Archivos April 2010


Research Exposes Risks for BitTorrent Seeders
TorrentFreak (blog)
A recently published paper found that it is relatively easy to expose BitTorrent's biggest content providers. The researchers were able to identify 70% of ...


Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time
Register
Researchers have devised a way to monitor BitTorrent users over long stretches of time, a feat that allows them to map the internet addresses of individuals ...


Demonoid Back Online - Problems Remain
Slyck
For the last several days, Demonoid.com, one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers, suffered a prolonged DoS (Denial of Service) attack. ...


Major Bulgarian BitTorrent Sites Targeted By Police
TorrentFreak (blog)
... the head of the Computer Crimes Department appeared on TV and said that the country's two largest BitTorrent sites will be closed down. ...


Reuters

'Avatar' on track to break record for Blu-ray piracy
Yahoo! Tech
TorrentFreak, a site that (among other things) tracks the number of pirated movies circulating on BitTorrent (its annual year-end lists of the most-pirated ...
Avatar to shatter Blu-ray piracy recordsmyce.com
Avatar Sets New Record: Most Pirated Blu-ray EverOverclockers Club
Avatar Sets New Blu-ray Records: Most Illegal Downloads & Most Disks SoldGeeky gadgets

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Pirate Bay co-founder hopes it will die
Register
Interview Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi is the most outspoken of the four men who founded BitTorrent tracker site The ...

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Gygan May Be Next Big Thing in File Sharing
BusinessWeek
With so many choices already available--BitTorrent, Usenet, and RapidShare among others--can Gygan really offer anything new? There's nothing groundbreaking ...

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Four short links: 30 April 2010
O'Reilly Radar (blog)
Exploiting Privacy Threats in BitTorrent -- INRIA researchers were able to identify big seeders and big downloaders ...


Reuters

Avatar to shatter Blu-ray piracy records
myce.com
... and the number of downloads is small compared to the film's DVD version, but no other Blu-ray film comes close on the BitTorrent charts. ...
Avatar Sets New Record: Most Pirated Blu-ray EverOverclockers Club
Avatar Sets New Blu-ray Records: Most Illegal Downloads & Most Disks SoldGeeky gadgets

all 67 news articles »

PC World

Gygan May Be the Next Big Thing in File Sharing
PC World
With so many choices already available--BitTorrent, Usenet, and RapidShare among others--can Gygan really offer anything new? There's nothing groundbreaking ...


Daily Top Trends

Demonoid Suffering Massive Denial of Service Attack
Slyck
Yesterday Slyck reported that Demonoid.com, the nomadic BitTorrent tracker, was experiencing prolonged downtime. The cause of this was unknown, ...
Demonoid: Facing major hardware problems?Seven Sided Cube
Demonoid in trouble 'bad server problems'PopCorn99.com (blog)
Demonoid Down April 2010: Alternatives are In DemandDaily Top Trends
TorrentFreak (blog) -World Sports Tribune (blog) -Mixx Buzzers (blog)
all 28 news articles »

Seven Sided Cube

Demonoid: Facing major hardware problems?
Seven Sided Cube
News articles informed the public that the Ukrainian-based BitTorrent tracker Demonoid is facing some huge hardware problems that will certainly result in ...


Reuters

Avatar Sets New Record: Most Pirated Blu-ray Ever
Overclockers Club
It's estimate that some 50000 copies of the 10GB rip being downloaded every day, which has pushed it to the Top 10 Pirated Moves on BitTorrent. ...
Avatar Sets New Blu-ray Records: Most Illegal Downloads & Most Disks SoldGeeky gadgets

all 27 news articles »

Geeky gadgets

Avatar Sets New Blu-ray Records: Most Illegal Downloads & Most Disks Sold
Geeky gadgets
Statistics on BitTorrent downloads showed 200000 in the first four days after the Blu-ray release. These statistics for both legal and illegal are for the ...

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World Buzz Now!

Demonoid Down April 2010: Alternatives are In Demand
Daily Top Trends
It is a website and BitTorrent tracker created by an anonymous Serbian known only by the pseudonym “Deimos” and “Zajson”. It indexes torrents uploaded by ...
Demonoid.com is Down - But Don't WorrySlyck
Demonoid Faces Major Downtime Once AgainTorrentFreak (blog)
Demonoid.com Down | Demonoid Torrent Down April 2010World Sports Tribune (blog)
Mixx Buzzers (blog) -Hovied News -Gwabble
all 17 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Pirate Bay Criticizes UK's Digital Economy Act
Zeropaid
As expected, Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay is lashing out at the UK's recently enacted Digital Economy Act (DEA) for including ...
Pirate Bay Rallies Against UK Anti-Piracy ActTorrentFreak (blog)

all 17 news articles »

Seven Sided Cube

Demonoid Faces Major Downtime Once Again
TorrentFreak (blog)
Demonoid is without doubt one of the most famous BitTorrent trackers on the Internet. Unfortunately, it is also the tracker with the worst record when it ...
Demonoid.com is Down - But Don't WorrySlyck
Demonoid Down Once More: Alternatives are In DemandDaily Top Trends
Demonoid is Down Today April 2010 – Demonoid is DownMixx Buzzers (blog)
Hovied News -Seven Sided Cube -Gwabble
all 15 news articles »

The Music Void (blog)

Vid-Biz: The Pirate Bay, ImageSpan, 5min
NewTeeVee (blog)
Pirate Bay Says Acquisition Claims Are a 'Fraud'; operators of The Pirate Bay have denied claims that the BitTorrent search engine has been sold to Swedish ...
Pandeya Reattempts to Buy Pirate Bay, Turn LegitZeropaid
Business Marketing Services to acquire domain name and trademarks of The ...Trading Markets (press release)
TorrentFreak To Buy Pirate Bay For $11 MillionTorrentFreak (blog)
THINQ.co.uk -Mass High Tech -Billboard Business News
all 34 news articles »

CNET

Pandeya Reattempts to Buy Pirate Bay, Turn Legit
Zeropaid
Hans Pandeya and Business Marketing Services announce plans to acquire the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site for $10M USD by June 30th, 2010 and turn it into ...
Pirate Bay says acquisition claims are 'fraud'CNET
TorrentFreak To Buy Pirate Bay For $11 MillionTorrentFreak (blog)
Pirate Bay denies it's being acquiredTHINQ.co.uk
Mass High Tech -Billboard Business News -Register
all 31 news articles »

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Beta is ripe on BitTorrents
Macgasm (blog)
Why else would it be on BitTorrent sites? It appears that the BitTorrents are ripe with Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Betas, Erica Ho from lifehacker ...


Web-based BitTorrent monitoring site -- scarily real, or fantastically fake?
Downloadsquad (blog)
Even if the site turns out to be fake, the concept behind it is definitely real: scanning subnets for BitTorrent activity is trivial. ...


UberGizmo (blog)

Posts tagged with eminent-em7080-hdmedia-rt
UberGizmo (blog)
For those who love Torrents, an integrated BitTorrent client is idea for those who want something to download media whenever they are not around. ...
Eminent unveils HD media player with extensive streaming talentsPocket-lint.com
Eminent hdMEDIA RT hits UKExpert Reviews

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Police to monitor hydroponics sales - Papers Please?
Geekzone
Lets put this in a term of reference that geeks will understand - bittorrent. Bittorrent as you know can be, perhaps is generally, used for the ostensibly ...
Police to monitor hydroponics salesStuff.co.nz

all 11 news articles »

Crackdown on torrents is not the right way forward
Bangkok Post
This is an exploit that allows a BitTorrent to fake an IP address of a server where the file could be downloaded. To be fair, the current version of SF is ...


The Inquisitr

You really might want to rethink using BitTorrent
The Inquisitr
I've never been a big user of BitTorrent but just as there are illegal uses for it there are just as many legal ones. however if what the team at ...


Reuters

Avatar Most Pirated Blu-ray Film Ever
TorrentFreak (blog)
With hundreds of thousands of downloads on BitTorrent just four days after its official release, Avatar is on its way to adding another title to its already ...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrentTorrentFreak (blog)
Burn Blu-ray Disks on Regular DVDs With x264NewTeeVee (blog)
x264 gains Blu-ray capabilityThe H

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Zeropaid

MPAA to Pirate Bay: “Pay Up Already”
Zeropaid
Film studios demand BitTorrent tracker site's co-founders each pay the 500000 Swedish kronor ($69313 USD) in fines ordered by a judge last October for ...
Hollywood Wants Its Money From The Pirate BayHard OCP

all 2 news articles »

RCN Settles P2P Throttling Case - Slyck


RCN Settles P2P Throttling Case
Slyck
The highest profile case thus far has been Comcast, which was accused in the latter part of 2008 of throttling BitTorrent traffic. Comcast denied the outcry ...


Cambridge firm pays $10M to buy, relaunch The Pirate Bay
Mass High Tech
According to Pandeya, it is a type of peer-to-peer technology like the industry standard Bittorrent, but allows for the control of licensed rights and ...
Pirate Bay heading to the US?THINQ.co.uk
BMSV Intends to Acquire The Pirate BayMarketWatch (press release)
Massachusetts Start-up Acquires ThePirateBay.org for $10MDigital Media Wire

all 15 news articles »

The FADER (blog)

Stream: Ceremony, “Sick”
The FADER (blog)
Fox News, John Stewart, CNN, BitTorrent, Hulu, Netflix. You've got everything and it melts into a samey syrup. “The Doldrums,” a later song on Rohnert Park, ...


BioTorrents: A BitTorrent Tracker Site for Scientists
Zeropaid
Researchers at the University of California Davis have decided to create a BitTorrent tracker site dedicated not to the transitory pleasures of film, music, ...


Los Angeles Times

Free Press: Chairman Has 'Hemmed, Hawed and Hedged' On Broadband Reclassification
Broadcasting & Cable
... Free Press has started a clock (almost 21 days and counting) ticking off the time since the April 6 BitTorrent decision in the DC federal appeals court. ...
Battle Lines Drawn as Net Neutrality Comments Roll InPC Magazine
Court vacates FCC's net neutrality decisionLexology (registration)
Net neutrality is still a US hang-upTechworld.com (blog)
Los Angeles Times -Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment -The Hill (blog)
all 83 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

The Mysterious And Scary BitTorrent Monitoring Site
TorrentFreak (blog)
A worrying site which claims to allow users to search BitTorrent networks for IP addresses being used to share torrents has appeared in recent days. ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Clash Of The Titans' tops the chart this week followed by 'Shutter Island'. 'How to Train Your Dragon' ...


Reuters

Laissez-faire Republican is battling the Comcast-NBC deal
Los Angeles Times
Indeed, it was the FCC under Martin's leadership that that took Comcast to court charging that it discriminated against customers who used BitTorrent ...
Opinion: The War With Comcast Is Far From OverAOL News

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ExecutiveGov

Battle Lines Drawn as Net Neutrality Comments Roll In
PC Magazine
"Over and over again, we hear [supporters] cite the single instance where the FCC felt compelled to take action, namely the Comcast-BitTorrent case," ...
Court vacates FCC's net neutrality decisionLexology (registration)
Net neutrality is still a US hang-upTechworld.com (blog)
No Houdinis Needed: FCC Should Take Direct Way to Broadband AuthorityPublic Knowledge Tech News and Comment
The Hill (blog)
all 76 news articles »

Burn Blu-ray Disks on Regular DVDs With x264
NewTeeVee (blog)
... sharers trading Blu-ray disks via BitTorrent, but it has also been used by a number of high-profile video platforms, including Facebook and YouTube, ...
x264 gains Blu-ray capabilityThe H
First Free Software Blue-Ray Encoder AnnouncedBlogsdna (blog)
First Free Software Blu-ray EncoderHard OCP

all 5 news articles »

Norman Network Protection 3.7 Released
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet
Additionally, enhancements in protocol support enable filtering of BitTorrent, the global standard for delivering files over the Internet and MSN messenger. ...


Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock

Source of Many Pre-Release Album Leaks Identified
Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock
He took the tunes to a BitTorrent-type site, and from there the toothpaste was outta the tube. Play MPE say they shut down his account as soon as the ...


Hold onto your hat: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 leaked
CrunchGear (blog)
Still using BitTorrent? Using a Mac? Want to try out a leaked beta of Microsoft Office 2011? Clearly you see where I'm ...
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Leaks to Torrent SitesLifehacker
office 2011Downloadsquad (blog)

all 4 news articles »

Patriot Valkyrie Dual Bay NAS - Jonny Guru


Patriot Valkyrie Dual Bay NAS
Jonny Guru
The Bittorrent feature seems to work well, and the iTunes server works as advertised. All-in-all, the overall experience was very good. . . @ BCCHardware.


Home Theater Magazine

Court vacates FCC's net neutrality decision
Lexology (registration)
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated the FCC's Comcast Corporation/BitTorrent decision. The Court concluded that the FCC ...
Net neutrality is still a US hang-upTechworld.com (blog)
No Houdinis Needed: FCC Should Take Direct Way to Broadband AuthorityPublic Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Big business groups tell FCC to back off net neutrality plansThe Hill (blog)

all 42 news articles »

x264 gains Blu-ray capability - The H


x264 gains Blu-ray capability
The H
To demonstrate the Blu-ray encoding capability, the developers have released a Blu-ray disc which can be downloaded (direct) through Bittorrent. ...
First Free Software Blu-ray EncoderHard OCP

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TweakTown

Download of the Day: uTorrent 2.0.1 Build 19248
TweakTown
Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and ...


Direct Traffic Media

Would You Pay $10 per Month for Hulu?
Lifehacker
14 percent said you would if it was reasonable, 32 percent said absolutely not, and 40 percent said you'd head straight back to BitTorrent. ...
Hulu's Reported Subscription Plans Portend Cable ShowdownWired News
$10-per-Month Hulu Plus in May, iPad App to Follow?Wired News

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World's Breaking News

Is the iPad leading to e-book piracy?
Yahoo! Tech
TorrentFreak is reporting that downloads of popular books over BitTorrent — a commonly used platform for peer-to-peer downloading of music, movies, ...
Amazon worried about Apple's iPad?Touch Reviews
Kindle VS iPad !World's Breaking News
The Challenge: Ignoring the many great features of the iPadThe Next Web

all 4 news articles »

BNET

McDowell: BitTorrent Decision Is 'Big Problem' For Net Neutrality Rulemaking
Broadcasting & Cable
But he said he thought the FCC would have a "big problem" with its proposed network neutrality rulemaking after the BitTorrent court ruling (that the ...
To have our net neutrality and eat it tooMinnesota Daily
America Loses as FCC's Broadband Plan Shows Signs of CollapseBNET

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Small and mobile ISPs may avoid new filesharing laws
Register
... tiny pool of shared IP addresses and are not set up to easily discover who was responsible for a connection to a BitTorrent swarm at a particular time. ...

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ClearBits Is a More Usable and Fun LegalTorrents
Lifehacker
The idea behind the previously mentioned LegalTorrents was good—a centralized, free, and legal BitTorrent search engine and tracker. ...


Windows 7 SP1 Leaked to BitTorrent, Rapidshare, Megaupload and Other Sites
Solid Blogger (blog)
Just after a couple of hours of Windows 7 SP1 release, this latest Microsoft OS has been leaked to internet. Microsoft had released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 ...


Reuters

JLo's 'The Back-Up Plan' Available for Free Download
Softpedia
“[T]he upcoming Jennifer Lopez film The Back-Up Plan has bean leaked online and is making the rounds through the BitTorrent system. According to the report, ...
'Dragon' should top 'Back-Up Plan' at box officeLos Angeles Times
Box office preview: Neither 'The Losers' nor 'The Back-Up Plan' are likely to ...Entertainment Weekly
"Dragon" Set to Overshadow J.Lo at Box OfficeABC News
Starzlife (blog) -Hollywood Reporter -Cinema Blend
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MLB on PS3 a game changer - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

MLB on PS3 a game changer
Globe and Mail
Aside from folks downloading shows via Bittorrent and streaming them to a TV, the existing model of content delivery to the living room has remained the ...

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Wired News

$10-per-Month Hulu Plus in May, iPad App to Follow?
Wired News
It would certainly cut down on BitTorrent use. In fact, a subscription model for the iPad could be the thing that stops TV going the way of the music and ...

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Norman Network Protection Offers Faster Antimalware Solution for Corporate ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Additionally, enhancements in protocol support enable filtering of BitTorrent, the global standard for delivering files over the Internet and MSN messenger. ...

and more »

How to use BitTorrent and P2P safely
Techworld.com
The first thing most of us think of when we hear the word BitTorrent is piracy. But millions of people use the peer to peer ...


isoHunt Vows Copyright Appeal
Toronto Sun (blog)
BitTorrent websites allow users to download files of any kind directly from the computers of other users. Fung says the isoHunt website is similar to a ...

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To have our net neutrality and eat it too
Minnesota Daily
Specifically, Comcast throttled peer-to-peer services (BitTorrent being the predominant one) on the grounds that they take up massive amounts of bandwidth ...

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Starzlife (blog)

J.Lo's 'Back-Up Plan' Leaks
Starzlife (blog)
The release was pushed back a couple of weeks, and apparently a DVD-Screener got loose and is now circulating on the BitTorrent sites. ...

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Adobe Revamps Flash Player for Netbooks, P2P, Private Browsing
Webmonkey (blog)
The peer-assisted networking builds on Flash's existing P2P capabilities to offer peer-based streaming media — think BitTorrent in your Flash player. ...

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Genachowski: Ownership Rule Review Should Be Done By Year's End
Multichannel News
The chairman said he had nothing to add on a timetable for an FCC response to the Bittorrent decision, beyond saying lawyers were working on a solid legal ...
Cute as a Button: The Schemes and "Confessions" of Reed HundtHuffington Post (blog)

all 2 news articles »

New York Magazine

'Back-Up Plan' leaks online, lends credence to title
Entertainment Weekly
... decades but is officially in theaters Friday, has leaked online in high quality and is being freely traded on BitTorrent sites, according to Vulture. ...
Jennifer Lopez's Back-Up Plan Leaks Online Before Its Due DateNew York Magazine
Jennifer Lopez Back to Work in 'Back-Up Plan'Actress Archives
Jennifer Lopez: Marc 'Awesome' During PregnancyCBS 2
Showbiz Spy
all 7 news articles »

Genachowski Says Ownership Rule Review Should Be Done By Year's End
Broadcasting & Cable
The chairman said he had nothing to add on a timetable for an FCC response to the Bittorrent decision, beyond saying lawyers were working on a solid legal ...
Law Proposes Fiber Conduit Must Be Laid With HighwaysDslreports

all 2 news articles »

AFACT Wants Aussie Govt to Force ISPs to Fight P2P
Zeropaid
“iiNet has no control over the BitTorrent system and is not responsible for the operation of the BitTorrent system,” he added. The govt urged AFACT and ISPs ...


FCC Launches Broadband Plan Rulemakings and Inquiries
Broadcasting & Cable
Genachwoski said he was confident the FCC has the authority to implement the plan and, in the wake of the Comcast/BitTorrent decision, would work with his ...
Rep. Stupak predicts no changes to Universal Service Fund will occur in 2010The Hill (blog)

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Ars Technica

Comcast owes P2P users $16; yes, they should take it
Ars Technica
When John Hart noticed that his BitTorrent connections would "hang"—sometimes for an entire night—he called up Somers and asked if he knew anything about ...
Just like Comcast? RCN accused of throttling P2PArs Technica

all 2 news articles »

Zeropaid

BitTorrent CEO: For Now, Public is the Broadband Regulator
Zeropaid
BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker says that after an appeals courts ruled the FCC lacked the “ancillary” authority to enforce net neutrality rules it will be the ...

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New York Magazine

Jennifer Lopez's Back-Up Plan Leaks Online Before Its Due Date
New York Magazine
... her first trimester — has leaked online in high quality (it was allegedly ripped from a DVD screener) and is being freely traded on BitTorrent sites. ...
Jennifer Lopez has new plan: 'Back-up' film, music, familyUSA Today
Jennifer Lopez's Back-Up Plan style marathonMarie Claire.co.uk

all 3 news articles »

BitTorrent CEO: The Internet has no regulator that can stand up to throttling
FierceOnlineVideo
... being moved around the Internet, it's not likely to find one in Washington, BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker told an eCommerce conference earlier this week. ...


Pirate Party membership plummets post Pirate Bay verdict
Ars Technica
... 50000 members in the year since the cofounders of BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay were found guilty of guilty of assisting copyright infringement. ...


Ars Technica

RCN Settlement Demonstrates the Perils of ISP Self-Regulation
Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment
So, as Ars puts it, "RCN appears to have carte blanche to single out BitTorrent and other P2P traffic for special throttling attention after November 1, ...
RCN Settles Class-Action LawsuitMediapost.com
Public Knowledge 'Appalled' At RCN Settlement CaseBroadbandReports.com

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BitTorrent CEO: Broadband Has No Regulator
Tom's Guide
Instead, the public itself will need to fill the role according to BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker. He elaborated during the eComm conference in Burlingame, ...

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NCTA's McSlarrow: BitTorrent Opens Only Theoretical Floodgate
Multichannel News
... it could be open season for network management in the wake of the BitTorrent decision, but that as a practical matter he did not expect much, ...


ConnectedPlanet (blog)

BitTorrent CEO's mixed signals on broadband, Net neutrality
ConnectedPlanet (blog)
Ever since BitTorrent (the company, not the protocol) was founded, it's found itself in the awkward position of trying to ...

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Net Neutrality Is Not Dead - Atlantic Online


Net Neutrality Is Not Dead
Atlantic Online
In 2007, Comcast, the country's largest cable company, restricted access to BitTorrent, an Internet service used to send large files, a portion of which ...
Making ISPs common carriers: just a simple "error correction"Ars Technica

all 2 news articles »

UK Piracy Bill Creates Spike In Anonymous P2P Services
BroadbandReports.com
One of the earliest of these services was BTGuard, which promises BitTorrent users anonymity from the prying eyes of the entertainment industry and their ...

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What is BitTorrent? - Web User


Web User

What is BitTorrent?
Web User
Created by Bram Cohen, BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. To use it, you need a program that can handle torrents. ...
Download µTorrent 2.1 Build 18959 Alpha / 2.0.1 Build 19078 FreeSoft Sailor (blog)
How to download torrent files safelyWeb User

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Swedish Pirate Party membership numbers sinks
Register
Meanwhile, TPB remains the poster child of the BitTorrent generation, and enclaves of the Pirate Party have sprung up in parts of Europe and Canada in an ...


National Journal (blog)

Net Neutrality Provides an Unrestricted Internet
Daily Nexus
Furthermore, Internet providers may not block or limit access to illegal websites like BitTorrent or websites that take up high amounts of bandwidth like ...
Campbell:Net neutrality may be in questionUniversity of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
NYT, WaPo Different OpinionsSeattle Times
Court ruling disappoints someRed and Black
Radio & Television Business Report -Big Government (blog) -PC World
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Charlottesville Daily Progress

Campbell:Net neutrality may be in question
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
The FCC had previously exercised what it thought was its regulatory power and sanctioned Comcast when Comcast slowed access to a BitTorrent file-sharing ...
A setback for Internet freedomSocialist Worker Online
COLUMN: It's better to let ISPs deal with bandwidthWaterloo Cedar Falls Courier
FCC should keep pressing for network neutrality among Internet providers ...Plain Dealer
BetaNews
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Broadband Has No Regulator, BitTorrent CEO Says
PC World
BitTorrent was at the center of the case that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided on April 6. The FCC had ordered cable ...

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Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station: Easy-to-Use Network Storage
Washington Post
Inside the device sits a DLNA-certified Universal Plug-and-Play media server to stream music and video across the network and handle BitTorrent transfers; ...

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iiNet, Pirate Party slam AFACT political moves
iTWire
... which represents groups such as movie studios and was recently unsuccessful in its BitTorrent infringement lawsuit against iiNet, said the current state ...
iiNet blasts AFACT's attack on ISPsARNnet
PM urged to join net fightbackThe Australian

all 4 news articles »

Make BitTorrent Transfers Anonymous With BTGuard
TorrentFreak (blog)
With the entertainment industries lobbying for increased powers to spy on BitTorrent users, many downloaders are seeking ways to hide their traffic from the ...


Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station
Computerworld
Inside the device sits a DLNA-certified Universal Plug-and-Play media server to stream music and video across the network and handle BitTorrent transfers; ...

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TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Clash Of The Titans' tops the chart this week followed by 'Dear John'. 'Shutter Island' completes the top ...

Fighting piracy with coercion - Computerworld


Fighting piracy with coercion
Computerworld
Underlying the program is a service provided a German company, Guardaley IT, that uses "real-time monitoring" of BitTorrent transfers to identify movie ...

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Last Updated: April 19, 2010 12:18am
London Free Press
BitTorrent websites allow users to download files of any kind directly from the computers of other users. Fung says the isoHunt website is similar to a ...


A setback for Internet freedom
Socialist Worker Online
In 2007, it was discovered that Comcast was blocking access to BitTorrent, an Internet service designed to facilitate the exchange of large files between ...
COLUMN: It's better to let ISPs deal with bandwidthWaterloo Cedar Falls Courier
FCC should keep pressing for network neutrality among Internet providers ...Plain Dealer

all 9 news articles »

New reports track on-line piracy to help content providers
Cartt.ca (subscription)
Launched by New York-based Jumpwire Media, the reports are created with data from peer-to-peer file sharing protocol BitTorrent, coupled with analysis from ...


The Pirate Bay, A Year After The Verdict
TorrentFreak (blog)
Millions of BitTorrent users all around the world followed the Pirate Bay trial with great interest last year. Many had hoped that the court would decide ...


Top 10 Ways to Access Blocked Stuff on The Web
Lifehacker
The distributed nature of BitTorrent makes it reliable means to downloading files—unless your broadband internet provider, or your router, doesn't want to ...

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Operator of BitTorrent P2P file-sharing network induced copyright infringement ...
Lexology (registration)
The operator of a file-sharing network that utilized the BitTorrent file-sharing technology is secondarily liable for inducing copyright infringement by ...

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Digitaltrends.com

New Report Shows That More and More People are Dropping Cable TV in Favor of ...
Digitaltrends.com
... or even blatantly illegal ways to watch television – looking at you, BitTorrent) offering a wider variety of programming, the trend is worth noticing. ...

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MAP Asks FCC to Reconsider Comcast/NBCU Comment Extension Decision
Broadcasting & Cable
"This petition is based in part upon a changed circumstance that occurred subsequent to the issuance of the order," said MAP, which argues the BitTorrent ...


Folx is a Feature-Rich Download and Torrent Manager for Mac
Lifehacker
Mac only: When it's time to download something via BitTorrent, most Mac users manage their torrents with the popular client, Transmission. ...


Telegraph.co.uk

ABC's Streaming app for the iPad a success
Macgasm (blog)
For the uninitiated, BitTorrent is a way to download large amounts of data from multiple sources. In it's native form BitTorrent is harmless; however, ...
In Hindsight: Apple iPad's big debut and a 'net neutrality' setbackSan Jose Mercury News

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BitTorrent bypass code could make downloads anonymous
NetworkWorld.com
It doesn't make BitTorrent downloads untraceable in itself, but the fear is that the code could be amended to do just that. Certainly, the blogosphere has ...

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Anonymising Bittorrent code could be its downfall
Inquirer
A FEW LINES OF CODE thought to be capable of making Bittorrent anonymous is in fact just the thing copyrights holders might be looking for ...


RIAA Wants Gov. to Delete Your Illegal Downloads
Tom's Guide
Actually, it's the RIAA and the MPAA, especially if you're parked on a BitTorrent client. The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that both ...

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Do you download music or movies illegally?
NEWS.com.au
By staff writers DO you use BitTorrent or other tools to download pirated music, movies or TV shows without paying for them? If so, we want you to tell us ...



BitTorrent exploit causes buzz after UK anti-piracy law passes
Afterdawn.com
New attention has been given to a BitTorrent exploit that surfaced in November last year following the passing of the Digital Economy Bill in the UK. ...


Critic: Customers Should Reject Comcast Throttling Deal
PC World
The Associated Press, in late 2007, reported that Comcast was slowing BitTorrent and some other traffic without telling its customers. ...
Comcast Foe: Consumers Should Out Of Class-Action SettlementMediapost.com (blog)

all 5 news articles »

BitTorrent for Scientific Data
GenomeWeb Daily News (blog)
Built upon the P2P file sharing technology from BitTorrent (the bane of anyone attempting to make a living from intellectual property), BioTorrents is a ...
BioTorrent aims to open data sharing floodgatesNature.com (blog)

all 3 news articles »

News 8 Austin

FCC and Internet: The people have some rights… maybe.
Santa Monica Mirror
According to the LA Times article, Comcast, before the 2008 ruling attempted to throttle content coursing through their systems (specifically BitTorrent, ...
Comcast Wins Internet Court Case Against FCCThe Heights (subscription)
FCC dealt major blow in court rulingJackCentral
How the FCC Can Protect the Internet from Pro-Corporate Judges and Greedy TelecomsAlterNet

all 15 news articles »

BioTorrent aims to open data sharing floodgates
Nature.com (blog)
Using BitTorrent file-sharing technology, BioTorrents transfers files rapidly by sharing bandwidth among many users across multiple institutions. ...
Patent App PeacemakersGenomeWeb Daily News (blog)

all 3 news articles »

TrustedReviews

Hack Claims to Make BitTorrent Downloads Untraceable
TrustedReviews
While it is virtually impossible to find universal agreement for any technology topic, the 60+ damning comments on the passing of the Digital Economy Bill ...


The Uncertain Future of Cabal Television
Huffington Post (blog)
You see, the initial FCC ruling was about a heavy-handed, but fairly minor issue - that Comcast had acted improperly in impeding access to BitTorrent, ...


BioTorrents: An OA file sharing service and more
EurekAlert (press release)
In this study, we present BioTorrents, a website that allows open access sharing of scientific data and uses the popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file ...

and more »

More than 50 million BitTorrent users a day
Broadband TV News
There are more than 50 million users on BitTorrent each day and consumers are becoming their own programmers finding the content they want to watch, ...


FCC dealt major blow in court ruling
JackCentral
Want to share files over a BitTorrent while streaming your favorite TV shows? Go for it, says the FCC. No one should have the right to prioritize those ...
Net neutrality: The nuclear optionPolitico

all 2 news articles »

English Website For The High Definition (HD) Videos BitTorrent Tracker HDCity ...
I-Newswire.com (press release)
(I-Newswire) April 14, 2010 - The English website for the HD BitTorrent Tracker HDCity is announced to be open. HDCity is a private torrent website which is ...


SeedFucker Is Not Going to Make BitTorrent Anonymous
TorrentFreak (blog)
With stricter anti-piracy laws being introduced worldwide, BitTorrent users are increasingly seeking ways to hide their identities online. ...


CNET

Senator vows Congressional support for FCC on broadband
Washington Post
A federal appeals court sided last week with Comcast, which disagreed with sanctions put on it for slowing the BitTorrent application on its network. ...
Rockefeller weighs in on National Broadband PlanRadio & Television Business Report
Genachowski Won't Rule Out Finding Broadband Authority Under Title IBroadcasting & Cable

all 112 news articles »

AFP

Twitter Execs Ease Developer Fears at Chirp Conference
PC Magazine
... has also written a tool called "Murder," – a reference to crows – to cut transfer time to push updates to its vast array of servers by using BitTorrent. ...
Evan Williams: “Twitter Is the Ecosystem”GigaOm (blog)

all 121 news articles »

Internet abuzz with BitTorrent bypass code
Register
A block of 86 lines of C# code is creating a buzz online following claims it may make BitTorrent downloads untraceable. The code, sweetly named SeedFucker, ...


Without decent metadata, iBooks is even more annoying than the App Store
Salon
The experience of trying to read electronically is so painful that it will never become major - except for the books stolen on Bittorrent, of course.


Cult of Mac (blog)

Set Up Network Drives Easily, Cheaply With Iomega's iConnect [Review]
Cult of Mac (blog)
And it acts as a Bittorrent station, downloading files from the file-sharing network. It doesn't tie up your machine or slow the network to a complete crawl ...

and more »

Can we trust telecom firms on net neutrality?
Los Angeles Times
The ruling came in a case involving the cable company Comcast, which drew the FCC's fire after it was caught in 2007 throttling traffic from BitTorrent, ...
Political and technical fallout of the FCC's net neutrality court lossExaminer.com
Keep the Internet fair and freeAlbany Times Union
On the Internet, Let Freedom RingClickZ News

all 4 news articles »

Speckly Upgrades With In-Browser BitTorrent Client
Slyck
What's better than one BitTorrent search engine? How about a BitTorrent search engine that queries multiple indexers/trackers? That's what Speckly is all ...

and more »

How to Unlock iPhone 3G New Tools Available
Online Newspapers 4U (blog)
A prompt will tell you that you need a P2P Sharing software, like uTorrent or BitTorrent, to save/download the file). Please be aware though that the ...

and more »

Specky Upgrades With In-Browser BitTorrent Client
Slyck
What's better than one BitTorrent search engine? How about a BitTorrent search engine that queries multiple indexers/trackers? That's what Speckly is all ...


The Tech Herald

Torrent download spiked with copyright protection software
The Tech Herald
... scamming criminals, imagined poor humor aside, there is nothing comical about fake “Antipiracy foundation scanner” that takes aim at BitTorrent users. ...


Globe and Mail

Court of appeals overturns Comcast BitTorrent order
Lexology (registration)
The protocols in question also blocked subscribers' use of certain peer-to-peer video applications, such as BitTorrent, that are used widely throughout the ...
Net Neutrality Up to UsCornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Rep. Eshoo: 'We will do whatever is necessary' to enact net neutralityThe Hill (blog)
What's In a Title?Reason Online (blog)
Philadelphia Inquirer -The Money Times -Barron's (blog)
all 147 news articles »

Pocket-lint.com

BitTorrent users beware: copyright malware targeting you
Geek.com
A new piece of malware is targeting BitTorrent users in an attempt to extract money from them under the guise of a copyright infringement settlement. ...
BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploySC Magazine US
BitTorrent Users Targeted in Copyright ScamAbout - News & Issues (blog)
Copyright malware appears on BittorrentPocket-lint.com
Downloadsquad (blog) -Australian Personal Computer
all 18 news articles »

Globe and Mail

Rep. Eshoo: 'We will do whatever is necessary' to enact net neutrality
The Hill (blog)
... which ruled the FCC was wrong to sanction Comcast in 2007 for blocking some users' access to BitTorrent, a file-sharing service. ...
Net Neutrality Up to UsCornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
What's In a Title?Reason Online (blog)
FCC to go ahead with broadband plan despite court's rulingThe Money Times
Philadelphia Inquirer -Barron's (blog) -TMCnet
all 149 news articles »

Product Reviews (blog)

Leaked: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Product Reviews (blog)
We do not known if anyone has had any problems when downloading this update; we all know how these BitTorrent sites are. Microsoft recently said that the ...

and more »

Globe and Mail

Net Neutrality Up to Us
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
In late 2007, an independent study confirmed many subscribers' suspicions that Comcast was blocking access to Bittorrent, a popular peer-to-peer file ...
What's In a Title?Reason Online (blog)
FCC to go ahead with broadband plan despite court's rulingThe Money Times
Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
Barron's (blog) -TMCnet -Toledo Blade
all 132 news articles »

ZDNet (blog)

Malware Scam Threatens to Sue BitTorrent Downloaders
Wired News
A new malware scam is trying to dupe BitTorrent users into coughing up serious cash for illegally downloading copyrighted material. ...
BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploySC Magazine US
BitTorrent users beware: malware tries (and succeeds!) to extort moneyDownloadsquad (blog)
Cash extortion scheme targets BitTorrent usersHelp Net Security
TorrentFreak (blog) -Register -ZDNet (blog)
all 12 news articles »

ZDNet (blog)

Malware Scam Threatens to Sue BitTorrent Downloaders
Wired News
A new malware scam is trying to dupe BitTorrent users into coughing up serious cash for illegally downloading copyrighted material. ...
BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploySC Magazine US
BitTorrent users beware: malware tries (and succeeds!) to extort moneyDownloadsquad (blog)
Cash extortion scheme targets BitTorrent usersHelp Net Security
TorrentFreak (blog) -Register -ZDNet (blog)
all 10 news articles »

ZDNet (blog)

Malware Threatens to Sue BitTorrent Downloaders
Wired News
A new malware scam is trying to dupe BitTorrent users into coughing up serious cash for illegally downloading copyrighted material. ...
BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploySC Magazine US
BitTorrent users beware: malware tries (and succeeds!) to extort moneyDownloadsquad (blog)
Cash extortion scheme targets BitTorrent usersHelp Net Security
TorrentFreak (blog) -Register -ZDNet (blog)
all 8 news articles »

BitTorrent users targeted in new trojan extortion ploy
SC Magazine US
Security experts warned on Monday that attackers are targeting users of BitTorrent, a file-sharing application, in a novel scam that attempts to panic them ...

What's In a Title? - Reason Online (blog)


Globe and Mail

What's In a Title?
Reason Online (blog)
The decision by a federal appeals court last week to vacate the Federal Communication Commission's ruling against Comcast for throttling BitTorrent service ...
FCC to go ahead with broadband plan despite court's rulingThe Money Times
Ex-Obama Aide: FCC Should Play Hardball On Net NeutralityBarron's (blog)
Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
Toledo Blade -Foster's Daily Democrat -InformationWeek
all 119 news articles »

BREIN Cites Newzbin Defeat, Shuts Dutch Usenet Links Site
TorrentFreak (blog)
Anti-piracy group BREIN is probably best known on a global scale for its work in forcing the closure of Netherlands-based BitTorrent indexer, Mininova. ...


Windows 7 SP1 leaks to pirate sites
Computerworld
Computerworld - Pirated copies of WINDOWS 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) leaked to the Internet last week, searches at several BitTorrent sites show ...

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Freetard-targeting Trojan seeks to scam scaredycats
Register
A sneaky new Trojan attempts to extort money from BitTorrent users under the guise of a fictitious copyright ...

and more »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Cash extortion scheme targets BitTorrent users
Help Net Security
BitTorrent users are targeted by an unprecedented extortion campaign that threatens them with legal action for copyright infringement, unless the pay a $400 ...
Malware Extorts Cash From BitTorrent UsersTorrentFreak (blog)

all 3 news articles »

How File-Sharers Will Bypass UK's Anti-Piracy Act
TorrentFreak (blog)
Since all of the tracking software we're aware of today use BitTorrent trackers to gather data, one can simply remove the tracker(s) before downloading and ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Cash extortion scheme targets BitTorrent users
Help Net Security
BitTorrent users are targeted by a unprecedented extortion campaign that threatens them with legal action for copyright infringement, unless the pay a $400 ...
Malware Extorts Cash From BitTorrent UsersTorrentFreak (blog)

all 2 news articles »

TopNews New Zealand

EDITORIAL: Setting rules for the road
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... that the Federal Communications Commission couldn't prevent Comcast Corp. from banning its subscribers from using BitTorrent, a file-sharing service. ...
FCC to go ahead with broadband plan despite court's rulingThe Money Times
Ex-Obama Aide: FCC Should Play Hardball On Net NeutralityBarron's (blog)
Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
Foster's Daily Democrat -Denver Post -InformationWeek
all 72 news articles »

Setting rules for the road - Toledo Blade


Globe and Mail

Setting rules for the road
Toledo Blade
... that the Federal Communications Commission couldn't prevent Comcast Corp. from banning its subscribers from using BitTorrent, a file-sharing service. ...
FCC to go ahead with broadband plan despite court's rulingThe Money Times
Ex-Obama Aide: FCC Should Play Hardball On Net NeutralityBarron's (blog)
Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
Foster's Daily Democrat -Denver Post -InformationWeek
all 87 news articles »

Topolski wades in for net-neutrality
Fudzilla
Robb Topolski, a former Intel network products engineer, who was blocked by Comcast from using BitTorrent and other file-sharing sites has waded into the ...


On-Demand Generation Will Pay to Play
AdAge.com
(AdAge.com) -- In theory, younger consumers -- the ones raised on BitTorrent and YouTube -- are philosophically and emphatically against paying for content. ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Bounty Hunter' tops the chart this week followed by 'Shutter Island'. 'Cop Out' completes the top ...


The Money Times

FCC to go ahead with broadband plan despite court's ruling
The Money Times
BitTorrent allows its users to share data legally/illegally and other data. At first Comcast denied interfering with BitTorrent service. ...
Ex-Obama Aide: FCC Should Play Hardball On Net NeutralityBarron's (blog)
Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
What now for broadband?Foster's Daily Democrat
Denver Post -InformationWeek -BU Today
all 60 news articles »

Ars Technica

Ex-Obama Aide: FCC Should Play Hardball On Net Neutrality
Barron's (blog)
... appeals court ruling striking down the FCC's authority to stop Comcast (CMCSA) from slowing subscriber access to BitTorrent and other video sites, ...
Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
What now for broadband?Foster's Daily Democrat
Don't overreact to Web rulingDenver Post
InformationWeek -Pittsburgh Post Gazette -BetaNews
all 54 news articles »

Headlines: Economy and Recovery Top Taxpayers' Minds
TMD Celebrity News
Unless those files are uploaded to BitTorrent or other P2P networks, there isn't much to worry about. A list of which music services are selling clean MP3 ...
Headlines: Economy and Recovery Top Taxpayers' MindsLos Angeles News Today

all 2 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Malware Extorts Cash From BitTorrent Users
TorrentFreak (blog)
A new type of malware is riding the wave of file-sharing pre-settlement letters by infecting BitTorrent users' machines and then demanding payments in order ...


Once-blocked user urges net neutrality
Philadelphia Inquirer
Comcast first denied interfering with BitTorrent and similar sites. Eventually it admitted doing so, but said it was a mistake driven by legitimate concerns ...
What now for broadband?Foster's Daily Democrat
Don't overreact to Web rulingDenver Post
FCC May Change National Broadband PlanInformationWeek
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -OpEdNews -BetaNews
all 21 news articles »

What now for broadband?
Foster's Daily Democrat
The case decided Tuesday involved Comcast Corp. and the website BitTorrent, which allows users to exchange large files such as movies across the Internet. ...
Consumer 10.0: Once-blocked user urges net neutralityPhiladelphia Inquirer
Don't overreact to Web rulingDenver Post
FCC May Change National Broadband PlanInformationWeek
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -OpEdNews -BetaNews
all 19 news articles »

Consumer 10.0: Once-blocked user urges net neutrality
Philadelphia Inquirer
Comcast first denied interfering with BitTorrent and similar sites. Eventually it admitted doing so, but said it was a mistake driven by legitimate concerns ...
Don't overreact to Web rulingDenver Post
TechMan: Congress, FCC should increase Internet accessPittsburgh Post Gazette
ACLU Calls For Restoration Of Net Neutrality PrinciplesOpEdNews
BetaNews
all 17 news articles »

PC World

The Bottom Line: Court Decision on Comcast Vs FCC
BroadbandBreakfast.com
See (DC Circuit Court of Appeals' Comcast/BitTorrent Decision is Out) In essence, the court, in a unanimous decision implied the FCC showed no statutory ...
FCC: BitTorrent Decision Could Hinder Broadband RolloutMultichannel News
EDITORIAL: A short leash for FCCTMCnet
Google Silent Over Court's Knock to FCC Network NeutralityeWeek
InformationWeek -PC Magazine -USA Today
all 438 news articles »

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
BusinessWeek
A US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Comcast in its battle with the FCC over throttling BitTorrent connections. What reason did the court ...

and more »

TorrentFreak (blog)

eBook Piracy 'Surges' After iPad Launch
TorrentFreak (blog)
The problem, however, is that none of these books are available on public BitTorrent, nor could we find them on file-hosting services or Usenet. ...


Personal Tech Live: FCC 'net neutrality' decision, iPads and more
Washington Post
If I understand the recent court decision, the FCC's position on net neutrality would allow disproportionately heavy users (ie, BitTorrent users uploading ...

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KOMO News

Google Quiet Over Court's Blow To FCC Network Neutrality
eWeek
... for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled April 6 that the FCC did not have the authority to order Comcast to stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. ...
FCC: BitTorrent Decision Could Hinder Broadband RolloutMultichannel News
Don't let the cable guys decide what you see on WebUSA Today
Nothing neutral about net-neutralitySt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Computerworld -Kotaku.com (blog) -Broadcasting & Cable
all 345 news articles »

BitTorrent Search Engine ISO Hunt Goes Lite in the US
SEOTops (blog)
Popular BitTorrent search engine ISO hunt has decided to change the way it operates in the US; it is reasonable to assume that it won't be too long before ...


Apple releases 'developer preview' of iPhone 4.0 SDK
Australian Personal Computer
The preview pack can be downloaded by members of Apple's iPhone Developer Program, which means it'll probably hit the BitTorrent circuit before the day is ...

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Apple releases 'developer preview' of iPhone 4.0 SDK
Australian Personal Computer
The preview pack can be downloaded by members of Apple's iPhone Developer Program, which means it'll probably hit the BitTorrent circuit before the day is ...

and more »

Zeropaid

Verizon CEO: “We Will Find Pirates, Throttle Them, and Charge Extra”
Zeropaid
As a candidate, then Senator Obama also said that throttling of BitTorrent and other P2P applications would be illegal. All the FCC ever wanted is for ...

and more »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Pioneer One, A BitTorrent Exclusive TV-Series
TorrentFreak (blog)
BitTorrent has already revolutionized the TV-viewing experience for millions of people and it will soon welcome its first exclusive release. ...


How is Brad Pitt like Bittorrent?
Economist (blog)
Mr Pitt and Bittorrent have something in common: they both incentivise high bandwidth behaviour, particularly when there's no per-bit cost. ...


How to Analyze, Clean Out, and Free Space on Your Hard Drive
Lifehacker
Hard drive space is cheaper than ever, but as Parkinson's Law dictates, your data (and, let's face it, BitTorrent addiction) somehow expands to fill your ...


UberGizmo (blog)

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta Leaks
Ghacks Technology News
Installation seems to be quite complicated judging from the installation instructions posted at some Bittorrent sites the service pack was posted on. ...
Windows 7 SP1 Build 6.1.7601.16537 Leaked Downloads not yet live on torrent ...Softpedia

all 71 news articles »

Comcast Reveals How it Throttled BitTorrent
Zeropaid
Based on that analysis, five P2P protocols were identified to be managed: Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, and Gnutella. Four of those protocols have ...


TopNews United States

FCC: BitTorrent Decision Could Hinder Broadband Rollout
Multichannel News
FCC general counsel Austin Schlick says the federal appeals court decision to vacate its BitTorrent order could affect a host of recommendations in the ...
Should broadband providers be able to block you from certain online content?The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Spur between FCC, Comcast brings up neutrality questionsSFA The Pine Log Online
Network Neutrality Is the New Common CarriageWatching the Watchers.org (blog)
TMCnet -Firedoglake (blog) -Washington Post
all 64 news articles »

TopNews United States

Should broadband providers be able to block you from certain online content?
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Some say that Comcast was threatened by BitTorrent, which gives users the ability to share video, which could potentially hurt Comcast's cable television ...
Spur between FCC, Comcast brings up neutrality questionsSFA The Pine Log Online
FCC Ruling Could Inject Politics into News DeliveryTMCnet
Comcast ruling raises questions on FCC regulationWashington Post
Firedoglake (blog) -Top Tech Reviews -ZDNet (blog)
all 36 news articles »

GLG News by this Author
Gerson Lehrman Group
... television networks, and the viewing public is becoming increasingly more sophisticated at finding and leveraging these alternatives (Bittorrent, etc. ...


BBC News

Analysis: The digital economy bill and you
Politics.co.uk
In this case, the copyright infringer is basically someone downloading Pirates of the Caribbean from a filesharing site, like BitTorrent or Pirate Bay. ...
UK "Digital Economy Bill" May Allow for Website ShutdownsReadWriteWeb (blog)

all 272 news articles »

Data Robotics Drobo FS NAS - Geeky gadgets


Geeky gadgets

Data Robotics Drobo FS NAS
Geeky gadgets
The Drobo FS also comes with Drobo Apps, which can add a range of functions to the NAS drive such as a BitTorrent client, or a music server that can deliver ...

and more »

ReadWriteWeb (blog)

UK "Digital Economy Bill" May Allow for Website Shutdowns
ReadWriteWeb (blog)
... or might occur in the future, and you're likely to come up with YouTube, BitTorrent, DailyMotion, WordPress, Facebook, Twitter and Google. ...

and more »

PC World

FCC: BitTorrent Decision Could Hinder Broadband Rollout
Broadcasting & Cable
... 4/7/2010 9:17:58 PM FCC General Counsel Austin Schlick says the federal appeals court decision to vacate its BitTorrent order could affect a host of ...
Court: FCC Had No Authority to Stop Comcast's BitTorrent RestrictionsPC World
FCC Possessed No Authority to Cease Comcast's BitTorrent Restrictions, Court ...TopNews United States
Comcast Prevails in BitTorrent Throttling CaseZeropaid
Register -NewsHour -Computerworld
all 1,464 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

uTorrent Outpaces Vuze in BitTorrent Download Speed by 16%
Lifehacker
If you're big on BitTorrent, chances are you've heard of the popular BitTorrent clients uTorrent and Vuze (previously Azureus). ...
uTorrent Download Speeds Beat Vuze By 16%TorrentFreak (blog)

all 2 news articles »

Vuze Makes Some Big Moves, Comcast and the FCC Too
Slyck
Vuze, the BitTorrent client formerly known as Azurues, has a massive update available for its open source client. Its nemesis Comcast has something to ...

FCC Bomb Threat Evacuates Agency - TMCnet


Television Broadcast

FCC Bomb Threat Evacuates Agency
TMCnet
... which had taken measures to slow BitTorrent (News - Alert) transfers but had voluntarily discontinued the practice earlier in the year. ...
FCC Evacuated for Bomb ThreatTelevision Broadcast

all 2 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

uTorrent Download Speeds Beat Vuze By 16%
TorrentFreak (blog)
A new study comparing the download speeds of more than 10 million BitTorrent users found that uTorrent users achieve significantly higher download speeds ...


Home Theater Magazine

Ruling May Starve Online Video
Home Theater Magazine
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Comcast has a right to slow down BitTorrent, which is used to share video and music (though ...


Zeropaid

Movie Pirate “maVen” Dies of Drug Overdose
Zeropaid
The BitTorrent community lost a well known member to a drug overdose this past Sunday. Canadian Gérémi Adam, 28yo, better known as maVen, was responsible ...

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Zeropaid

isoHunt Goes “Lite” for US Users
Zeropaid
BitTorrent tracker site begins redirecting US visitors to isohunt.hk, a stripped down version that searches the Internet for content instead, ...


Hot Hardware

Nexaira Launches 3G/4G Broadband Router
Hot Hardware
It's available for $99.95, which sure beats buying up a load of WWAN dongles. Just be sure that everyone doesn't try to login to BitTorrent at the same ...

and more »

File sharing on campus - The Sheaf


File sharing on campus
The Sheaf
It is the sort of film you download off a BitTorrent site and forget about. The film's presence on my computer did not go unnoticed, however. ...


Peer-to-peer file sharing an increasing issue at UNCW
UNCW Seahawk
Some of these popular programs are Limewire, Morpheus, Gnutella, Gnutella2, eDonkey2000 and BitTorrent. Unless proper locks are put on your system, ...


How “Dirty” MP3 Files Are A Back Door Into Cloud DRM
TechCrunch (blog)
Unless those files are uploaded to BitTorrent or other P2P networks, there isn't much to worry about. A list of which music services are selling clean MP3 ...


CBC.ca

Comcast Prevails in BitTorrent Throttling Case
Zeropaid
Had appealed earlier decision by the FCC sanctioning the ISP for singling out BitTorrent traffic as part of its network traffic management plan. ...
US court rules FCC can't ban BitTorrent bustingRegister
Public Knowledge Explains: The Comcast-Bittorrent DecisionPublic Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Comcast Can Block BitTorrent Again, Court RulesTorrentFreak (blog)
Broadcasting & Cable -Philadelphia Inquirer -San Jose Mercury News
all 1,092 news articles »

CBC.ca

US court rules FCC can't ban BitTorrent busting
Register
In 2007, Comcast was caught snipping BitTorrent connections and other P2P traffic, and in August 2008, the FCC sanctioned the ISP for violating the "net ...
Public Knowledge Explains: The Comcast-Bittorrent DecisionPublic Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Comcast Can Block BitTorrent Again, Court RulesTorrentFreak (blog)
DC Appeals Court Vacates FCC's BitTorrent DecisionBroadcasting & Cable
Philadelphia Inquirer -San Jose Mercury News -NewsFactor Network
all 1,025 news articles »

The death of Net neutrality: Five quick thoughts
ZDNet
Wikipedia reports an interesting case where the reset packets sent by Comcast to block BitTorrent uploads also interfered with legitimate traffic from ...


Comcast Wins Battle with FCC
Top Tech Reviews
... network management enforcement action against Comcast because one year before that, Comcast was accused of blocking peer-to-peer sites like BitTorrent. ...


Your Cable Company Can Now Tax Your Favorite Websites
Gawker
... like BitTorrent, and whether they can charge special fees to websites that want to run faster or, like YouTube, use lots of bandwidth. ...


ABC News

Comcast Can Block BitTorrent Again, Court Rules
TorrentFreak (blog)
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has overruled FCC's decision to sanction Comcast for unfair treatment of BitTorrent users. ...
DC Appeals Court Vacates FCC's BitTorrent DecisionBroadcasting & Cable
FCC's Comcast/BitTorrent Decision is Out [UPDATED]Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Court Rules Against FCC's Comcast Net Neutrality DecisionPC World
CNNMoney.com -Bizjournals.com -TechCrunch (blog)
all 750 news articles »

Is This the End of Net Neutrality?
The Big Money (blog)
The ruling in question involves Comcast, which had blocked Internet users' access to BitTorrent on the basis that sharing large amounts of data, ...

Drobo FS is part NAS, part RAID - Geek.com


Legit Reviews

Drobo FS is part NAS, part RAID
Geek.com
Examples of Drobo Apps include a BitTorrent client or an iTunes compatible music server. It's a great product, but don't expect it to be cheap: the Drobo FS ...
Finally: Drobo FS for Networked StorageWired (blog)
New Drobo FS focuses on sharing and cloud accessCrunchGear (blog)
Drobo FS: finally, Data Robotics releases a Drobo NAS driveEngadget (blog)

all 25 news articles »

PC World

DC Appeals Court Vacates FCC's BitTorrent Decision
Broadcasting & Cable
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/6/2010 11:23:05 AM A DC Appeals court has vacated the FCC's BitTorrent decision, concluding that the commission ...
FCC's Comcast/BitTorrent Decision is Out [UPDATED]Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Court: FCC has no power to regulate Net neutralityCNET
FCC can't enforce net neutrality: courtCBC.ca
The Hill (blog) -Newsolio (blog) -The Associated Press
all 302 news articles »

isoHunt Lite Released in USA - Slyck


Mashable (blog)

isoHunt Lite Released in USA
Slyck
What makes a great BitTorrent indexer/search engine? Is it the number of torrents? Size of the community? Or perhaps the ability of the owner to make a ...
isoHunt Redirects US Visitors to Lite VersionTorrentFreak (blog)
Isohunt Goes Lite for Visitors From the USMashable (blog)
IsoHunt is Back -- Sort of -- with IsoHunt LiteGeekosystem
Erictric
all 5 news articles »

CNET

Finally: Drobo FS for Networked Storage
Wired (blog)
The applications can be installed to add functionality to the Drobo: a BitTorrent client, for instance, which runs without a computer, or a music server ...
New Drobo FS focuses on sharing and cloud accessCrunchGear (blog)
Drobo FS: finally, Data Robotics releases a Drobo NAS driveEngadget (blog)

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Mashable (blog)

isoHunt Redirects US Visitors to Lite Version
TorrentFreak (blog)
Following legal pressure brought by the MPAA, BitTorrent search engine isoHunt has decided to redirect all visitors from the United States to a Lite version ...
Isohunt Goes Lite for Visitors From the USMashable (blog)

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Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring Beta 1 released
The H
Package updates include version 3.6.2 of Firefox (3.6.3 was released last Friday), OpenOffice.org 3.2, and version 1.91 of the Transmission BitTorrent ...

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Reuters

Five things: Apps everyone wants for the iPad
Globe and Mail
Netflix subscribers (in the US only, of course -- Canadians currently have no streaming options and continue to rely on, ahem, BitTorrent for timely ...
David Pogue weighs in on iPad, David Pogue weighs in on iPadtuaw.com (blog)
iPad Arrives.Village Voice (blog)
IPad Review Roundup: 'Beautiful,' but Is It a 'Game Changer'?Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mobile Tech News (press release) -HEXUS -New York Times
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TorrentFreak (blog)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (blog)
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Shutter Island' tops the chart this week followed by 'Alice In Wonderland'. 'How to Train Your Dragon' ...


TorrentFreak (blog)

Tribler Evolves Its Decentralized BitTorrent Ecosystem
TorrentFreak (blog)
Researchers from the Tribler P2P team at the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, have been working on their next generation BitTorrent client for a ...


bit-tech.net

Hacker releases NAT traversal tool
bit-tech.net
Softpedia explains that the utility could be used to improve the speed of BitTorrent-style peer-to-peer systems without needing any knowledge of configuring ...
Samy Worm Author Releases End-to-End NAT Traversal Tool Enables computers ...Softpedia

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Code To Track BitTorrent Users Bought For $750 (Max)
TorrentFreak (blog)
Many times here on TorrentFreak we've covered the activities of ACS:Law, the lawyers making a huge noise in the UK right now as they chase BitTorrent users ...


For some, today's iPad launch is a cause for celebration; to others, not so much
Providence Journal
I answered "No" to each of the questions that tell you you're a techie ("Do you use BitTorrent? Do you run Linux? Do you have more e-mail addresses than ...


Torrents.net, Great Domain for a Fresh Torrent Index
TorrentFreak (blog)
Every month a few dozen new BitTorrent sites are unleashed on the Internet, but only a few have something new to offer. One site that popped up recently is ...


Stephen Foley: Doctor Who knows no borders
Independent
But file-sharing already knows no borders, and fans anywhere in the world will be able to download tonight's Doctor Who thanks to BitTorrent, ...

The role of the Debian ftpmasters - LWN.net


The role of the Debian ftpmasters
LWN.net
Linux distributions don't simply appear on mirrors and BitTorrent networks fully formed. A great deal of work goes on behind the scenes before a release ...


Anti-Piracy Lawyers Vandalize Wikipedia Page
TorrentFreak (blog)
... proudly announced that the company would be bringing the mass-litigation model against alleged BitTorrent users to the United States. ...


Doing things with an RHEL PPC based server
Geekzone
I've been wanting to do *something* with this noisy powerhungry box for a while and thought maybe I could get it to run one or other bittorrent client that ...


TFTS (blog)

Comcast Introduces New Broadband Usage Tool For its Customers [Customers Will ...
TFTS (blog)
... when it decided to enforce a 250GB usage cap in late 2008 following an FCC investigation into the company's practice of throttling BitTorrent traffic. ...
Comcast rolls out bandwidth meter in HoustonHouston Chronicle
Comcast Rolls Out Broadband Meters Coast to CoastWired News

all 3 news articles »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Shea: Warner Bros. hires anti-piracy intern
University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
... it isn't hard to imagine that the guys running the BitTorrent sites are young Robin Hoods or Luke Skywalkers with a noble mission to deliver music to ...
Warner Bros. Recruits Students to Spy on BitTorrent PiratesLegit Reviews
Warner Brothers UK Offers $26K/Year for Anti-Piracy InternPaste Magazine
Warner Bros hiring student to spy on music piratesThe Guardian
Tech Digest -Consequence of Sound -Mediapost.com
all 61 news articles »

Times Online

IPad Review Roundup: 'Beautiful,' but Is It a 'Game Changer'?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
(Techies are described as a fairly narrow group, set apart from “everyone else” by their use of BitTorrent and Linux and the fact that they have “more ...
Apple iPad: the reviews are inHEXUS
Looking at the iPad From Two AnglesNew York Times

all 1,494 news articles »

Yo, you better stop that downloading son
Graffiti
... way people use and consume their product and why they choose the methods they do, tens of thousands of people are being sued for BitTorrent downloads. ...

and more »

TorrentFreak (blog)

Torrent Site Ships Condoms To Anti-Piracy Offices
TorrentFreak (blog)
The pressure mounting on BitTorrent sites worldwide has increased dramatically over the last year. This worsening climate can be largely attributed to a ...
Send the MPAA, RIAA, et al, a condom!p2pnet.net

all 2 news articles »

The Film Stage (blog)

'X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2′ Workprint Leaks Online
The Film Stage (blog)
This comes just one year after the original workprint made it's way onto BitTorrent sites. Producer Tom Rothman simply told The Playlist: I don't know how ...


Review: Looking at the iPad From 2 Angles
New York Times
Do you use BitTorrent? Do you run Linux? Do you have more e-mail addresses than pants? You're a techie.) Read the second review if you're anyone else. ...

and more »

David Pogue weighs in on iPad, David Pogue weighs in on iPad
tuaw.com (blog)
Pogue's tech-centric review (appropriate for those, he says, who meet the following standards: "Do you use BitTorrent? Do you run Linux? ...

and more »

Element 1.1 for home theater PCs - LWN.net


Element 1.1 for home theater PCs
LWN.net
The release is available as a CD-sized ISO image via direct download or Bittorrent. The Element team supports its development through affiliate sales of ...

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