-peer file sharing protocol clog their networks, reducing speed for other customers. ...

Rush to judgment: Comcast not blocking web traffic after all
Ars Technica, MA - Apr 8, 2008
Instead of giving up the practice of using TCP reset packets to manage BitTorrent traffic, it appeared that Comcast was doing the opposite: extending it to ...

BitTorrent President Slams Comcast Critics
Appscout, NY - Apr 8, 2008
BitTorrent on Tuesday shot down suggestions that Comcast would not follow through with its recent promise to work with the file-sharing site and overhaul ...

BitTorrent: FCC Needs to Look at Other ISPs
Extreme Tech - Apr 8, 2008
By Chloe Albanesius BitTorrent on Tuesday shot down suggestions that Comcast would not follow through with its recent promise to work with the file-sharing ...

Full Disclosure Is Key to Good Internet Rules
screenplays magazine, CO - 5 hours ago
Hence, in peak periods Comcast (and no doubt other SPs) has taken to throttling back high-volume peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent, Vuse and other ...

AppleTV on your Mac Update - Mac HTPC

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Mac HTPC

AppleTV on your Mac Update
Mac HTPC - 3 hours ago
If you miss it and you’re dying to try it out you’ll probably have to acquire the software via IRC or BitTorrent. The software works by replacing your Front ...
WWDC 2008: Switch on that reality distortion field, Steve TG Daily
all 2 news articles

University of Colorado Researchers Retract Claims Updated ...
Dslreports - Apr 8, 2008
The researchers claim this broader approach now impacts far more than just BitTorrent traffic, and can now impact e-mail or web browsing: Surprisingly, ...
Comcast Blocks Web Browsing Slashdot
all 5 news articles

BitComet Reaches Milestone with v1.00
TorrentFreak - Apr 8, 2008
BitComet has come a long way, and despite its (unfounded) image as the BitTorrent bully, it remains popular among BitTorrent users. ...

Comcast goes after its own subscribers again
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia - 18 hours ago
By Leslie Poston Busted for throttling BitTorrent users and raked over the coals by the FCC, Comcast recently switched tactics. This seemingly random act of ...

CNET News.com

How do you sell free products?
Times Online, UK - 16 hours ago
He’s got loads more films stored on Sky+ box, another 40 stored on his Media Centre PC downloaded from BitTorrent, and his flatmate is a customer of ...
Amazon Accelerates Its Move to Digital New York Times
all 10 news articles

Is My ISP Throttling BitTorrent? Test Your Connection Online
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 7, 2008
Research institute creates a BitTorrent-like transfer between your machine and its server, and determines whether or not your ISP is limiting such traffic. ...

Comcast Blocks Web Browsing - Slashdot

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NewsOXY

Comcast Blocks Web Browsing
Slashdot - Apr 7, 2008
One has to hope this isn't the congestion management system they are touting as no longer targeting BitTorrent, which they are deploying in reaction to the ...
Comcast Moves Into Faster Lane With High-End Broadband Service CNNMoney.com
Comcast Debuts Fastest Internet High-Speed NewsOXY
Fiber Awash In War of Words Multichannel News
all 6 news articles

Comcast to change the way it manages Internet traffic
Broadcast Engineering, KS - 18 hours ago
The change was part of a recent announcement by Comcast that it had been working with BitTorrent on ways to optimize the company’s applications for the ...

Comcast Blocks Web Browsing - Slashdot

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Comcast Blocks Web Browsing
Slashdot - Apr 7, 2008
One has to hope this isn't the congestion management system they are touting as no longer targeting BitTorrent, which they are deploying in reaction to the ...

P2P site calls for ISP rules
TechRadar.com, UK - Apr 7, 2008
Comcast's decision to work with BitTorrent Inc to ease criticism over their controversial traffic-shaping has stirred up debate from other peer to peer ...

Comcast and BitTorrent confirm rumors
Daily Vidette, IL - Apr 6, 2008
Last week, after months of build-up, accusations and denials, cable giant Comcast and the peer-to-peer network BitTorrent announced a deal that would ...

Internet Irony: Amazon Getting Disrupted By Apple, BitTorrent ...
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Apr 6, 2008
A decade after Amazon's explosive entrance into book and music retailing dented big retailers and put smaller ones out of business, Amazon is getting a ...

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent Tracker Sends Takedown Request to Torrent Indexers
TorrentFreak - Apr 6, 2008
After being spammed with takedown request from several companies, ELiTE-TEAM, a French private BitTorrent tracker recently asked several torrent indexers to ...

Online video's growth spells data tidal wave
Bloomington Pantagraph,  USA - Apr 6, 2008
By Bob Fernandez PHILADELPHIA -- Software whiz Bram Cohen released BitTorrent for free on the Internet in 2002 so his hippie friends could swap concert ...

Web Filters Prove Less Effective Than MPAA, RIAA Might Like
Mashable, CA - 17 hours ago
According to the statistics gathered in the SNEP-Internet Evolution trial, Arbor “wasn’t able to detect BitTorrent traffic with strong RC4 encryption. ...
Study Shows: P2P Filters Can Be Easily Circumvented NewTeeVee
all 2 news articles

A smart way to download dumb videos
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Apr 6, 2008
Users of the system who were trying to download video files via BitTorrent networks noticed that things weren't running as quickly as they were supposed to, ...

Study Shows: P2P Filters Can Be Easily Circumvented
NewTeeVee, CA - 8 hours ago
The data show why: Both appliances were able to detect and regulate BitTorrent as well as other common P2P protocols in real time, with detection rates for ...

ImageShack Testing Free BitTorrent Download Service
Hard OCP, TX - Apr 5, 2008
Popular free image host ImageShack is looking to expand their footprint and is currently beta-testing a new torrent download service. ...

TorrentFreak

ImageShack Starts Free BitTorrent Download Service
TorrentFreak - Apr 5, 2008
The popular media hosting website ImageShack just launched a new service that lets you download torrent files onto their servers. ...

ISPs Using "Deep Packet Inspection" on 100000 Users
Slashdot - 15 hours ago
Comcast already has ways to throttle Bittorrent. If they are doing deep packet inspection, I would think that they would know down to the data block what ...
ISPs Using "Deep Packet Inspection" on 100000 Users Slashdot
all 3 news articles

Pirate Bay Alternative Provides DRM-Free Movie Downloads An ...
Dslreports - 22 hours ago
Say the phrase “Swedish BitTorrent” and people will automatically assume that you’re talking about The Pirate Bay. However, a new company in the country ...
Legal and DRM-free Movie Torrents from Sweden TorrentFreak
all 4 news articles

CBC News

CRTC asked to stop Bell's 'throttling'
Toronto Star,  Canada - 7 hours ago
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. recently said it would make an episode of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister available on BitTorrent as part of an ...
Canadians debating net neutrality in wake of Bell throttling Ars Technica
ISPs go on offence in speed battle with Bell CBC.ca
Bell Canada takes heat from clients Canada.com
p2pnet.net - CBC Manitoba
all 47 news articles

Scientific American

Clarification: Faster Internet Story
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
The Philadelphia-based company agreed last Thursday to collaborate with BitTorrent Inc. and develop a better system for managing congestion. ...
Comcast Offers Superfast Internet NewsFactor Network
Comcast opens up super-speedy Internet TG Daily
What's Up? DOCSIS: Comcast Launches Higher-Speed Internet Broadcasting & Cable
RedOrbit - Electronista
all 219 news articles

Legal and DRM-free Movie Torrents from Sweden
TorrentFreak - Apr 4, 2008
For most people, Sweden and BitTorrent equals The Pirate Bay. There is more though, Headweb, a new online movie store now offers over 500 authorized and ...

IEEE Spectrum

Pirates vs. Ninjas: Marketing in P2P Environments
ClickZ News, NY - 17 hours ago
Recent studies show that upwards of 50 percent of all BitTorrent (define) downloads at any given time are for TV content. Almost 25 percent are for ...
Europe Looks for a Peer-to-Peer TV Alternative IEEE Spectrum
all 2 news articles

What Comcast/Bittorrent Actually Means: Bittorrent Selling Hardware
Techdirt - Apr 3, 2008
Comcast's decision to collaborate with Bittorrent, Inc. attracted a predictably huge amount of attention and analysis. But surprisingly little of it has ...

DailyTech

Comcast VP Defends "Blocking," Lashes Out at FCC Chairman
DailyTech, IL - Apr 3, 2008
For the benefit of our customers, it is essential that the migration be appropriately timed, a reality that BitTorrent and numerous commentators acknowledge ...

NBC's "Friday Night Lights" DirecTV Deal: Big Win For BitTorrent
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Apr 3, 2008
... get to go back to Dillon, Texas (a non-starter); subscribe to DirecTV (a hassle, and costly); or familiarize themselves with Bittorrent (cheap and free. ...

Scientific American

Comcast Offers Superfast Internet
NewsFactor Network, CA - 5 hours ago
Comcast's service in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area uses DOCSIS 3.0 and comes just a week after Comcast promised to work with BitTorrent on P2P traffic. ...
What's Up? DOCSIS: Comcast Launches Higher-Speed Internet Broadcasting & Cable
Comcast opens up super-speedy Internet TG Daily
Comcast Initiates New High-Speed Service RedOrbit
Electronista - The Associated Press
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Comcast VP calls out FCC Chair for comments on P2P blocking
Ars Technica, MA - Apr 3, 2008
Meanwhile, Vuze has also filed with the Commission, warning that whatever arrangements Comcast and BitTorrent make, the agency still has to set rules for ...
Comcast and Verizon: Foxhole conversions? NetworkWorld.com
all 2 news articles

Comcast Offers 50 Mbps Residential Speeds
Slashdot - Apr 3, 2008
We've recently discussed Comcast's BitTorrent throttling and promise to quit it, and their low-quality 'HD' programming. How attractive will $150 for 50 ...
Comcast HD quality suffers under compression Afterdawn.com
Comcast Defends Low Quality HD Signal 'We will work towards ... Dslreports
Comcast swaps HD quality for quantity BetaNews
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PSP site calls for ISP rules
TechRadar.com, UK - 4 hours ago
Comcast's decision to work with BitTorrent inc. to ease criticism over their controversial traffic shaping has stirred up debate from other peer to peer ...

Scientific American

What's Up? DOCSIS: Comcast Launches Higher-Speed Internet
Broadcasting & Cable, NY - 9 hours ago
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/2/2008 7:33:00 PM One week after announcing that it would work with BitTorrent on ways to better manage Internet ...
Comcast Plans Faster Net Speeds The Associated Press
Comcast Debuts ‘Wideband’ in Twin Cities Multichannel News
Turbocharged connection Pioneer Press
Ars Technica
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5 Ways to Test If Your ISP Throttles P2P
NewTeeVee, CA - 19 hours ago
Or maybe you’re having problems with BitTorrent’s new streaming service, which just doesn’t seem to work on your system? There’sa good chance your ISP is at ...

What is BitTorrent? A Beginner's Guide
Zeropaid, CA - Apr 2, 2008
Many people are still unaware of what exactly BitTorrent is or what it does. BitTorrent is a P2P protocol, or method, that allows people to share data much ...

File sharing: to fight or accommodate?
Los Angeles Times, CA - Apr 2, 2008
The file-sharing protocol of choice these days is BitTorrent, which enables people to download multiple pieces of a digital work simultaneously from ...
Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other? GigaOm
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InteractiveTV Today [itvt]

[itvt] Radio - BitTorrent President, Ashwin Navin, on the Company ...
InteractiveTV Today [itvt], CA - Apr 2, 2008
... co-founder and president of peer-to-peer technology provider, BitTorrent, discusses that company’s recently announced agreement with Comcast, ...

NewsOXY

What's Up? DOCSIS: Comcast Launches Higher-Speed Internet
Broadcasting & Cable, NY - 4 hours ago
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/2/2008 3:33:00 PM A Week after announcing it would work with BitTorrent on ways to better manage Internet ...
Comcast Plans Faster Net Speeds The Associated Press
Comcast Debuts ‘Wideband’ in Twin Cities Multichannel News
Turbocharged connection Pioneer Press
Ars Technica
all 109 news articles

IEEE Spectrum

Europe Looks for a Peer-to-Peer TV Alternative
IEEE Spectrum, NY - 18 hours ago
BitTorrent, widely used today for downloading TV shows from the Internet, is designed to distribute large amounts of data without the original distributor ...

BitTorrent Throttling: Interview With Gemini Project
TorrentFreak - Apr 2, 2008
When it was first revealed that Comcast had been using hacker techniques to limit the effectiveness of BitTorrent traffic, there was quite an uproar and ...

The Beauty of Not Asking Permission
E-Commerce Times - 11 hours ago
Months ago, in fact, The Associated Press caught Comcast throttling back on BitTorrent traffic. Now, the ISP says it will work with BitTorrent, Inc., ...
Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit ZDNet
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Comcast revises history, meddles disingenuously
Yale Daily News, CT - 17 hours ago
As early as August of last year, reports that Comcast had been actively interfering with the popular peer-to-peer file sharing protocol BitTorrent began to ...

Comcast and BitTorrent make nice
FierceIPTV, DC - Apr 1, 2008
Comcast and BitTorrent Inc. last week agreed to bury the hatchet and work together to try and make BitTorrent software run more smoothly on Comcast's ...

Comcast acquires BitTorrent for $53bn
Register, UK - Apr 1, 2008
By Cade Metz in San Francisco → More by this author Exclusive Just hours after acquiring BitTorrent Incorporated for $53bn in cash and stock, ...

TorrentFreak

Don’t Be a BitTorrent Fool Today
TorrentFreak - Apr 1, 2008
It isn’t just on April Fool’s Day that people will be tricked into paying money for otherwise free BitTorrent related stuff on the internet. ...

File sharing: to fight or accommodate?
Los Angeles Times, CA - Apr 1, 2008
The file-sharing protocol of choice these days is BitTorrent, which enables people to download multiple pieces of a digital work simultaneously from ...
Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other? GigaOm
Virgin Internet to trial piracy tracking in UK Electronista
Virgin Media Will be the First UK ISP to Disconnect Illegal File ... Zeropaid
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The fit over 'Fitna
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Mar 31, 2008
There are plenty of files legally available for Bittorrent protocol users; you can find a nice list of sources for such files at http://www.newsbittorrent.com/cgi-bin/go/10016. ...

Comcast’s Blurry High Definition Picture
New York Times, United States - 5 hours ago
By Saul Hansell Not only has Comcast been slowing down Internet users exchanging files with the BitTorrent protocol, it has been quietly reducing the ...

Canadian union decries ISP bandwidth issues
Hollywood Reporter, United States - Mar 31, 2008
The union said attempts by online users to upload the CBC TV show "Canada's Next Great Prime Minister" from BitTorrent were greatly slowed by ISPs, ...
How Bell and CBC Ignited Network Neutrality Debate in Canada Zeropaid
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