Archivos December 2008


New Year's Surprise For TWC Customers: No More Comedy Central, MTV ...
The Consumerist, NY - 16 hours ago
But hey, there's always Hulu and BitTorrent, right? Rather than doing any actual negotiating, the two companies seem to have been hoping the threat of an ...

TorrentFreak

Pirate Party Fulfills Opentracker’s Beerware License
TorrentFreak - Dec 31, 2008
Opentracker, the BitTorrent tracker software utilized by The Pirate Bay, is released under a beerware license, meaning that anyone who uses it and meets the ...

Great Moments in P2P History – 2008
Slyck, NY - Dec 31, 2008
Although it’s not often times for celebration in the P2P world, MiniNova, perhaps the largest BitTorrent indexer, found cause. In January of 2008, ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 31, 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 ...

Record Label Partners With What.CD to 'Revolutionize Industry ...
Zeropaid, CA - Dec 31, 2008
Open Your Eyes Records and the BitTorrent tracker site team up to prove that "P2P technology and record labels can work hand-in-hand to accomplish their ...

Rediff

Downloads of pirated Windows 7 beta candidate soar
Computerworld, MA - Dec 31, 2008
s upcoming Windows 7 operating system have soared in the past two days, with thousands of systems now pulling pirated copies from BitTorrent sites. ...
Leaked Copies of Windows 7 Beta 1 Hit BitTorrent Wired News
Windows 7 Beta Hits BitTorrent Digitaltrends.com
Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) Leaked On BitTorrent Gizmodo
Zeropaid - Computerworld
all 260 news articles

VuNow PoD Media Streamer Is Cheap and BitTorrent-Ready
Gizmodo - Dec 31, 2008
It streams YouTube, Cinemanow, and all sorts of internet-based TV while magaging BitTorrent downloads. Plus it recognizes every codec under the sun through ...
Hand-sized VuNow Pod Jumps Into Heated Set-Top Box Battle Wired News
all 2 news articles

The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk - OS News

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The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk
OS News - 5 hours ago
The video is now available to download via BitTorrent or FTP. The Commodore 64 is the greatest selling computer of all time; learn how it got there with its ...

DigitalJournal.com

Opinion: Sabotage? Leaked Windows 7 selling fast on Bit Torrent sites
DigitalJournal.com, Canada - 6 hours ago
Starting with Pirate Bay, they moved on to Mininova: Similar increases could be seen on other BitTorrent sites. For example, Mininova listed almost 20 ...
Thousands illegally downloading Windows 7 TechRadar UK
all 2 news articles

NFL, NBA, MLB Not Worried About Free Live Sports Streams on TVants ...
Zeropaid, CA - 11 hours ago
Not everything can be received through a generic BitTorrent site. Note to MLB officials - if you don't want someone getting your games for free, ...
Online Piracy Menaces Pro Sports Sarasota Herald-Tribune
all 2 news articles

Hand-sized VuNow Pod Jumps Into Heated Set-Top Box Battle
Wired News - 9 hours ago
The channels include one solely for YouTube content, another for CinemaNow, a BitTorrent codec option (yeah!), and a "Global' select channel that takes in ...

Unwired View

SymTorrent updated to work with S60 5th Edition devices
Unwired View, Texas - 9 hours ago
SymTorrent is a currently exisint BitTorrent client for S60-based smartphones. And now it works with S60 5th Edition devices, like the Nokia 5800 ...
SymTorrent goes S60 5th edition; Works with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic IntoMobile
all 2 news articles

Researchers Want to Team Up With ThePirateBay to Understand Youth ...
Zeropaid, CA - 5 hours ago
Over the years, ThePirateBay developers have gone from having a single BitTorrent website to a multi-purpose website that has been subject to anything from ...

Beta version of Windows 7 leaked to BitTorrent sites
Electronista, CA - 28 minutes ago
Labeled "Build 7000," a 32-bit version of Windows 7 is currently being distributed via BitTorrent networks, with available copies numbering in the thousands ...

Windows 7 Leak Helps Microsoft - CIO Today

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Windows 7 Leak Helps Microsoft
CIO Today, CA - 38 minutes ago
The Windows 7 beta is available at several BitTorrent sites. A beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been leaked to the Internet and ...

dBTechno

Downloads of pirated Windows 7 beta candidate soar
Computerworld, MA - 18 hours ago
s upcoming Windows 7 operating system have soared in the last two days, with thousands of systems now pulling pirated copies from BitTorrent sites. ...
Leaked Copies of Windows 7 Beta 1 Hit BitTorrent Wired News
Windows 7 Beta Hits BitTorrent Digitaltrends.com
Beta version of Windows 7 leaked to BitTorrent sites Electronista
Zeropaid - CIO Today
all 227 news articles

TorrentFreak

Record Label Teams Up With What.cd BitTorrent Tracker
TorrentFreak - Dec 30, 2008
2008 will be remembered as the year when BitTorrent went mainstream, with an increasing number of artists discovering that it is an excellent tool to ...

Spammer Uses isoHunt for Cover in Scam e-Mail
Zeropaid, CA - Dec 30, 2008
"Miss [sic] Doris" claims to have met me on the BitTorrent tracker site and is simply searching "for a good man who understands what sex, marriage, ...

BREIN Takes Down 75 BitTorrent Tracker Sites
Zeropaid, CA - Dec 30, 2008
Some 75 Dutch BitTorrent tracker sites were taken down from the internet recently for hosting torrent trackers on their sites. BREI made the complaint that ...

Product Reviews

Leaked Copies of Windows 7 Beta 1 Hit BitTorrent
Wired News - Dec 30, 2008
Windows 7 beta 1 may be available via BitTorrent, but we don’t recommend spending the time to download it. Still, if you just can’t help yourself and you’ve ...
Windows 7 beta blagged by BitTorrent bad boys Computerworld
Windows 7 Beta Leaked onto BitTorrent Zeropaid
Windows 7 Public Beta Already Available on BitTorrent eFluxMedia
InternetNews.com - TechNewsWorld
all 263 news articles

Rediff

Windows 7 Beta Hits BitTorrent
Digitaltrends.com, OR - Dec 30, 2008
The beta for Windows 7 isn't due until next year, but it's already being listed on several BitTorrent sites. It was just back in October that Microsoft ...
Windows 7 Beta Leaked onto BitTorrent Zeropaid
Windows 7 beta leaked on BitTorrent Independent
Beta version of Windows 7 leaked to BitTorrent sites Electronista
Technologizer - Gizmodo
all 260 news articles

TorrentFreak

Adult Torrent Sites Lose Ground to PornTubes
TorrentFreak - 22 hours ago
BitTorrent and porn go hand in hand, so to speak. When Bram Cohen, the inventor of the protocol wanted to test his application in the wild, he used adult ...

Australian Personal Computer

Windows 7 Beta 1 busts loose onto BitTorrent!
Australian Personal Computer, Australia - 14 minutes ago
Of course, it should go without saying that APC does not condone piracy or the use of the BitTorrent network to illegally install software.

eFluxMedia

Windows 7 Beta Leaked onto BitTorrent
Zeropaid, CA - 11 hours ago
Windows 7, a beta of it's up and coming operating system, has reportedly been leaked on BitTorrent. Beta testers and some media outlets have apparently had ...
Windows 7 beta blagged by BitTorrent bad boys Computerworld
Official Windows 7 Beta ... InternetNews.com
Windows 7 beta leaked on BitTorrent Independent
Technologizer - eFluxMedia
all 139 news articles

Product Reviews

Windows 7 Beta Leaked onto BitTorrent
Zeropaid, CA - Dec 29, 2008
Windows 7, a beta of it's up and coming operating system, has reportedly been leaked on BitTorrent. Beta testers and some media outlets have apparently had ...
Devs Get Early Taste of Windows 7 Beta Via File-Sharing Leak TechNewsWorld
Windows 7 Beta 1 Leaked Maximum PC
Windows 7 leaks onto web PC Retail
DailyTech - domain-B
all 263 news articles

eFluxMedia

Windows 7 Public Beta Already Available on BitTorrent
eFluxMedia - 15 minutes ago
By David Fierce It seems that Microsoft still has problems with keeping its beta releases safe, as a Bit Torrent website already hosts a new Windows 7 beta ...

G4 TV

Wired Releases Annual "Vaporware" List
G4 TV, CA - Dec 29, 2008
Number 9 is the Myka, a set-top box with a built-in BitTorrent client that would make pirating movies and TV shows a breeze... probably why it isn't out yet ...
Wired's Vaporware 2008 List Ve3d.com
Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Promises and Plain ... Wired News
Wired's Annual Vaporware List In Need Of Retiring Or An Overhaul Kotaku.com
all 7 news articles

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 29, 2008
While “Disaster Movie” appears in all the worst films lists of 2008, it is leading the top 10 of most downloaded movies on BitTorrent this week. ...

FireTorrent Adds BitTorrent Powers to Firefox
Lifehacker, CA - Dec 29, 2008
By Kevin Purdy , 5:00 AM on Mon Dec 29 2008, 2751 views Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): FireTorrent's alpha-level release aims at letting anyone using Firefox ...

CollegeOTR

Are You a Dastardly Internet Pirate? Then You Need to Start Using ...
CollegeOTR, NY - 5 minutes ago
... but HBO and Comcast teamed up to hit me with a strongly worded letter about the dangers of downloading “Flight of the Conchords” from Bittorrent. ...

FireTorrent Gives Firefox Built-In BitTorrent Powers
Lifehacker, CA - 44 minutes ago
By Kevin Purdy , 5:00 AM on Mon Dec 29 2008, 109 views Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): FireTorrent's alpha-level release aims at letting anyone using Firefox ...

Rediff

Windows 7 beta blagged by BitTorrent bad boys
Computerworld, MA - Dec 29, 2008
A search on the Pirate Bay BitTorrent site, for example, returned two Windows 7 Build 7000 listings, both of which had been posted Friday. ...
Windows 7 beta leaked on BitTorrent Independent
Beta version of Windows 7 leaked to BitTorrent sites Electronista
Windows 7 Beta 1 Leaks Via BitTorrent Technologizer
eFluxMedia - Register
all 260 news articles

Afterdawn.com

Usenet use grows exponentially
Afterdawn.com - 17 hours ago
Newsgroups have been around since the 1970s as a source of information and file sharing and many argue today that it is safer and faster than BitTorrent. ...

Scene stealer: The aXXo files - Independent

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Scene stealer: The aXXo files
Independent, UK - Dec 28, 2008
The post in question contained a BitTorrent file – the most widespread and efficient filesharing method on the web – containing an illicit copy of a ...

New Zealand Herald

Windows 7 beta leaked on BitTorrent
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 13 hours ago
The beta version of Microsoft's next-generation operating system has been linked on peer-to-peer network BitTorrent. Versions of the beta Windows 7 Ultimate ...
Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) Leaked On BitTorrent Gizmodo
Windows 7 Beta leaked over BitTorrent bit-tech.net
Windows 7 beta leaks to Internet Computerworld
eFluxMedia - Softpedia
all 60 news articles

Avoid Downloading Fake Torrents and Spam with Vertor
TorrentFreak - Dec 28, 2008
With millions of potential targets, BitTorrent sites are a great arena for scammers and spammers. Vertor is a new BitTorrent site that aims to eliminate ...

Even Pirated Version of Australia Fails to Find Success
/FILM, MA - 15 hours ago
The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported that illegal copies of Australia have begun showing up on BitTorrent sites. Despite this, though, the demand for ...

Turbocharge your torrents - TechRadar UK

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TechRadar UK

Turbocharge your torrents
TechRadar UK, UK - Dec 28, 2008
BitTorrent's been around for some time now, and the chances are that you've tried using it to download large files. The big attraction of the protocol is ...

TECH.BLORGE.com

Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) Leaked On BitTorrent
Gizmodo - 17 hours ago
... PM on Sat Dec 27 2008, 164 views The Windows 7 Beta 1 that was public-bound in mid-January has been leaked now, and you can get a copy on BitTorrent. ...
Windows 7 beta leaks to Internet Computerworld
Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 ISO Leaked and Available for Download Softpedia
all 28 news articles

Major Search Engines Sued for Copyright Violations
Zeropaid, CA - Dec 26, 2008
While BitTorrent website operators in other countries were similarly charged, it's not clear if a general search engine was ever sued up until now. ...

Share the wealth: VII - p2pnet.net

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Share the wealth: VII
p2pnet.net, Canada - 5 hours ago
And according to TorrentFreak, “If we assume that 70 million active BitTorrent users is an accurate estimate, this means that close to 5% of all people on ...

This Endangered Business Model Will Survive
Motley Fool - Dec 26, 2008
(Nasdaq: YHOO) News will kill magazines and printed newspapers, while BitTorrent and Amazon's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle do the same to boring old books. ...

New Zealand Herald

Australian Web and BitTorrent Filtering Scheme Delayed
TorrentFreak - Dec 26, 2008
The trial, which is to include attempted BitTorrent blocking, was due to start two days ago but generating further embarrassment for the government and ...
Australian Federal Government’s Internet Censorship Plans HostSearch.com
Uproar In Australia Over Plan To Block Websites Hard OCP
Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites The Associated Press
World Socialist Web Site
all 225 news articles

uTorrent Grows to 28 Million Monthly Users
TorrentFreak - Dec 25, 2008
uTorrent - the client of choice for most BitTorrent users - has gathered a steady userbase since it was first released four years ago, one which continues ...
uTorrent has more than 28 million monthly users! TechWhack
all 2 news articles

Slyck

Giganews Experiences 'Unprecedented' Usenet Growth
Slyck, NY - Dec 24, 2008
Users of this network will often times argue of its overwhelming supremacy over rival BitTorrent. With lawsuits, bandwidth throttling and politicking ...

BitTorrent seeks to make popularity equal profit
East Bay Business Times, CA - Dec 24, 2008
Cohen (left) and Klinker hope a new business model will turn BitTorrent’s user base into revenue. BitTorrent, a once high-flying Internet startup, ...

Slyck

Giganews Experiences 'Unprecedented' Growth
Slyck, NY - 2 hours ago
Users of this network will often times argue of its overwhelming supremacy over rival BitTorrent. With lawsuits, bandwidth throttling and politicking ...

ACTA Secret Meeting Held To Discuss Transparency Apparently the ...
Dslreports - Dec 24, 2008
... not only took aim at BitTorrent websites like the Pirate Bay, but also potentially whistleblowers, and even legit distribution systems like Tor. ...
ACTA Negotiations Will Continue into 2009 Zeropaid
all 2 news articles

BitTorrent seeks to make popularity equal profit
East Bay Business Times, CA - 7 hours ago
Cohen (left) and Klinker hope a new business model will turn BitTorrent’s user base into revenue. BitTorrent, a once high-flying Internet startup, ...

Downturn's newest victim: Ridiculous RIAA lawsuits
SmartBrief, DC - Dec 24, 2008
"The logic here is that they can launch fewer lawsuits, save some cash, and still stop you from BitTorrent-ing 'Tiny Bubbles.' " HarvardBusiness.org (12/22) ...

The Age

Aussie ‘Doctor Who’ Fans Set to Time Travel With BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 24, 2008
The number of people downloading TV shows via BitTorrent is growing. Our ‘Top 10 Most Pirated TV-Shows of 2008′ list reveals that some shows are amassing ...
BAZ LUHRMANN - FEW VIEW PIRATED COPIES OF AUSTRALIA Contactmusic.com
all 3 news articles

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV-Shows of 2008
TorrentFreak - 23 hours ago
TV-shows are getting increasingly more popular on BitTorrent. Most TV-broadcasters won’t be happy to hear this, but one could argue that BitTorrent has ...

Creating ‘informal’ IP norms - Livemint

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Creating ‘informal’ IP norms
Livemint, India - 16 hours ago
Similarly, content is shared between millions of users through several online platforms such as BitTorrent and LimeWire. In the specific context of India, ...

TorrentFreak

Torrent Relay - The Cure for BitTorrent Blockage
Slyck, NY - Dec 23, 2008
Imagine you just got done reading about BitTorrent and all the wonderful things that it can provide. Hey, maybe you even want to just use the Vuze content ...
Top 10 Most Pirated TV-Shows of 2008 TorrentFreak
all 2 news articles

Re: [BEHAVE] Inbound and outbound connections: msg#00051
OSDir - 17 hours ago
... but the working number from the P2PI workshop in May was about 80 for BitTorrent, I think Miyakawa-san meant "up to 500", and he was referring to AJAX ...

Australia to block all P2P? - Afterdawn.com

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Australia to block all P2P?
Afterdawn.com - 15 minutes ago
Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy added, "Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Pirated Australia free online ... but few takers
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 23 hours ago
While it's impossible to determine how many people have obtained the film from BitTorrent sites, demand for various copies, which were filmed in cinemas ...

Conroy making valiant effort, then mentions BitTorrent
PC Authority, Australia - 4 minutes ago
by William Maher Full credit to Senator Stephen Conroy for being the bravest man on the Internet, declaring BitTorrent filtering a possibility. ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Internet filter doomed to fail: report
SmartCompany.com.au, Australia - 7 hours ago
The news comes as the Government announced it will also attempt to block BitTorrent and peer-to-peer file sharing in the national filtering plan. ...
Fatal flaws in website censorship plan The Age
Rudd's online censor 'will not work': report LIVENEWS.com.au
Australia Force-Feeds Unwanted Online Casino Filter to Residents Online Casino Advisory
all 13 news articles

FeedMyTorrents Offers TV Torrent Feeds without Duplicates
Lifehacker, CA - 21 hours ago
Just subscribe to your favorite show and let your BitTorrent client automatically download new episodes as soon as they're available. ...

TorrentFreak

PSP Piracy is Trending Up, Despite Sony’s Claims
TorrentFreak - Dec 22, 2008
It is unclear where Sony sourced this data, but statistics gathered from BitTorrent trackers show an increase in PSP piracy. Filesharing, in all its forms, ...
Sony believes that Efforts to curb PSP Piracy have been successful PSP-Downloads News
Sony: UMD Games, Next-Gen PSP Is Dead PC Magazine
all 6 news articles

P2P File Sharing

Australian government to block BitTorrent traffic
TechSpot - Dec 22, 2008
... filters at the ISP level to target not only web traffic – which is already worrisome by itself – but also peer to peer applications like BitTorrent. ...
Australia, a Country with a Moronic Government, to Block BitTorrent Gizmodo
Australian Gov't Considering Filtering BitTorrent Tom's Guide
Australian Internet Filter Will Target BitTorrent Traffic TorrentFreak
iT News - Inquirer
all 99 news articles

Australia's Slippery Slope Of Censorship Gets Even Slicker With ...
Techdirt - 7 minutes ago
... about using the system to filter and block file sharing and BitTorrent as well, falsely claiming that the technology exists to do so effectively. ...

TrustedReviews

The RIAA won’t find ISPs so eager to cooperate with its new anti ...
CrunchGear, NY - Dec 22, 2008
Let’s say one of its users download/upload an RIAA-protected song from Gnutella or BitTorrent. The RIAA will send it a letter, with scant evidence—do you ...
STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46%! Zeropaid
ISPs to play enforcement role in RIAA's plan TelephonyOnline
RIAA graduated response plan: Q&A with Cary Sherman Ars Technica
all 108 news articles

P2P File Sharing

Australia, a Country with a Moronic Government, to Block BitTorrent
Gizmodo - Dec 22, 2008
Next up: blocking BitTorrent in the entire country. I guess it shouldn't be too shocking coming from a country with a Censorship Minister, but this is still ...
Australia Looking To Filter BitTorrent Escapist Magazine
Aussies plan to block P2P and Bit Torrent Inquirer
Australian government to block BitTorrent traffic TechSpot
Tom's Guide - TorrentFreak
all 99 news articles

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 22, 2008
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent. “Transporter 3″ tops the chart this week, could it be because a BitTorrent client was used in the film used ...
‘Dark Knight’ most pirated movie of 08 Mindanao Times
all 2 news articles

STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46%! - Zeropaid

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p2pnet.net

STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46%!
Zeropaid, CA - 13 hours ago
“The industry has managed to constrain the number of people who are file sharing, but the expanded use of services such as BitTorrent enable entrenched P2P ...
We had to do it! says RIAA’s Cary Sherman p2pnet.net
RIAA Pres: 'Legal Music Sales Growth Proof that Suing People Worked' Zeropaid
all 3 news articles

PC World Canada

Optimize Wi-Fi for VoIP, Video, and Gaming
PC World Canada, Canada - 5 hours ago
You may want to give BitTorrent and other download services a low priority and give your VoIP service a high priority, for example. ...

P2P File Sharing

Oz net censorship apparatus to target BitTorrent
Register, UK - Dec 22, 2008
Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot ...
Australia, a Country with a Moronic Government, to Block BitTorrent Gizmodo
Aussies plan to block P2P and Bit Torrent Inquirer
Australian government to block BitTorrent traffic TechSpot
Tom's Guide - TorrentFreak
all 99 news articles

WELT ONLINE

Latest victim of the great Chinese firewall: the porn sensation
guardian.co.uk, UK - Dec 22, 2008
Kappa Girl had become one of the top ten most searched-for terms on Google China, according to Shanghaiist, drove a flood of traffic through BitTorrent and ...
East Building Kappa Girl (Photo) Huang Video Porn Causes Stir In China Post Chronicle
all 79 news articles

Australian Internet Filter Will Target BitTorrent Traffic
TorrentFreak - 5 hours ago
In response to a comment posted by a user on his department’s blog, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted that BitTorrent filtering will be ...
Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic iT News
all 22 news articles

Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic
iT News, Australia - 2 hours ago
“Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live ...

Rudd Government's internet filter extended to peer-to-peer
Adelaidenow, Australia - 28 minutes ago
"Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live ...

‘Dark Knight’ most pirated movie of 08
Mindanao Times, Philippines - 10 hours ago
THE DARK Knight, the biggest hit at the box office this year, was also the most pirated on BitTorrent, according to data collected by TorrentFreak.com. ...

TorrentFreak

Spanish ‘Pirates’ Share Files on Government Doorstep
TorrentFreak - 13 hours ago
Sharing copyrighted files on filesharing networks such as BitTorrent is a serious offense, according to the entertainment industry lobbyists, that is. ...

The Inside Story of the Araditracker Shutdown
TorrentFreak - 9 hours ago
At the end of August 2008, the Araditracker BitTorrent tracker disappeared. At the time, sources close to the case said that legal action had been taken ...

New York Governor seeks iPod tax - iTWire

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New York Governor seeks iPod tax
iTWire, Australia - 11 hours ago
Some sources say the tax will give further impetus for home users to abandon music stores in favour of BitTorrent and other per-to-peer download sites. ...

Network Neutrality--Where's the Beef
BusinessWeek - Dec 19, 2008
Yes, Comcast messed with BitTorrent connections early this year. Whether that was a willful violation of net neutrality or a clumsy attempt at traffic ...

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent Crash Linked to Military Satellite Hack
TorrentFreak - Dec 19, 2008
When you want to get precious stuff from A to B over the Internet, the ‘cool’ way is by using BitTorrent. But did you know you can hack a military satellite ...

WNCT

RIAA Drops Lawsuit Campaign – Mostly
Slyck, NY - Dec 19, 2008
Now that FastTrack was out of the picture, a P2P power vacuum developed, and BitTorrent’s time had come. Thanks to the RIAA’s lawsuit campaign, BitTorrent’s ...
RIAA To Stop Mass Lawsuits, Work with ISPs Digitaltrends.com
The RIAA will stop its policy of filing lawsuits every 2 seconds ... CrunchGear
Big Music Accepts Reality, Drops Lawsuit Strategy. Next Up: Nasty ... All Things D Blogs
Wired News - IGN
all 554 news articles

Network Neutrality--Where's the Beef
BusinessWeek - 5 hours ago
Yes, Comcast messed with BitTorrent connections early this year. Whether that was a willful violation of net neutrality or a clumsy attempt at traffic ...

LAist

RIAA To Stop Mass Lawsuits, Work with ISPs
Digitaltrends.com, OR - Dec 19, 2008
... against individuals it believes are copying and distributing music illegally via peer-to-peer filesharing services like Gnutella and BitTorrent. ...
The RIAA will stop its policy of filing lawsuits every 2 seconds ... CrunchGear
Big Music Accepts Reality, Drops Lawsuit Strategy. Next Up: Nasty ... All Things D Blogs
No ISP Filtering Under RIAA Copyright Strategy Wired News
IGN - Nashville Scene
all 523 news articles

Windows 7 bootleg is a ticking time bomb
ZDNet - Dec 19, 2008
Judging by my inbox, lots of you downloaded a bootleg copy of Windows 7 build 6956 from BitTorrent, and now you have it running. But no matter how hard you ...

Open Source Torrents Forced Offline by Anti-Piracy Outfit
TorrentFreak - 19 hours ago
For those new to BitTorrent, terms like trackers and .torrent files might be confusing. When someone decides to share a file with others, ...

Joost Abandons Desktop Software, Peer-to-Peer Video Model
Wired News - Dec 18, 2008
While the darknet of bittorrent file swapping continues largely unabated, and many large open source software manufacturers rely on P2P distribution, ...

ShareReactor Returns - Thanks to The Pirate Bay
Slyck, NY - 18 hours ago
For a time, eDonkey2000 and BitTorrent were both competing for the file-sharing crown. But BitTorrent eventually beat out this long time rival, ...

TechRadar UK

Joost Shuts Down Its Desktop App
Washington Post, United States - Dec 18, 2008
Joost's desktop program relied on P2P software--the same technology that is the basis for BitTorrent, Kazaa, and even Skype. ...
Joost Abandons Desktop Software, Peer-to-Peer Video Model Wired News
all 36 news articles

TechSpot

Eeebuntu 8.10 released for Eee PC netbooks
TechSpot - 7 hours ago
... under heavy load and thus download links have been temporarily removed, but you can also download the NBR, base or standard editions via BitTorrent.
Ubuntu Linux: The Easy Installation Guide PC World
Safe Surfing With Ubuntu LinuxPlanet
Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1 ZDNet Blogs
all 8 news articles

Joost Shuts Down Its Desktop App - PC World

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Joost Shuts Down Its Desktop App
PC World - 48 minutes ago
Joost's desktop program relied on P2P software--the same technology that is the basis for BitTorrent, Kazaa, and even Skype. ...

Japan only? That's what they think
London Free Press, Canada - 10 hours ago
We can make the observation that the Resident Evil 5 demo is available on popular BitTorrent file sharing sites, and that Windows Vista's own DVD-burning ...

MPAA Reining In Illicit Movie Sites, Downloading Unabated
Wired News - Dec 17, 2008
Interesting enough, a US federal judge has never ruled on the merits of an MPAA lawsuit against a BitTorrent tracker or an indexing, search-engine-like ...
MPAA Targets Video Search Sites In New Lawsuits MediaPost Publications
MPAA Sues Three Sites for Indexing Movie Download Links Digital Media Wire
all 3 news articles

TorrentFreak

FireTorrent Brings BitTorrent to Firefox
TorrentFreak - Dec 17, 2008
With FireTorrent you can now add BitTorrent support to Firefox. The add-on makes it possible to download .torrent files in the browser, and integrates ...

Blocking BitTorrent in Britain - CircleID

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Blocking BitTorrent in Britain
CircleID, Canada - Dec 17, 2008
By Tom Evslin Virgin Media announced its intention of restricting BitTorrent traffic on its new 50Mbps service according to an article by Chris Williams in ...

MP3 Newswire

File Sharing and the Free Public Library
MP3 Newswire, NJ - 23 hours ago
Users are the librarians here, not BitTorrent. So, does sharing amount to a public good in the online world just because it does in the offline world? ...

Virgin Media to Begin Throttling BitTorrent Next Summer
Zeropaid, CA - 10 minutes ago
Sometime during the middle of next year UK ISP Virgin Media plans to introduce application-based restrictions that will mean that BitTorrent and other P2P ...

TorrentFreak

The Mighty ShareReactor Returns - Now With Added Torrents
TorrentFreak - 14 hours ago
Supported by The Pirate Bay team, it’s adding BitTorrent to its arsenal. Back in 2004, no-one would dispute that ShareReactor was a file-sharing force to be ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 17, 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 ...

SlashGear

Multifunctional MvixPVR boasts an Ipod dock
SlashGear, AZ - 21 hours ago
... multimedia playback, record, time shift with streaming ability though wired or WiFi network such as NAS, UPnP media server and BitTorrent downloader. ...
Mvix Unveils the MvixPVR with iPod Docking Support eHomeUpgrade (press release)
Mvix intros PVR, extender, iPod dock combo ipodnn
Mvix quietly reveals media playing / recording MvixPVR Engadget HD
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Virgin Media Denies BitTorrent Throttling Report
Wired News - Dec 16, 2008
By David Kravets December 16, 2008 | 5:49:06 PMCategories: BitTorrent Virgin Media, the British internet service provider that just announced a 50 megabits ...
Virgin Media will block BitTorrent ZDNet
Virgin Media to Begin Throttling BitTorrent Next Summer Zeropaid
Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users Register
BroadbandReports.com - TorrentFreak
all 254 news articles

TorrentFreak

Movie Studios Spied On ISP’s BitTorrent Users
TorrentFreak - Dec 16, 2008
The studios monitored iiNet’s customers using BitTorrent - including a ‘copyright infringing’ subscriber they planted there themselves - and on whose ...
Hollywood's BitTorrent prosecution Business Spectator
iiNet piracy case starts in Federal Court Australian Personal Computer
Hollywood Lawsuit Against ISP for Allowing Piracy to be Heard Tomorrow Zeropaid
Sydney Morning Herald - ZDNet.com.au
all 14 news articles

BREIN Takes out 'Largest Illegal Top Site Ever'
Slyck, NY - Dec 16, 2008
BREIN accused TV Land of providing 45 terabytes of copyrighted material, and working in conjunction with the BitTorrent site SceneTorrents.org - an unusual ...

SEM Costs Rise As Net Neutrality Dissolves
Mediapost.com, NY - 4 hours ago
"If you remember, the Federal Communications Commission recently cracked down on Comcast for throttling content from BitTorrent and ultimately called it a ...

Virgin Media will block BitTorrent - ZDNet

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Virgin Media will block BitTorrent
ZDNet - Dec 16, 2008
Suddenly, it’s OK for cable companies to step on BitTorrent. In the US, Comcast was forced to adopt a protocol-agnostic approach to managing traffic after ...
Virgin Media Denies BitTorrent Throttling Report Wired News
Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users Register
Virgin Media to Begin Throttling BitTorrent Next Summer Zeropaid
BroadbandReports.com - TorrentFreak
all 254 news articles

Virgin Takes Aim At BitTorrent
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 26 minutes ago
In addition to unveiling plans to target BitTorrent, Virgin CEO Neil Berkett also says the UK carrier will be embracing behavioral advertising from outfits ...

Virgin Media to restrict BitTorrent traffic in 2009 - CEO
Telecompaper, Netherlands - 7 minutes ago
UK ISP Virgin Media plans to implement network monitoring technology in 2009 to specifically target and restrict BitTorrent traffic, CEO Neil Berkett has ...

Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users
Register, UK - 5 hours ago
Asked why the firm would ditch its system of choosing who to throttle based on their total usage, in favour of singling out BitTorrent, Berkett said: "I ...
Virgin Media to restrict BitTorrent traffic in 2009 - CEO Telecompaper
Virgin Media Re-Opens Net Neutrality Debate with New Plans ISPReview UK
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eHomeUpgrade (press release)

Mvix quietly reveals media playing / recording MvixPVR
engadget, CA - 18 hours ago
You'll also find integrated WiFi, a USB port for streaming files on external drives and UPnP / BitTorrent functionality. Mvix hasn't stated when this puppy ...
Mvix Unveils the MvixPVR with iPod Docking Support eHomeUpgrade (press release)
Mvix intros PVR, extender, iPod dock combo ipodnn
all 4 news articles

Net neutrality affects SEO - Brafton

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Net neutrality affects SEO
Brafton, MA - Dec 15, 2008
... Communication Commission said Comcast had essentially violated net neutrality when it blocked its customers' access to the peer-to-peer site BitTorrent. ...
SES Chicago: Understanding How Net Neutrality Affects Search Marketing WebProNews
Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web Wall Street Journal
Net Neutrality Proponents Blast Google Story eWeek
PC Magazine
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BitTorrent Recapitalizes Funding; Returns Some Money to VCs
Digital Media Wire, CA - 14 minutes ago
Los Angeles - BitTorrent, the file-sharing software company founded by the creators of the peer-to-peer protocol, has returned the $17 million financing ...

BitTorrent un-finances to the tune of $17 million
BetaNews - 22 minutes ago
By Angela Gunn, BetaNews The gains of early summer were ghosts by winter for BitTorrent, which has both renegotiated its recent Series C round of financing ...

Hollywood's BitTorrent prosecution
Business Spectator, Australia - 22 hours ago
Thanks to some crafty snooping of their own, the studios know the identity of thousands of Australians who have been using BitTorrent to illegally copy ...
Hollywood Lawsuit Against ISP for Allowing Piracy to be Heard Tomorrow Zeropaid
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The Extraordinary Happenings At BitTorrent
Washington Post, United States - Dec 15, 2008
He was referring to the undoing of a $17 million venture round at BitTorrent and subsequent recapitalization that we reported yesterday. ...
If BitTorrent Goes Under, What Then? Appscout
BitTorrent un-finances to the tune of $17 million BetaNews
BitTorrent loses its $17M funding? VentureBeat
Digital Media Wire - NewTeeVee
all 12 news articles

PC World

SES Chicago: Understanding How Net Neutrality Affects Search Marketing
WebProNews, KY - 2 hours ago
If you remember, the Federal Communications Commission recently cracked down on Comcast for throttling content from BitTorrent and ultimately called it a ...
Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web Wall Street Journal
Net Neutrality Proponents Blast Google Story eWeek
Google, Industry Downplay 'Fast Lane' Plans PC Magazine
all 359 news articles

paidContent.org - BitTorrent Renegotiates Third Round; Takes $10 ...
Washington Post, United States - Dec 15, 2008
How long before P2P file-sharing service BitTorrent crashes and burns? The company raised $17 million in a third round over the summer, but according to ...
If BitTorrent Goes Under, What Then? Appscout
BitTorrent un-finances to the tune of $17 million BetaNews
BitTorrent Recapitalizes Funding; Returns Some Money to VCs Digital Media Wire
NewTeeVee - TechCrunch
all 12 news articles

If BitTorrent Goes Under, What Then?
Appscout, NY - 12 hours ago
TechCrunch has an interesting report about BitTorrent handing back $17 million in financing, and receiving $7 million back. The reason? ...

Elektron EHP-606 Network Media Player unboxed - first impressions
Afterdawn.com - 18 hours ago
It also has support for NMT (also familiar from the Popcorn Hour) applications such as FTP, Samba and NFS servers and most importantly a built-in BitTorrent ...

MPAA Fears Economic Downturn Will Boost Piracy
TorrentFreak - Dec 15, 2008
However, after several months of relatively slow growth, BitTorrent sites have seen a dramatic increase in visitor numbers this fall. ...

BitTorrent forced to revise funding
C21Media, UK - Dec 15, 2008
BitTorrent, the US-based internet video and file-sharing service, has been forced to renegotiate and significantly reduce the US$17m funding round it ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 15, 2008
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “Eagle Eye” tops the chart this week, and there are five other newcomers. Quite a few new faces in the list ...

Supercharged File Sharing
MIT Technology Review, MA - 15 hours ago
As an example, suppose someone running a BitTorrent client tries to download an MP3. As it stands, the file might come from a computer halfway around the ...

BitTorrent loses its $17M funding?
VentureBeat, CA - 17 hours ago
In a letter that was reportedly sent to shareholders, BitTorrent chief executive Eric Klinker writes that the company raised its third round led by DAG ...
BitTorrent Funding Reduced to Bits? NewTeeVee
Bad Times For BitTorrent: $17 M Financing Undone, Valuation Plummets TechCrunch
BitTorrent forced to revise funding C21Media
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Bad Times For BitTorrent: $17 M Financing Undone, Valuation Plummets
TechCrunch, CA - Dec 14, 2008
by Michael Arrington on December 14, 2008 File sharing service BitTorrent has undone its $17 million financing from earlier this year, we’ve learned from an ...

Japan only? That's what they think
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 20 hours ago
We can make the observation that the Resident Evil 5 demo is available on popular BitTorrent file sharing sites, and that Windows Vista's own DVD-burning ...
'Resident Evil 5' Direct-Feed Demo Gameplay - ShantyTown Level G4 TV
The evil never dies Winnipeg Sun
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OiNK Admin Appears Before British Court
Zeropaid, CA - 23 hours ago
The administrator of OiNK.cd, the once popular private BitTorrent website, as well as five others, have appeared before court recently. ...
OiNK Admin and Uploaders Appear in Court TorrentFreak
Man accused over 'file-sharing website' Independent
Six in court over file-sharing site The Press Association
Halifax Evening Courier - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
all 28 news articles

eHomeUpgrade (press release)

Turn external hard drives into network storage via USB with ...
ZDNet Blogs - Dec 13, 2008
The unit can even be set up as a FTP server for remote users, a BitTorrent client, or a UPnP AV server. The NAS adapter’s one obvious weakness would be that ...
Addonics NAS Adapter UberGizmo.com
Addonics Announces Network Attached Storage Adapter MarketWatch
USB Flash Drive Network Weaponization Dark Reading
engadget - CNET Reviews
all 27 news articles

BREIN Nukes 75 BitTorrent Sites - Slyck

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BREIN Nukes 75 BitTorrent Sites
Slyck, NY - Dec 12, 2008
BREIN has apparently taken down no fewer than 75 Dutch based BitTorrent sites, as reported in their press release today. The 72 sites were part of an ...
Anti-Piracy Outfit Shuts Down 75 Torrent Sites TorrentFreak
all 3 news articles

Ubisoft Caves On DRM - MediaPost Publications

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Canada.com

Ubisoft Caves On DRM
MediaPost Publications, New York - 15 hours ago
"Spore" showed up on BitTorrent almost immediately -- where it was downloaded more than 500000 times in 10 days, according to TorrentFreak. ...
Prince Of Persia PC To Be DRM-Free Kotaku.com
all 30 news articles

Xangati brings new view to application management
TelephonyOnline - 5 hours ago
The idea is to give carriers a much better understanding of how a variety of applications – from streaming media to BitTorrent downloads and beyond – are ...

BREIN Nukes 72 BitTorrent Sites - Slyck

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BREIN Nukes 72 BitTorrent Sites
Slyck, NY - 8 hours ago
BREIN has apparently taken down no fewer than 72 Dutch based BitTorrent sites, as reported in their press release today. The 72 sites were part of an ...
Anti-Piracy Outfit Shuts Down 75 Torrent Sites TorrentFreak
all 2 news articles

Is The NFL Slowly Starting To Get It?
BroadbandReports.com, NY - 18 hours ago
Apparently in response to a growing number of NFL fans whose best option is to head to BitTorrent sites like TenYardTorrents to find games after they air, ...

Addonics NAS Adapter - UberGizmo.com

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SlashGear

Addonics NAS Adapter
UberGizmo.com, CA - Dec 12, 2008
The NAS Adapter is compatible with both SMB as well as open-source Samba network protocols, and you can opt to configure it as a BitTorrent downloader ...
Addonics Announces Network Attached Storage Adapter MarketWatch
USB Flash Drive Network Weaponization Dark Reading
Store more with our top scoring Network Attached Storage (NAS) drives CNET Reviews
Reg Hardware - engadget
all 26 news articles

RopeofSilicon.com

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2008
TorrentFreak - Dec 11, 2008
Mirroring its success at the box office, The Dark Knight is leading this list of 2008’s most pirated movies on BitTorrent. ...
DARK KNIGHT MOST PIRATED MOVIE OF 2008 Contactmusic.com
Stephen King: 10 Best Movies of 2008 Entertainment Weekly
Stephen King Releases His Top Ten Flicks of 2008 RopeofSilicon.com
411mania.com - Cinematical
all 8 news articles

Choruss: legal file sharing on campus
Register, UK - 10 hours ago
While dealing with DMCA notices is a pain for the University networks - who would dearly love to banish BitTorrent software and 24x7 freetards from their ...

P2P File Sharing

Oversi and BitTorrent to Collaborate on P2P Management
P2P File Sharing, CA - Dec 11, 2008
BitTorrent and Oversi have announced plans to work together on an integrated solution to optimize P2P traffic across ISP networks. ...

BBC News

Spore Tops Piracy Charts, but Don't Blame DRM
PC World - Dec 11, 2008
According to Torrent Freak, a weblog that professes to cover the BitTorrent biz, Spore is the most downloaded game on BitTorrent, something Torrent Freak ...
Spore at top of the piracy charts BBC News
Spore Is Most Pirated PC Game Of 2008 Digitaltrends.com
all 6 news articles

PhysOrg.com

Addonics Announces Network Attached Storage Adapter
MarketWatch - 21 hours ago
In addition, the NAS adapter can also be used as a print server or as a bit-torrent file downloading appliance. Other features include support for fast ...
DAS won't die Search Storage
Store more with our top scoring Network Attached Storage (NAS) drives CNET Reviews
Addonics' USB-to-NAS adapter: all your external HDDs, now network ... engadget
all 19 news articles

BitTorrent & Oversi Partner on Smart P2P
Contentinople, NY - Dec 10, 2008
Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology company BitTorrent Inc. has joined forces with network caching equipment provider Oversi Networks Ltd. for application-aware ...

DailyTech

Securom DRM contributes to record breaking piracy
DailyTech, IL - 14 hours ago
Since that time over one million copies have been downloaded using BitTorrent. According to TorrentFreak statistics Spore was downloaded 1.7 million times ...

Transfer files faster with Bittorrent
What PC?, UK - Dec 10, 2008
This is where Bittorrent can help. Rather than downloading a file from a single location, such as a company website, users can connect to other people who ...

Dark Knight smashing Blu-Ray, BitTorrent records
PC Authority, Australia - Dec 10, 2008
by William Maher I once heard my local Blockbuster manager cruely toying with a hapless punter by describing Blu-Ray as a "government conspiracy". ...

BitTorrent Inc. Collaborates to Help ISPs Speed Up P2P Traffic
Zeropaid, CA - 9 hours ago
BitTorrent Inc. and Oversi, an Israel-based pioneer of over-the-top (OTT) caching and delivery solutions, today announced their collaboration to deliver an ...

Spore at top of the piracy charts - BBC News

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Spore at top of the piracy charts
BBC News, UK - 9 hours ago
The site used data provided by the peer-to-peer sharing protocol, BitTorrent, to compile a list of the 10 most downloaded PC games in 2008. ...
Spore faces biggest pirate attack Inquirer
Spore becomes most the pirated game ever - but why? guardian.co.uk
Spore the most pirated game Boomtown
all 4 news articles

InternetNews.com

Pirates Snag Latest Windows 7 Build
InternetNews.com - 19 hours ago
Many people who download operating system betas and pre-betas off BitTorrent sites are enthusiasts willing to suffer a few bugs as long as they have ...

BitTorrent hooks up with Oversi - Slyck

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BitTorrent hooks up with Oversi
Slyck, NY - Dec 9, 2008
There are quite a few interesting developments happening over at BitTorrent. We already discussed the departure of President and co-founder Ashwin Navin, ...
BitTorrent, Oversi Partner to Manage P2P Traffic Appscout
all 2 news articles

BitTorrent and Oversi Team to Deliver a P2P Solution for ISPs
TMCnet - Dec 9, 2008
By Jyothi Shanbhag BitTorrent has joined hands with Oversi to deliver an integrated solution to optimize P2P traffic across the Internet Service Provider ...

TorrentFreak

Police Threats Close Many BitTorrent Sites
TorrentFreak - Dec 9, 2008
Another site set to disappear is WordBG, and the administrators of Zarta.org have announced that the site will no longer have a BitTorrent tracker, ...
BREIN takes down more torrent sites Afterdawn.com
all 3 news articles

BitTorrent has new plan to shape up P2P behavior
Ars Technica, MA - Dec 9, 2008
By Nate Anderson | Published: December 09, 2008 - 11:30AM CT BitTorrent—what's left of the company, at least—announced a deal with Israeli contend delivery ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - 7 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 ...

Spore tops 2008 piracy chart - GameSpot

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Spore tops 2008 piracy chart
GameSpot - Dec 8, 2008
... Spore was illegally download through file-sharing sites 500000 times, a figure BitTorrent-tracking blog Torrent Freak labeled as record-setting. ...
Spore Most Pirated Game of 2008? Escapist Magazine
Spore Breaks Piracy Record Gamasutra
Spore tops list of most pirated games TweakTown
TechSpot - T3
all 18 news articles

TorrentFreak

How BitTorrent Can Teach Students DNA Sequencing
TorrentFreak - Dec 8, 2008
At the University of Toronto they have found the perfect analogy to explain how DNA sequencing works: BitTorrent. A growing number of Internet users know ...

BitTorrent begins its seismic shift away from TCP
BetaNews - Dec 8, 2008
By Angela Gunn, BetaNews In an effort to ease the burden its traffic puts on the Internet at large, BitTorrent has announced that it'll use uTP, not TCP, ...

UGO

Top 10 most pirated PC games on BitTorrent of 2008: Take a wild guess
CrunchGear, NY - Dec 8, 2008
Keep in mind that this list only includes BitTorrent downloads, and doesn’t take into account the old guard who still get all their stuff from Usenet. ...
Top 10 Pirated Games of 2008… Explained! UGO
all 2 news articles

Top 20 p2p and Bittorrent Search Engines for 2008
Crenk, UK - 2 hours ago
Previously we have written about Torrent trackers and what are some of the most popular in the world. Torrents are a growing industry and if you take the ...

BitTorrent Closes Mediocre Video Store Quest to make money from ...
Dslreports - Dec 8, 2008
At some point, BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen grew tired of geek adoration for his ingenious networking creation, and decided he actually wanted to make ...

BREIN Chases Another BitTorrent Tracker to Sweden
TorrentFreak - Dec 8, 2008
RARBG, probably one of the biggest BitTorrent trackers you’ve never heard of, has been ordered to close by anti-piracy outfit, BREIN. ...

Tech Digest

Buffalo launches BitTorrent-friendly LinkStation Quad: up to 4TB ...
Tech Digest, UK - 19 hours ago
As if that wasn't enough, there's a built-in BitTorrent client which allows files to be downloaded directly to the device, after configuring from a PC ...
Buffalo LinkStation Quad launches Consumer-focused NAS available ... Pocket-lint.co.uk
all 2 news articles

Spore Pirated Over 1.7 Million Times
GameDAILY BIZ - 4 hours ago
Not a distinction that any company would want to have, two titles from EA's Maxis division are the most downloaded from BitTorrent sites. by David Radd on ...
10 most pirated games of 2008 Neoseeker
Spore tops most pirated games of 2008 list TechSpot
The most pirated games of 2008 CVG Online
Afterdawn.com
all 5 news articles

Spore Most Pirated Game of 2008?
Escapist Magazine, NC - 1 hour ago
Anti-piracy measures be damned; Spore takes the cake this year with the highest number of illegal PC game downloads on BitTorrent. ...

Spore Breaks Piracy Record - Gamasutra

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Spore Breaks Piracy Record
Gamasutra, CA - 2 hours ago
TorrentFreak, a weblog dedicated to aggregating news for the BitTorrent P2P protocol, reports the number of estimated downloads have broken all previous ...

ITProPortal

Pirates of the Amazon Firefox Plugin gets Website in Trouble
ITProPortal, UK - 3 hours ago
... to download various products from Amazon.com for free, by linking product pages from Amazon.com with the “Pirate Bay”, an illegal BitTorrent website. ...
Pirates of the Amazon Abandon Ship New York Times
Journey Is Over for the Pirates of the Amazon eFluxMedia
Pirates of the Amazon hits the rocks CNET News
Wired News - Lawdit Commercial Solicitors
all 18 news articles

TorrentFreak

Resident Evil Degeneration: BitTorrent Blockbuster
TorrentFreak - Dec 8, 2008
Although it skips most US theaters and is scheduled to be released on DVD no sooner than late December, it has been downloaded on BitTorrent close to a ...

BitTorrent and Oversi Collaborate to Deliver Optimal P2P Solution ...
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Dec 8, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO and PETACH TIKVA, Israel , December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BitTorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the ...

BitTorrent shuts down download store
Afterdawn.com - Dec 7, 2008
In a decision that should come as no surprise to anyone, BitTorrent Inc. has shut down their struggling Torrent Entertainment Network paid download store. ...

Ars Technica

Editorial: FCC Commisioner wants DRM, ISP filtering, new job
Ars Technica, MA - 10 hours ago
In Tate's version of the story, Comcast and BitTorrent (the company) "came to a solution of how to manage Comcast's network without harming BitTorrent users ...

Torrent Entertainment Network closed down by BitTorrent Inc.
TechWhack (press release), India - 15 hours ago
The store enabled the web users to purchase and download movies and television shows legally using the BitTorrent p2p protocol. However, the store was not a ...

10 most pirated games of 2008 - Neoseeker

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10 most pirated games of 2008
Neoseeker - 20 hours ago
Torrentfreak has released its statistics for the most pirated games on the BitTorrent network for 2008, and it's quite an interesting list. ...
Spore tops most pirated games of 2008 list TechSpot
The most pirated games of 2008 CVG Online
2008: Most pirated PC games Afterdawn.com
all 4 news articles

British Citizens Sued for Downloading Porn on P2P
Zeropaid, CA - 7 hours ago
It might compensate for people being paid £25000 an hour considering how relatively easy it is to get an IP address from, say, BitTorrent. ...

Week in review: unfounded BitTorrent fears, learning Python ...
Ars Technica, MA - Dec 6, 2008
Some are concerned that this will enable BitTorrent to bypass congestion controls, but that's not the case. Using UDP makes BitTorrent traffic light up like ...

Spore the Most Pirated Game of 2008
Slashdot - 2 hours ago
It was downloaded through BitTorrent roughly 1.7 million times, with The Sims 2 and Assassin's Creed following at just over a million each. ...

eFluxMedia

Firefox Add-On Integrates Amazon with The Pirate Bay
Zeropaid, CA - 5 hours ago
Greasemonkey script from "Pirates of the Amzaon" embeds links from BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay alongside legal purchase links. ...
Pirates of the Amazon Lawdit Commercial Solicitors
Amazon.com Tossed into Pirate Bay Jungle Wired News
all 10 news articles

BitTorrent Site Pwns Anti-Piracy Outfit
TorrentFreak - Dec 5, 2008
It now belongs to the owner of one of the largest BitTorrent sites in the country. There are a lot of BitTorrent users in Lithuania, and the two largest ...

Using The New UDP BitTorrent To Dodge ISP Throttling
BroadbandReports.com, NY - Dec 5, 2008
We recently noted that uTorrent, now owned by BitTorrent, released a new version of their client that lays uTP, the micro transport protocol, on top of UDP. ...

Police arrest BitTorrent tracker operators in Brisbane
ARNnet, Australia - Dec 5, 2008
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday arrested and charged two Brisbane men with money laundering offences linked to a BitTorrent tracker site. ...
Men arrested for distributing 14 million movies TamilSydney.com
all 2 news articles

P2P File Sharing

Pirates of the Amazon Abandon Ship
New York Times, United States - Dec 5, 2008
... people who were browsing books, music and movies on Amazon.com to download the same products free through the Pirate Bay, the illicit BitTorrent site. ...
Journey Is Over for the Pirates of the Amazon eFluxMedia
Amazon.com add-on Hackers Decry 'Hostile' Comments Wired News
Pirates of the Amazon hits the rocks CNET News
Lawdit Commercial Solicitors - Wired News
all 16 news articles

Pirates of the Amazon Abandon Ship
New York Times, United States - 26 minutes ago
... people who were browsing books, music and movies on Amazon.com to download the same products free through the Pirate Bay, the illicit BitTorrent site. ...

Skype: BitTorrent Protocol Change Might Kill Service (EBAY)
Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Dec 5, 2008
Earlier this week, a report in the Register predicted an "Internet meltdown" would occur because P2P company BitTorrent was implementing a technical change ...

Despite Arrests MovieX BitTorrent Tracker Back Online
TorrentFreak - Dec 5, 2008
Just over a day since the MovieX BitTorrent tracker disappeared following the arrest of two admins, the 400000 member site has returned. ...

BitTorrent net meltdown delayed - Register

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BitTorrent net meltdown delayed
Register, UK - Dec 5, 2008
BitTorrent Inc has now weighed in on the side of the TCP/IP critics. The next official release of the uTorrent client – currently in alpha test – replaces ...

Q&A: BitTorrent’s Simon Morris
NewTeeVee, CA - Dec 4, 2008
Whither BitTorrent? The company is picking itself up and putting itself back together after recent exec departures and layoffs. And it has finally shed its ...

MovieX BitTorrent Tracker Busted By Australian Police
TorrentFreak - Dec 4, 2008
MovieX, a very large BitTorrent site which made the headlines last year for its controversial tracker policy, has been shut down by Australian police. ...

Australian Police arrest organizers of illegal movie BitTorrent ...
Business of Cinema, India - Dec 4, 2008
Commenting on the arrests AFACT director operations Neil Gane said, "BitTorrent is a legitimate and efficient software for sharing files but, like any tool, ...
Police arrest BitTorrent tracker operators in Brisbane Australian Techworld
Police bust major film and TV piracy operation The Age
Cops arrest two in Brisbane on pirate film website raid The Australian
ABC Online - iTWire
all 28 news articles

Police arrest BitTorrent tracker operators in Brisbane
Australian Techworld, Australia - 10 hours ago
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday arrested and charged two Brisbane men with money laundering offences linked to a BitTorrent tracker site. ...
Police bust major film and TV piracy operation The Age
Cops arrest two in Brisbane on pirate film website raid The Australian
Brisbane duo charged over movie piracy ring ABC Online
Smart House
all 23 news articles

BitTorrent: Register report on protocol change is 'nonsense'
Australian Techworld, Australia - 7 hours ago
BitTorrent has slammed a report in The Register that suggests a planned protocol change could threaten the stability of the Internet. ...

Bittorrent to switch protocols to confound throttlers
Geek.com - Dec 3, 2008
by Andy Carvell posted on December 3, 2008 2:24 pm uTorrent - the popular bittorrent client - is to switch to the UDP protocol for file transfers; ...

Wired News

First Look: µTorrent for Mac Beta is Blazing Fast
Wired News - 7 hours ago
By Scott Gilbertson December 03, 2008 | 12:35:18 PMCategories: Software One of the most popular bittorrent clients for Windows has just released a Mac ...

Torrents of Disruption on the Way?
SearchNetworking.com, Australia - 9 hours ago
BitTorrent's decision to shift its communications from TCP to UDP seems esoteric, but it's been widely criticised as a threat to the bandwidth of other ...

BitTorrent: Register report on protocol change is 'nonsense'
Computerworld Australia, Australia - 8 hours ago
BitTorrent has slammed a report in The Register that suggests a planned protocol change could threaten the stability of the Internet. ...

BitTorrent battles accusations of VoIP, network clobbering
FierceVoIP, DC - Dec 2, 2008
A full-blown blog-o-war has started between The Register and BitTorrent. A Register columnist said BitTorrent's uTorrent client is going to bring the ...

Making BitTorrent Clients Prioritize By Geography?
Slashdot - Dec 2, 2008
Bittorrent clients apparently don't prioritize other users on the same ISP or at least in the same country. Why is that? Is it difficult to manage? ...

BitTorrent Quietly Shutters Download Store
Contentinople, NY - Dec 2, 2008
In a move that many expected but very few noticed, BitTorrent Inc. shut down its Torrent Entertainment Network, ending its brief foray into the paid ...

New BitTorrent software sparks throttling debate
CBC.ca, Canada - Dec 2, 2008
The new version of the peer-to-peer file-sharing application, which is owned by San Francisco-based BitTorrent Inc., uses a different technical approach ...

FreeBSD 6.4 Released - Slashdot

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FreeBSD 6.4 Released
Slashdot - 2 hours ago
In addition to being available from many FTP sites, ISO images can be downloaded via the BitTorrent tracker, or for users of earlier FreeBSD releases, ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - 8 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 ...

Starhub - From world's #3 crooked bittorrent to `no block'
Cnet Asia, CA - Dec 1, 2008
... on Starhub users' computers (green bars) and the red line is a measure of how many percent of the users' computers were blocked from bittorrent traffic. ...

TechSpot

BitTorrent defends new protocol against harsh report
TechSpot - Dec 1, 2008
By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com Recently BitTorrent has toyed with the idea of switching to a UDP-based transmission method as opposed to the current TCP-based ...
BitTorrent Calls UDP Report "Utter Nonsense" Slashdot
UDP BitTorrent Will Destroy The Interwebs! New uTorrent client ... Dslreports
Will uTorrent Really Kill the Internet? TorrentFreak
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BitTorrent Switching to UDP Transfers? Nonsense!
Slyck, NY - Dec 1, 2008
"BitTorrent declares war on VoIP, gamers", the headline to The Register's latest BitTorrent article reads. The article continues that a recent change in ...
Will BitTorrent Change Destroy The Internet? No Silicon Alley Insider
all 3 news articles

µTorrent's switch to UDP and why the sky isn't falling
Ars Technica, MA - 9 hours ago
In a new alpha version of the popular BitTorrent client µTorrent, uTP has been made the default instead of TCP. uTP sends the actual downloads over the UDP ...

BitTorrent Calls UDP Report "Utter Nonsense"
Slashdot - 2 hours ago
Ian Lamont writes "BitTorrent has responded to a report in the Register that suggested uTorrent's switch to UDP could cause an Internet meltdown. ...
UDP BitTorrent Will Destroy The Interwebs! New uTorrent client ... Dslreports
Will uTorrent Really Kill the Internet? TorrentFreak
all 6 news articles

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The Age

Review: Sonos Digital Music System
The Age, Australia - 14 hours ago
Such services put millions of tracks at your fingertips and are much faster and more convenient than turning to BitTorrent. The icing on the cake is the ...

BitTorrent at War With VoIP? Hardly - GigaOm

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BitTorrent at War With VoIP? Hardly
GigaOm, CA - Dec 1, 2008
The culprit, according to author Richard Bennett, is the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent, which introduced a new type of file transfer with its most ...

BitTorrent: Register report on protocol change is "utter nonsense"
The Industry Standard, CA - Dec 1, 2008
BitTorrent has slammed a report in The Register that suggests a planned protocol change could threaten the stability of the Internet. ...
BitTorrent at War With VoIP? Hardly GigaOm
all 5 news articles

UDP BitTorrent Will Destroy The Interwebs! New uTorrent client ...
Dslreports - 2 hours ago
The author quietly states his case by suggesting that those who would support the use of UDP for P2P transfers (like apparently, BitTorrent creator Bram ...
Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown Slashdot
all 4 news articles

Bittorrent declares war on VoIP, gamers
Register, UK - Dec 1, 2008
The leading BitTorrent software authors have declared war on you - and any users wanting to wring high performance out of their networks. ...

Danish Appeals Court: 'ISP Must Continue Blocking The Pirate Bay'
Zeropaid, CA - Dec 1, 2008
... won a case in a Danish court requiring ISP Tele 2 to prevent its internet subscribers from accessing Swedish BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay. ...


KavaSoft announces KavaMovies 1.1: the Mac movie database
prMac (press release), TX - 21 hours ago
And downloading with BitTorrent has never been simpler: one click to search, another click to start the download in your favorite client. ...

TorrentFreak

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak - Dec 1, 2008
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “The Dark Knight” tops the chart for the third week in a row already. As we reported earlier, ...
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