Archivos November 2008

Top 10 BitTorrent and RSS Tips - TorrentFreak

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Top 10 BitTorrent and RSS Tips
TorrentFreak - Nov 30, 2008
RSS can be a real time saver for BitTorrent enthusiasts. Rather than manually trawling many torrent sites hunting for material, most will agree it’s much ...

TorrentFreak TV ‘On The Streets’
TorrentFreak - 12 hours ago
... a free t-shirt ‘TorrentFreak TV’ is a biweekly recap of some of the best, most interesting or remarkable stories from the wonderful world of BitTorrent. ...

"Very low speed for P2P and repeted disconnections"
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 13 hours ago
... the speed is turned down to 25k/sec on evenings for BitTorrent users no matter if your downloads are legal or not, and if you're a big downloader you ...

Best to turn off idle computer or leave it on?
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 17 hours ago
Instead, I get a message that says "X-bittorrent not found." What should I do? A: Many IncrediMail users are having the same problem, and several have ...

uTorrent releases beta version of BitTorrent client for Macs
Georgia Straight, Canada - Nov 28, 2008
By Christopher Poon Mac users are now able to run the most popular BitTorrent program on their Apple operating systems. uTorrent has released a beta of the ...

uTorrent for Mac finally graduates to beta status
Ars Technica, MA - Nov 28, 2008
Becoming the most popular BitTorrent client a few years ago, BitTorrent Inc. decided to acquire uTorrent in 2006 and promised a Mac version at that time. ...

Mac Version of uTorrent Released - NewTeeVee

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Mac Version of uTorrent Released
NewTeeVee, CA - Nov 28, 2008
The popular BitTorrent client, uTorrent, is now available for Macs. TorrentFreak writes that the long-awaited Mac version only runs on Leopard/Intel Macs ...
uTorrent for Mac Beta Released Zeropaid
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Finally, µTorrent releases a Mac version
CrunchGear, NY - Nov 28, 2008
By Robin Wauters Right on time for Thanksgiving day, µTorrent - client of choice for many BitTorrent users - has released a Mac version in beta, ...

VoIP: Worth the Effort? - PC World

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VoIP: Worth the Effort?
PC World - Nov 28, 2008
... but add VoIP onto your average broadband plan -- already cluttered with BitTorrent and Facebook -- and don't be surprised if it's nightmares ahoy. ...

Øredev, Oracle, Kaazing, and WebSockets - the true story ;)
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Nov 28, 2008
Right on time for Thanksgiving day, µTorrent - client of choice for many BitTorrent users - has released a Mac version in beta, after a rudimentary alpha ...

Transmission 1.40 Adds More Accurate Bandwidth Limits
Softpedia, Romania - 41 minutes ago
By Filip Truta, Apple News Editor One of the favorites of Mac BitTorrent clients, Transmission, has recently been updated to include both core changes, ...

Movie Studios Gang Up on Aussie ISP
PC World - Nov 28, 2008
[para 58]" Because we all know that BitTorrent can't be used for legitimate purposes; either way, how is the ISP meant to know what its users are ...
Orange: Our Customers Can Now Access The Pirate Bay TorrentFreak
all 2 news articles

Vuze 4.0 Reaches Third Beta - Softpedia

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Vuze 4.0 Reaches Third Beta
Softpedia, Romania - 3 hours ago
By Filip Truta, Apple News Editor Formerly known as Azureus, Vuze is a powerful BitTorrent client, much like the uTorrent often used by PC users. ...

µTorrent for Mac is go - Register

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µTorrent for Mac is go
Register, UK - 11 hours ago
By Chris Williams • Get more from this author Mac users are finally being offered their own version of µTorrent, the most popular BitTorrent client. ...

It sure ain't easy, or cheap, to be green
ZDNet Asia, Singapore - 9 hours ago
No, he wasn't plugging a BitTorrent ad. Affleck was driving a green campaign to get people to buy their music via the Web, instead of consuming them on ...

Download of the week: µTorrent - TechSpot

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Download of the week: µTorrent
TechSpot - 18 hours ago
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com µTorrent is quite an impressive BitTorrent client that acquired a strong reputation almost three years ago for its tiny ...

MacNN

uTorrent Mac beta gets official launche
MacNN, CA - 14 hours ago
uTorrent has a historically strong reputation as a lightweight BitTorrent client with a minimalist user interface, and recently gained support for ...

µTorrent Mac Beta Now Available for Download
Softpedia, Romania - Nov 27, 2008
For those who aren't very familiar with the software, µTorrent is a BitTorrent client.The program follows the rules of a protocol such as HTTP (HyperText ...

MacNN

uTorrent for Mac beta officially released
tuaw.com, CA - Nov 26, 2008
For the uninitiated, uTorrent is a super-lightweight BitTorrent client which is widely considered the best in the business. ...
uTorrent Mac beta gets official launche MacNN
all 2 news articles

TorrentFreak

uTorrent Releases Long-Awaited Mac Version
TorrentFreak - Nov 26, 2008
Until today, uTorrent - the client of choice for most BitTorrent users - was only available on Windows PCs. Now, after years of waiting, Mac users finally ...

Five Years Of The Pirate Bay: The Most Memorable Moments
NewTeeVee, CA - Nov 26, 2008
In fact, if it’s one thing that helped the Pirate Bay to become the BitTorrent power house that it is, it’s that distinctive mixture of populist rhetoric, ...
The Pirate Bay Celebrates 5th Anniversary Zeropaid
all 2 news articles

Digitaltrends.com

Verismo VuNow Set-Top Box Due Dec. 15
Digitaltrends.com, OR - Nov 26, 2008
The ViuNow box promises to enable users to surf YouTube, view downloadable movies from CinemaNow, download video from BitTorrent, watch live streaming TV ...

Turn off an idle computer, or leave it running?
Boston Herald, United States - 18 hours ago
Instead I get a message that says "X-bittorrent not found." What should I do? A. Many IncrediMail users are having the same problem, and several have ...

Internet Monitoring, Crowdsourcing Style Vuze BitTorrent plugin ...
Dslreports - Nov 26, 2008
The Network Early Warning System (NEWS) piggybacks on the Vuze/Azureus BitTorrent application, in order to function as sort of a "crowd sourcing network ...

StatShot: BitTorrent Loves Batman - NewTeeVee

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StatShot: BitTorrent Loves Batman
NewTeeVee, CA - Nov 26, 2008
The Dark Knight continues to cast its vengeful shadow over BitTorrent, according to TorrentFreak, staying on as the most popular pirated movie. ...

Developing a neighborhood watch for the Internet
Hindu, India - Nov 25, 2008
(Think of the million of peer-to-peer users in systems like BitTorrent or Skype.). By sharing high-level information about their experience, ...

TorrentFreak

The Pirate Bay Celebrates 5th Anniversary
TorrentFreak - 23 hours ago
In the fall of 2003, a group of friends from Sweden decided to launch a BitTorrent tracker named ‘The Pirate Bay’. Today, roughly 5 years after this ...

The Pirate Bay Celebrates 5 Years Online
Slyck, NY - Nov 25, 2008
BitTorrent was just starting to enter the P2P realm, but FastTrack and eDonkey2000 were still the undisputed kings and queens of file-sharing. ...

Verismo Plans Dec. Launch for Connected Set-Top
PC Magazine - Nov 25, 2008
In an interesting twist, the company also said that movies will be able to be downloaded via BitTorrent, as well. The small size of the box also means that ...

CRTC rules in favour of Bell - Brock Press

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CRTC rules in favour of Bell
Brock Press, Canada - 2 hours ago
CBC also released a TV show, Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, which was distributed using BitTorrent. This goes to show that the issue is not that Bell ...

New Software Targets Online Problems In Real Time
RedOrbit, TX - 21 hours ago
NEWS is at present applied as an addition to a well-liked BitTorrent client. By producing warnings about troubles in the network, the software lets users ...

Monitoring Internet Network Performance
Dr. Dobb's Journal, CA - 14 hours ago
(Think of the million of peer-to-peer users in systems like BitTorrent or Skype.). By sharing high-level information about their experience, ...

The negatives of Obama’s YouTube use
FayObserver.com, NC - 22 hours ago
“If Obama really wants to demonstrate his Web 2.0 bona fide intent and prove that he’s actually interested in shaking things up, he’ll use BitTorrent, ...

Offshore hosting firm HavenCo lost at sea
Register, UK - 23 hours ago
Last year, Swedish bittorrent search site The Pirate Bay said it was in negotiations with Prince Michael of Sealand about purchasing the principality to use ...

Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Review
Planet Gears of War, CA - 8 hours ago
... to leave a horribly laggy match, presumably hosted on some chump’s cable modem, clogged with equal quantities of BitTorrent downloads and bacon grease. ...

TorrentFreak

Search and Download Torrents from your iPhone
TorrentFreak - 17 hours ago
The iPhone is a superb gadget and of course, we all know that BitTorrent is a very special tool, so why not combine the two? With the uTorrent WebAPP for ...

Researchers Create 'Neighborhood Watch' System to Detect Network ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - Nov 24, 2008
The system uses BitTorrent, a popular method for peer-to-peer file trading that many students use to trade music and movie files. The software tool is free, ...

Researchers Create 'Neighborhood-Watch' System to Detect Network ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 9 minutes ago
The system uses BitTorrent, a popular method for peer-to-peer file trading that many students use to trade music and movie files. The software tool is free, ...

BSA: College Students Still Favor Pirating Software
PC Magazine - Nov 24, 2008
... said they got it from friends and family, but 82 percent named peer-to-peer sites like Limewire and BitTorrent and auction sites iOffer.com and eBay. ...
Holiday Shopping Survey Finds Most College Students Are Willing ... ITworld.com
Microsoft's Global Anti-Piracy Day launched in 49 countries UAE Daily News
The Year of the Audit - Software License Management ITworld.com
all 7 news articles

Developing A Neighborhood Watch For The Internet
Science Daily (press release) - Nov 24, 2008
(Think of the million of peer-to-peer users in systems like BitTorrent or Skype.). By sharing high-level information about their experience, ...
Researchers Create 'Neighborhood-Watch' System to Detect Network ... Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
all 6 news articles

Developing a neighborhood watch for the Internet
EurekAlert (press release), DC - 39 minutes ago
(Think of the million of peer-to-peer users in systems like BitTorrent or Skype.). By sharing high-level information about their experience, ...

Virgin America launches inflight wi-fi
Tom's Guide, CA - Nov 24, 2008
So you can now Bittorrent, play World of Warcraft and even email at 35000 feet. Of course it’s going to cost you and be prepared to pay an extra $10 for ...

Studios' Oz Power-Grab Revealed - Slashdot

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Australian Personal Computer

Studios' Oz Power-Grab Revealed
Slashdot - Nov 24, 2008
... knows that there are a large number of customers who are engaging in continuing infringements of copyright by using BitTorrent file sharing technology. ...
Film giants pursue file sharers The Australian
Internet industry backs iiNet in copyright fight Reseller News
Aussie ISP sued over file sharing CD Freaks.com
all 18 news articles

TorrentFreak

Recording Industry Negotiates With BitTorrent and NZB Sites
TorrentFreak - Nov 24, 2008
Earlier in November, South Africa’s recording industry body RiSA took action against the country’s largest BitTorrent and NZB sites. ...

TorrentAds looking to sell adverts on BitTorrent sites
Music Ally, UK - Nov 24, 2008
Record labels may be trying to find new business models in the digital age, but so are P2P applications and BitTorrent tracker sites. ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - 8 hours ago
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “The Dark Knight” tops the chart for the second week in a row, followed by “Tropic Thunder”. ...

Movie Review: Twilight (2008) - 2SNAPS.TV

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Movie Review: Twilight (2008)
2SNAPS.TV, CA - Nov 23, 2008
I just said... that bitch Stacy Bittorrent who Natalie Limewire saw with Kip Humpdingy at the mall getting Jonas Brothers tickets but Stacy said she was ...

TorrentAds: Advertising Purely in P2P
Mashable, CA - Nov 23, 2008
As we’ve all learned, BitTorrent traffic has grown so large over the years that it has created enormous worry in the media world about lost revenue. ...

The Dark Knight on its way to being most pirated movie ever
CrunchGear, NY - 22 hours ago
Of course, more people have access to broadband now, and the proliferation of well-seeded BitTorrent sites means it takes zero effort to download it—no ...

Doesn't the mainstream care about DRM?
CNET News, CA - Nov 20, 2008
Say what you will about BitTorrent and "illegal" downloading sites across the Web, but I'm a firm believer that they don't hurt music sales as much as the ...

Studios sue iiNet for piracy in Oz
Hollywood Reporter, United States - Nov 20, 2008
... service provider iiNet in federal court in Sydney on Thursday for failing to stop its customers from pirating films using BitTorrent technology. ...
Studios file legal action in Australia Variety
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Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy
Slashdot - 7 hours ago
For Bittorrent, use of the technology to do legal things like download Linux ISOs is statistically negligible. It's a technology that for most people is ...

TweakTown

Movie Studios Sue ISP Over BitTorrent Piracy
TorrentFreak - Nov 20, 2008
... of Roadshow Entertainment, claims their titles Happy Feet, No Reservation and I am Legend had all been pirated by iiNet customers using BitTorrent. ...
Film industry sues iiNet over BitTorrent downloads Computerworld Australia
Inaction on disconnect pleas at root of Aussie ISP lawsuit Ars Technica
Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy Slashdot
Australian Personal Computer - PC World Magazine
all 203 news articles

Film industry sues iiNet over BitTorrent downloads
Computerworld Australia, Australia - 5 hours ago
... knows that there are a large number of customers who are engaging in continuing infringements of copyright by using BitTorrent file sharing technology”. ...
Studios sue iiNet for piracy in Oz Hollywood Reporter
Film companies sue Aussie ISP 'for allowing piracy' Stuff.co.nz
AFACT sues iiNet over piracy Whirlpool
iTWire
all 31 news articles

Australian Personal Computer

SCAPEGOAT: iiNet sued over BitTorrent piracy
Australian Personal Computer, Australia - Nov 19, 2008
... provider iiNet is being sued by seven Hollywood movie studios for failing to disconnect users who allegedly swapped pirated movies via BitTorrent. ...
Aussie ISPs have content ambitions ZDNet.com.au
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Film industry sues iiNet over BitTorrent downloads
Computerworld Australia, Australia - 42 minutes ago
... knows that there are a large number of customers who are engaging in continuing infringements of copyright by using BitTorrent file sharing technology”. ...

Elude your ISP's BitTorrent blockade
PC World Magazine, Australia - Nov 19, 2008
So I was stung when I recently tried to download a live recording of a Dave Matthews concert only to discover that my BitTorrent client was dead in the ...

Ars Technica

It exists! Chinese Democracy launching on MySpace Music
Ars Technica, MA - Nov 19, 2008
If you're partial to BitTorrent, you may have heard the latest from GNR already. In June 2008, music blogger Kevin Cogill allegedly uploaded a prerelease ...
First Guns N’ Roses Album In 17 Years Debuts Tonight On MySpace Music TechCrunch
Happy "Chinese Democracy" Leak Day, Everybody Idolator
NIKKI SIXX Says 'Chinese Democracy' Is 'Not A GUNS N' ROSES Record ... Blabbermouth.net
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U of Tennessee blocked P2P sites before RIAA law
CNET News, CA - 6 hours ago
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville began blocking access to BitTorrent and file sharing sites for possibly the last month, said DJ Donahue, ...

stv.tv

First Guns N’ Roses Album In 17 Years Debuts Tonight On MySpace Music
TechCrunch, CA - 3 hours ago
Well, actually it debuted on BitTorrent a while ago, but we’re not talking about that. Also, the band has previously released two songs, Chinese Democracy ...
Happy "Chinese Democracy" Leak Day, Everybody Idolator
NIKKI SIXX Says 'Chinese Democracy' Is 'Not A GUNS N' ROSES Record ... Blabbermouth.net
all 160 news articles

CRTC to Rule on Bell's BitTorrent Throttling Tomorrow
Zeropaid, CA - Nov 19, 2008
Bell has claimed that BitTorrent throttling is necessary in order to address network congestion caused by a minority of users, but some have argued that it ...
CRTC to rule on Bell's throttling on Thursday CBC.ca
Internet `throttling' complaint rejected Toronto Star
Bell wins reprieve in Internet dispute The Gazette (Montreal)
CircleID - Zeropaid
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MiniNova Introduces Embedded Ads for Authorized Content
Slyck, NY - 6 hours ago
Could embedded advertising come to BitTorrent communities as well? One of the negative aspects of video streaming is the commercials that sometime preceded ...

India Huge Growth Market for BitTorrent Sites
TorrentFreak - Nov 19, 2008
BitTorrent’s popularity is on the rise in India, and with a massive increase in broadband subscribers just around the corner, it is the number one growth ...

Kanye's 'heartbreak' and drama
Western Courier (subscription), IL - 6 hours ago
However, many people are doing more than speculating and guessing - the album is accessible on any BitTorrent site. While it isn't unusual anymore for an ...

CBC.ca

CRTC to rule on Bell's throttling on Thursday
CBC.ca, Canada - 3 hours ago
The throttling affects Bell and CAIP customers who use peer-to-peer file-sharing software such as BitTorrent. Bell has said the throttling is necessary ...
‘Bell throttling turns users into energy hogs’ p2pnet.net
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Is it better to turn off a computer that's idle, or leave it running?
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 9 hours ago
Instead I get a message that says "X-bittorrent not found." What should I do? A Many IncrediMail users are having the same problem, and several have ...

Column: Science inches closer to the fantastical future
The Llama Ledger, MA - 5 hours ago
Take the Internet: Though he'd miss his floating chair, George Jetson would be astounded by public WiFi or BitTorrent if he lived today. ...

Is it better to turn off a computer that's idle, or leave it running?
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 18, 2008
Instead I get a message that says "X-bittorrent not found." What should I do? A Many IncrediMail users are having the same problem, and several have ...

Is it better to turn off a computer that's idle, or leave it running?
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 3 hours ago
Instead I get a message that says "X-bittorrent not found." What should I do? A Many IncrediMail users are having the same problem, and several have ...

Martin: Fines Are In Play For Cable Ops
Broadcasting & Cable, NY - Nov 18, 2008
During his Phoenix Center presentation, Martin recounted the FCC's investigation into Comcast's management of BitTorrent traffic (the FCC concluded Comcast ...

Happy "Chinese Democracy" Leak Day, Everybody
Idolator, NY - 22 hours ago
... over the past 24 hours, lighting up Rapidshare and BitTorrent sites around the globe and probably causing lots of headaches for the Internet police. ...

What effect has has BitTorrent had on the media industry?
Lawdit Commercial Solicitors, UK - Nov 18, 2008
Bram Cohen is the creator of BitTorrent which is a very successful 'peer to peer' program, it is the most common software used by internet users looking to ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Nov 18, 2008
TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading ...

Pirate Bay smashes through new milestone
Afterdawn.com - 10 hours ago
It has been estimated that the site tracks over 50 percent of all BitTorrent users that are on at any point. In 2006 the site tracked 3 million peers which ...

Mininova Down, to Return Stronger Than Ever Before
TorrentFreak - 18 hours ago
Mininova, the leading BitTorrent search engine, has been offline for most of the day. Inevitably, BitTorrent addicts having been getting nervous, ...

The digital furnace - InfoWorld

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The digital furnace
InfoWorld, CA - Nov 17, 2008
Rather than broadcast TV, you subscribe to TV shows that are distributed via BitTorrent, seeded by your chosen provider. Same with movies that can either be ...

TechShout!

Buffalo announces Linkstation Quad server in India
TechShout!, India - 4 hours ago
Linkstation Quad server features in it a new BitTorrent Client and an in-built DLNA multimedia server that can stream the digital content directly to the ...
Buffalo Beefs Up Storage Capacity with New Product ChannelTimes.com (press release)
Buffalo LinkStation Quad introduced in India TechGadgets.in
all 4 news articles

VNUNet.com

Piracy more 'convenient' than the legal options
VNUNet.com, UK - 19 hours ago
"I would look at BitTorrent sites I always use. They always have the content I'm looking for. If it's BBC stuff I'll look on iPlayer first though," added ...
Children watching 'illicit' content on online TV Telegraph.co.uk
Over 20% of consumers watch iPlayer for an hour a week New Media Age
Brits embracing media convergence IPTV Watch
all 6 news articles

TorrentFreak

‘The Dark Knight’ Conquers BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Nov 17, 2008
Although Hollywood did its best to prevent the movie from hitting BitTorrent, their efforts were not very successful. In July, just a few days after the ...

TorrentFreak TV Episode 3 - TorrentFreak

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TorrentFreak TV Episode 3
TorrentFreak - 2 hours ago
‘TorrentFreak TV’ is a biweekly recap of some of the best, most interesting or remarkable stories from the wonderful world of BitTorrent. ...

PocketSurfer 2R first impressions
ElectricPig.tv, UK - 5 hours ago
... you can’t use it for Bittorrent), so if you think you’re going to run over your phone contract’s monthly data allowance, this might be worth a thought. ...

French music industry wants P2P ban
Inquirer, UK - 4 hours ago
... 7:30 AM THE FRENCH MUSIC industry has decided to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, ...

Buffalo Beefs Up Storage Capacity with New Product
ChannelTimes.com (press release), India - 9 hours ago
The LinkStation Quad features a new BitTorrent client, enabling users to access and download multimedia files without the need of a PC running during the ...

Top NAS Units - CNET.com.au

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Top NAS Units
CNET.com.au, Australia - 11 hours ago
Some offer features such as BitTorrent servers, download clients and media streamers — helping you cut down on power by turning off your PC, and using the ...

Hacker Takes Over Torrentz, Sort Of…
TorrentFreak - 5 hours ago
A hacker has successfully changed the nameservers of the popular BitTorrent meta-search engine Torrentz.com. For a few hours the site was replaced with an ...

ThePirateBay is five - CrunchGear

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ThePirateBay is five
CrunchGear, NY - 1 hour ago
TPB is one of the first popular public Bittorrent trackers, a service that “points” to torrents available on the web. It doesn’t actually host the files ...

P2P Weekly Wrap Up - Slyck

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P2P Weekly Wrap Up
Slyck, NY - Nov 15, 2008
The IFPI touted another victory against unauthorized BitTorrent sharing when the Bulgarian search engine TorrentValley was shut down by local authorities. ...

7 sites offer a smushing good time
Indianapolis Star, United States - Nov 14, 2008
(For more information on torrents got to http://www.newsbittorrent.com/cgi-bin/go/14677 .wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol) or www .bittorrent.com.) Remember: Share responsibly. ...

Dear Obama: Use BitTorrent for your Fireside Podcasts
CNET News, CA - Nov 14, 2008
If Obama really wants to demonstrate his Web 2.0 bonafides and prove that he's actually interested in shaking things up, he'll use BitTorrent, ...

P2P and the Economic Downturn: Hello, Browser Toolbars!
NewTeeVee, CA - Nov 14, 2008
Commercial P2P, we hardly knew ye: The recent shake-up at BitTorrent Inc., which consisted of replacing its CEO, losing its president and firing half of its ...

TorrentValley BitTorrent Tracker Site Shutdown by Bulgarian ...
Zeropaid, CA - Nov 14, 2008
Authorities in Bulgaria have taken down Torrentvalley.com, an apparently major BitTorrent tracker site located in that country. The action was taken by the ...

Γενικά: τα πιο δημοφιλή
PC World, Greece - 35 minutes ago
The problem with Bittorrent is that it's a rather basic tool. Does the job,but fairly simply. BitComet is a free file sharing tool that is ...

Clever: Valve tried to offer job to guy who stole Half-Life 2 ...
CrunchGear, NY - 18 hours ago
Remember when the Half-Life 2 source code was stolen a few years ago, showing up all over BitTorrent, IRC and the like? It turns out that Valve, ...
Valve Tried to Lure Out Hacker with Fake Job Interview Kotaku.com
How To Catch A Hacker: Offer Him A Job Silicon Alley Insider
Valve Tried to Trick Half-Life 2 Hacker with Fake Interview Ve3d.com
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Slate Associate Editor - Washington Post

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Slate Associate Editor
Washington Post, United States - Nov 13, 2008
Josh Levin: Hey everyone, I'm ready to answer your questions about aXXo, BitTorrent, and movie piracy. Fire away. Calgary, Canada: Josh, I am a documentary ...

Διαχείριση αρχείων: τα πιο δημοφιλή
PC World, Greece - 8 hours ago
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Usersconnect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central ...

Microsoft launches Windows 7 cloud apps
Australian Personal Computer, Australia - 10 hours ago
If you’ve already installed one of the pre-beta Windows 7 builds courtesy of BitTorrent, now you can take it a step closer to being the real deal. ...

P2P File Sharing

BitTorrent Cuts Staff, Will Close Torrent Information Network
P2P File Sharing, CA - Nov 12, 2008
BitTorrent last week fired about half of its employees, and replaced its CEO, Doug Walker, with former CTO Eric Klinker. "A person with knowledge of ...

TorrentFreak

TorrentValley Raided and Shut Down
TorrentFreak - Nov 12, 2008
TorrentValley, one of the larger BitTorrent sites with millions of visitors each month, has been shut down by Bulgarian authorities. ...
TorrentValley shut down in a raid Afterdawn.com
all 2 news articles

Big US Internet Providers To Roll Out P2P-Friendly Network Updates
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - 16 hours ago
P4P won't immediately work with the BitTorrent transfers that music and movie pirates prefer. But it might someday if both ISPs and BitTorrent software ...

True TV | Download This: Ta-da! TV’s top torrents.
Salt Lake City Weekly, UT - 4 hours ago
By Bill Frost The following are the current Top 8 TV series most downloaded (pirated, whatever) from BitTorrent sites, as reported by TorrentFreak.com. ...

Btdna.exe, BitTorrent Create Hassles on PCs
Associated Content, CO - Nov 12, 2008
If you download BitTorrent (used in communications/networking) and then uninstall it, you may notice this program still running in the background on your ...

TorrentFreak Turns Three - TorrentFreak

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TorrentFreak Turns Three
TorrentFreak - 19 hours ago
As the popularity of BitTorrent grew, so did TorrentFreak’s traffic, and with that came the opportunity to meet some great characters, including most of the ...

Crave

Inside TorrentFreak: Ernesto's art of the niche
Crave, UK - 4 hours ago
You're statistically likely to have never heard of TorrentFreak -- a blog that focuses solely on the file-sharing and BitTorrent industry and the ...

"AXXo You Are a God"The secrets of BitTorrent's top movie pirate.
Slate - Nov 12, 2008
12, 2008, at 6:53 AM ET BitTorrent is TiVo for the tech-savvy and the ethically flexible—a way to watch what you want when you want it without having to pay ...

Clampdown on BitTorrent and NZB sites
Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa - 13 hours ago
South Africa's biggest BitTorrent and Usenet NZB sites have now been taken down by the recording industry. BitFarm.co.za was the largest tracker in the ...

The Pirate Bay Surpasses 23 Million Peers
Zeropaid, CA - 3 hours ago
Swedish BitTorrent tracker site applies to the Guinness Book of World Records to be the world's largest. The Pirate Bay is running full throttle these days ...

isoHunt: 'Copyright Infringers Aren't Wrong, the Law Is'
Zeropaid, CA - 7 hours ago
It was about two months ago that Gary Fong, founder of the popular isoHunt BitTorrent tracker site, decided to go on the offensive by suing the Canadian ...

Current Media Lays Off 60 - NewTeeVee

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Current Media Lays Off 60
NewTeeVee, CA - 4 hours ago
Other companies in the online video space that have recently cut staff include BitTorrent, Veoh, Spot Runner, and many more. Layoffs have also hit plenty of ...
Layoffs hit Al Gore's Current Media CNET News
Layoffs at Current TV : A “Bloodbath” BNET
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TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - 21 hours ago
TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading ...

Wired News

It Makes a Great Alarm Clock: How a Non-Geek Uses an iPod Touch
Wired News - 10 hours ago
And after moving onto her second Mac, she's totally at home with such geeky things as setting manual IP addresses and BitTorrent. ...

BitTorrent cuts staff by 50% - TG Daily

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BitTorrent cuts staff by 50%
TG Daily - Nov 10, 2008
By Samantha Rose Hunt San Francisco (CA) - BitTorrent announced that it will cutting half of its work force, which translates into only 18 people, ...
After a year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again CNET News
BitTorrent appoints new CEO, reduces staff levels Geek.com
BitTorrent Cuts Half Its Team, Replaces CEO Wall Street Journal
MarketWatch - bit-tech.net
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Roundup: China stimulus plan boosts markets, Circuit City bankrupt ...
VentureBeat, CA - Nov 10, 2008
Circuit City files for bankruptcy: At a time when tech goods sales are still healthy, retail chain succumbs. New York Times is facing a serious cash crunch: ...

TorrentFreak

Defiant, BitTorrent and NZB Sites Fight Back Against ‘Intimidation’
TorrentFreak - Nov 10, 2008
Last week TorrentFreak reported that South Africa’s answer to the RIAA had taken down the country’s largest torrent site and an affiliated Usenet NZB site. ...

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent appoints new CEO, reduces staff levels
Geek.com - 6 hours ago
by Andy Carvell posted on November 10, 2008 9:03 am BitTorrent Inc, the San Francisco company aiming to commercialize the popular peer-to-peer technology of ...
BitTorrent replaces CEO, loses staff bit-tech.net
BitTorrent cuts staff, replaces CEO again Afterdawn.com
After a year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again CNET News
TorrentFreak - Silicon Alley Insider
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Mistaking Technology for a Business Model
TMCnet - Nov 10, 2008
Consider peer to peer technology, in the light of BitTorrent's (News - Alert) massive headcount reduction and the likely end of the BitTorrent Entertainment ...
Koch adds content to iTunes Afterdawn.com
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - 11 hours ago
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “Traitor” tops the chart this week followed by WALL-E and Step Brothers. We do not link to actual torrent ...

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent replaces CEO, loses staff
bit-tech.net, UK - 3 hours ago
Eric Klinker has replaced Doug Walker as BitTorrent's CEO, effective immediately, as the company struggles to make a profit. With the credit crunch still ...
BitTorrent cuts staff, replaces CEO again Afterdawn.com
After a year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again CNET News
Piracy Leads to Less Crap says BitTorrent Co-founder TorrentFreak
Silicon Alley Insider - Multichannel News
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China hijacks popular BitTorrent sites
Afterdawn.com - Nov 9, 2008
Chinese Internet censorship is hardly something new, but lately it seems the country has targeted BitTorrent sites. Last week, users in China reported that ...

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent cuts staff, replaces CEO again
Afterdawn.com - 3 hours ago
BitTorrent Inc. has had a rough year. The company looking to make revenue from Bram Cohen's file sharing software is just another company struggling in ...
After a year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again CNET News
Piracy Leads to Less Crap says BitTorrent Co-founder TorrentFreak
With New CEO, Can BitTorrent Figure Out A Business? Silicon Alley Insider
Multichannel News - Wall Street Journal
all 34 news articles

isoHunt Founder Gary Fung on Copyfight
TorrentFreak - 8 hours ago
If all this rampant copying on BitTorrent and the Internet has not made a dent in Hollywood’s record earnings, why can’t we all just get along without rabid ...

BitTorrent Will Be Fine - Slyck

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BitTorrent Will Be Fine
Slyck, NY - Nov 9, 2008
The Pirate Bay, currently the largest file-sharing community residing within the BitTorrent protocol, has surged to nearly 25 million peers. ...

A Guinness World Record for The Pirate Bay?
Connected Internet, UK - 4 hours ago
Those numbers have changed further, with the introduction of the BitTorrent protocol. In a sense, BitTorrent pretty much revolutionized the file-sharing ...

TechRadar.com

Cool things you can do with a NAS drive
TechRadar.com, UK - 2 hours ago
Depending on your budget, you can share media files directly from the drive, set up BitTorrent connections independent of your PC and expand your NAS drive ...

Why Paid P2P Might Be Dead - Mashable

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Why Paid P2P Might Be Dead
Mashable, CA - 5 hours ago
This week we saw half of the staff at BitTorrent Inc getting some serious pink slippage along with the planned termination of the BitTorrent Entertainment ...

bit-tech.net

After a year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again
CNET News, CA - Nov 8, 2008
Klinker has...been instrumental to the continued development of the BitTorrent client, BitTorrent's Delivery Network Accelerator (DNA) content delivery ...
BitTorrent, Inc. Appoints New CEO MarketWatch
BitTorrent Cuts Half Its Team, Replaces CEO Wall Street Journal
BitTorrent names new CEO San Francisco Business Times Bizjournals.com
TG Daily - Afterdawn.com
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China Hijacks Popular BitTorrent Sites
TorrentFreak - Nov 8, 2008
China is not new to censoring the Internet, but up until now, BitTorrent sites have never been blocked. Recently however, several reports came in from China ...

BitTorrent Cuts Half Its Team, Replaces CEO
Wall Street Journal - 17 hours ago
By TY MCMAHAN BitTorrent Inc. has dismissed about half its staff, according to two people close to the company, in a restructuring that includes a new chief ...
paidContent.org - BitTorrent In Complete Disarray: President and ... Washington Post
BitTorrent Inc. amputates half of self Register
BitTorrent, Inc. Appoints New CEO MarketWatch
Bizjournals.com - New York Times Blogs
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BitTorrent Inc. amputates half of self
Register, UK - Nov 7, 2008
BitTorrent Inc. - the San Francisco company still hoping to make some money from Bram Cohen's world famous p2p file sharing protocol - has apparently laid ...

BitTorrent In Complete Disarray: President and CEO Leave; 18 ...
paidContent.org, CA - 37 minutes ago
Founded in 2004, BitTorrent is backed by Accel and DCM. The company has raised almost $46 million in funding, of which $17 million was raised earlier in the ...

BitTorrent Makes Additional Cuts
NewTeeVee, CA - Nov 7, 2008
BitTorrent laid off about 20 percent of its staff in August. Since then, it raised $17 million, according to a regulatory filing, bringing its total funding ...

bit-tech.net

BitTorrent, Inc. Appoints New CEO
MarketWatch - Nov 7, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BitTorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the Internet, today announced ...
After a year, BitTorrent replaces CEO again CNET News
BitTorrent Cuts Half Its Team, Replaces CEO Wall Street Journal
BitTorrent names new CEO San Francisco Business Times Bizjournals.com
Washington Post - Afterdawn.com
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Recording Industry Takes Down BitTorrent & NZB Sites
Ultimate-Guitar.Com - Nov 7, 2008
Today, news is filtering through that South Africa’s biggest BitTorrent and Usenet NZB sites have been taken down by the recording industry. ...

BitTorrent president steps down - C21Media

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BitTorrent president steps down
C21Media, UK - Nov 7, 2008
Ashwin Navin, the co-founder of the BitTorrent internet video and file-sharing service, is stepping down as president and setting up a new venture with ...

CTV.ca

Downloading guru seeks ruling on legality
CTV.ca, Canada - Nov 6, 2008
"It serves a need that had not been served before, especially with the emergence of BitTorrent becoming a dominant (downloading) protocol," Fung said of the ...
Canadian owner seeks ruling on website's legality Globe and Mail
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BitTorrent President Steps Down To Form New Venture With YouTube ...
Digital Media Wire, CA - Nov 6, 2008
San Francisco - BitTorrent Co-Founder Ashwin Navin is stepping down as President to focus on a new tech incubator he is launching along with a few other ...

TorrentFreak

Obama’s Victory Speech Does Well on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Nov 6, 2008
A day after he was elected president, his acceptance speech has been downloaded well over 100000 times from various BitTorrent sites. ...

BitTorrent President Steps Down - Slyck

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BitTorrent President Steps Down
Slyck, NY - Nov 6, 2008
It's an end to an era of sorts for BitTorrent, Inc. This may not necessarily be a good or a bad thing, but it's an interesting thing for certain. ...

The Pirate Bay goes for Guinness World Record
Slyck, NY - 1 hour ago
But then BitTorrent came along. There's a lot of confusion over the terms "file-sharing", "P2P network", and how the BitTorrent protocol falls into play. ...

Ashwin Navin Leaving BitTorrent, Forming New Venture With ...
CNNMoney.com - Nov 6, 2008
By Chris Albrecht (gigaom.com) -- BitTorrent Inc. co-founder Ashwin Navin is leaving his post as president of the company to form an incubator-like endeavor ...

South African Music Industry Group Closes that Country's Largest ...
Zeropaid, CA - Nov 6, 2008
I received word this morning that BitFarm, the largest private BitTorrent tracker site in South Africa with more than 10000 registered users, has been taken ...

BitTorrent President Quits, Forms New Venture With YouTube’s Chen ...
NewTeeVee, CA - 30 minutes ago
BitTorrent Inc. co-founder Ashwin Navin is leaving his post as president of the company to form an incubator-like endeavor with a group of other tech ...

TorrentFreak

Recording Industry Takes Down BitTorrent & NZB Sites
TorrentFreak - Nov 6, 2008
Today, news is filtering through that South Africa’s biggest BitTorrent and Usenet NZB sites have been taken down by the recording industry. ...

Canadian owner of popular downloading site seeks court ruling on ...
The Canadian Press, TORONTO - Nov 5, 2008
"It serves a need that had not been served before, especially with the emergence of BitTorrent becoming a dominant (downloading) protocol," Fung said of the ...

BreakingPoint First Network Equipment Testing Solution to Generate ...
International Business Times, NY - 1 hour ago
BreakingPoint continues to enable realistic testing for network equipmentwith today's announcement of support for encrypted BitTorrent P2P traffic,along ...

BreakingPoint First Network Equipment Testing Solution to Generate ...
MarketWatch - Nov 5, 2008
BreakingPoint continues to enable realistic testing for network equipment with today's announcement of support for encrypted BitTorrent P2P traffic, ...

Pres-Elect Obama: What Does it Mean for P2P?
Zeropaid, CA - 21 hours ago
BitTorrent throttling and net-neutrality are just some of the areas in which he appears to be on the side of the people and not the entertainment industry. ...
Tech's Eyes Turn Now to Obama, Dems Internet News
Obama, McCain and High-Tech Redmondmag.com
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TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Nov 5, 2008
TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading ...

ITProPortal

Microsoft Windows 7, A Huge Hit on Bittorrent, Rapidshare
ITProPortal, UK - Nov 5, 2008
Thousands are flocking to P2P websites and download websites like Rapidshare to download the pre-beta version of Windows 7 that was presented at the recent ...

PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)

External enclosure with high IQ
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 49 minutes ago
A BitTorrent® client does not only delight movie enthusiasts. You can choose from four file systems: EXT2, EXT3, FAT32 and NTFS. With NTFS you can connect ...

TorrentFreak

ShowInsider Ranks Pirated TV-Shows
TorrentFreak - 20 hours ago
BitTorrent is the main distribution method for TV-shows online. Despite the availability of legitimate streaming sites, millions of people prefer to ...

BitTorrent Sites Step Closer to Legality in Spain
TorrentFreak - Nov 4, 2008
In July 2007 we reported on the case of TodoTorrente.com, one of Spain’s largest BitTorrent sites. After a year long investigation by Spain’s Anti-Piracy ...

The Pirate Bay's 20 Million - Slyck

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The Pirate Bay's 20 Million
Slyck, NY - 7 hours ago
Would BitTorrent be as important of a protocol as it is today? Not many file-sharing entities are willing to exhibit a similar personality as The Pirate Bay ...
France one step closer to kicking file sharers off the Internet CrunchGear
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MTV, MySpace hook up with Auditude to make money from pirate video
Afterdawn.com - 8 hours ago
Nowadays, Internet video piracy doesn't just exist on BitTorrent sites or P2P networks. User-driven sites like YouTube and MySpace are packed full of videos ...

TorrentFreak

VIPeers Intoduces Free BitTorrent Hosting
TorrentFreak - Nov 3, 2008
Today, VIPeers has launched a new and totally free BitTorrent hosting service. With VIPeers, everyone can easily share large files up to 5 GB with as many ...

Windows 7 Pre-Beta Hits Bittorrent
IDM.net.au, Australia - Nov 3, 2008
... the pre-beta of Microsoft’s much anticipated Windows 7 has, inevitably, been leaked onto the bittorrent networks, enabling anyone to sneak a peek at ...
Windows 7 Pre-Beta Hits Bittorrent Gizmodo Australia
32 and 64-bit Windows 7 unleashed on BitTorrent sites TECH.BLORGE.com
Want to enable the new “superbar” on Windows 7 pre-beta 6801? iTWire
iT News
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Auditude could transform entertainment - but it won’t
ZDNet - 19 hours ago
Go ahead and share it, BitTorrent it, whatever. We’ll insert the advertising and the more you share, the more “file views” we’ll serve up for advertisers. ...

TECH.BLORGE.com

Windows 7 pre-beta available through BitTorrent
The Tech Herald, IN - Nov 3, 2008
Regular online users and BitTorrent regulars choosing to exercise their curiosity and peruse the largely unfinished Windows 7 software should be extremely ...
BitTorrent makes private Windows 7 beta public National Business Review
Windows 7 Build Already ... InternetNews.com
Windows 7 torrent leaks online TECH.BLORGE.com
CNET News - guardian.co.uk
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Microsoft slings Windows Home Server in OEM bargain bin
Register, UK - Nov 3, 2008
... Live Photo Gallery, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007, Intuit QuickBooks and BitTorrent client uTorrent, until June at the earliest.
Windows Home Server price slashed PC Retail
Microsoft slashes Windows Home Server price CRN - UK
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Windows 7 leaks to Web, pirates downloading
Computerworld, MA - Nov 3, 2008
BitTorrent sites such as Pirate Bay, Mininova and Seedpeer all listed the 32-bit version of Windows 7 as weighing in at 2.72GB, while the 64-bit edition was ...
Microsoft Subnet: An independent Microsoft community NetworkWorld.com
ActiveX bugs pose threat to Vista, Microsoft reports Computerworld
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Product Reviews

Windows 7 'pre-beta' washes up on Pirate Bay and co
Register, UK - Nov 3, 2008
By Kelly Fiveash • Get more from this author Microsoft’s “pre-beta” version of its upcoming OS – Windows 7 – has already tipped up on BitTorrent sites just ...
Leaked copies of Windows 7 downloaded on pirate sites Product Reviews
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TECH.BLORGE.com

BitTorrent makes private Windows 7 beta public
National Business Review, New Zealand - Nov 2, 2008
... should be wary of downloading the pre-beta of Windows 7 from sources such as Bit Torrent: "Aside from the risk of exposure to malware such as Trojans, ...
Windows 7 pre-beta available through BitTorrent The Tech Herald
Windows 7 Build Already ... InternetNews.com
Windows 7 torrent leaks online TECH.BLORGE.com
CNET News - guardian.co.uk
all 15 news articles

Windows 7 Pre-Beta Hits Bittorrent
Gizmodo Australia, Australia - Nov 2, 2008
... is reporting that anyone keen on checking out the Windows 7 pre-beta that was distributed to media last week can, thanks to the wonders of bittorrent. ...
Want to enable the new “superbar” on Windows 7 pre-beta 6801? iTWire
Windows 7 smaller than Vista iT News
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Nov 2, 2008
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “Tropic Thunder” tops the chart this week followed by WALL-E and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. ...

Windows 7 leaks to Web, pirates downloading
Computerworld, MA - 15 hours ago
BitTorrent sites such as Pirate Bay, Mininova and Seedpeer all listed the 32-bit version of Windows 7 as weighing in at 2.72GB, while the 64-bit edition was ...

What ISP Transparency?
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 20 hours ago
While a lot was made in the mainstream technology press about how Comcast's ongoing scuffle with the FCC over throttling BitTorrent resulted in a "new age ...

Examiner.com

Avoiding an Internet traffic jam
Examiner.com - 7 hours ago
It seems there were a few users who were downloading massive amounts of data, using programs like BitTorrent, and causing their networks to become ...

TECH.BLORGE.com

Windows 7 available now - on BitTorrent sites
iTWire, Australia - Nov 2, 2008
by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Thousands of curious PC users unfazed about breaking the law are downloading the latest pre-beta 6801 build of Windows 7 released at ...
Windows 7 torrent leaks online TECH.BLORGE.com
If Windows is a dead end, what's next? Australian Techworld
Get a look at the new Windows 7 desktop (videos) TweakTown
iTWire - iTWire
all 15 news articles

Weekend tech reading: It's all about Windows 7
TechSpot - Nov 1, 2008
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent Well-known BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and Mininova were at the time of publication Friday hosting multiple ...

The Pirate Bay Tops 20 Million Peers
TorrentFreak - 13 hours ago
It is estimated that the Pirate Bay tracks more than half of all BitTorrent users at any given point in time. By November 2007, The Pirate Bay was tracking ...

Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
CNET News, CA - Nov 1, 2008
Well-known BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and Mininova were at the time of publication Friday hosting multiple downloads of the newly aired ...

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