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- Pirate Bay Ship Hijackers Let Logo Hostage Go
After discovering the Pirate Bay logo hadnt been registered with the patent office, a Swedish company took the opportunity to claim it as their own in order to commercially exploit it. After bloodless negotiations, the company now seems prepared to play nice and let their application slide. But they dont go away empty-handed.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : torrentfreak.com - Hollywood Takes OpenBitTorrent’s ISP to Court
The Swedish hosting provider Portlane is being sued by several Hollywood movie studios for hosting the standalone BitTorrent tracker, OpenBitTorrent. The movie studios are claiming that OpenBitTorrent is a re-branded copy of The Pirate Bay tracker that shut down yesterday.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : torrentfreak.com - Mininova Breaks 10 Billion Torrent Downloads
Despite negative court verdicts against the two leading torrent sites, the BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway judging from ever increasing download figures. Mininova, the most visited BitTorrent indexer, broke an impressive record today. Since its inception, the site has served a dazzling 10 billion torrent downloads.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : torrentfreak.com - Pirate Bay Drops Trackers, Converts to “Magnet Links”
Swedish BitTorrent site tracker site further decentralizes content distribution, and in fact decides not to run a tracker anymore. Swedish BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay has taken content distribution to the next level with the introduction of site-wide magnet links that let you download a torrent directly into your BitTorrent client, instead of your browser. The [...]
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.zeropaid.com - House Introduces Bill Banning P2P from Fed PCs
“Secure Federal File Sharing Act” would bar government employees and contractors from downloading, installing, or using file-sharing software without official approval. Finally somebody in Congress has realized that there is a real problem when govt employees install P2P software on the same PC that contains sensitive information. U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), Chairman [...]
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.zeropaid.com - STUDY: Artists Earn More in a P2P World
Revenue earned by artists from both concerts and recorded music sales has risen steadily over the past 5 years as revenue earned by labels has declined dramatically, making the case that the only loser from illegal file-sharing have been the record labels. Music labels have been the most vocal critic of file-sharing, doing everything they can [...]
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Microsoft cloud service to launch January 1
US software giant Microsoft has announced that its internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1. Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie revealed the official launch date for what has been described as "Windows in the Cloud" at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Senators blast Web sites for scamming shoppers
With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they dont want.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Could email be obsolete in a decade?
How often do you send an email these days? Me, I send loads each day. Whether its emails to work colleagues through the day, or emails to friends during my lunch or when Im home at work.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Scientists model cats brain with huge supercomputer, a step toward a better-reasoning machine
Scientists say theyve made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living things brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Black Friday? Theres An App For That
You can bet that on Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, there will be plenty of people buying Apple products, including iPhones. They might even be using this new app to help them.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Is The Real Google Phone Coming?
When Google first started working on the Android platform, it was believed to be a smartphone, nicknamed the Google Phone or gPhone. Since then, Android the platform has emerged, and thoughts of a Google Phone have vanished. But should they have?
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Palm Pixi, Pre Prices Slashed At Amazon.com
Hopefully you didnt pay $100 for the Palm Pixi on the day it launched a few days ago. If you did, you probably feel seriously ticked off, as you can now get the Palm Pixi at Amazon.com for a mere $25, and without having to mail any rebates in.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - Irony: Microsoft Banned From Selling Windows In China
Irony of ironies. Microsoft has been banned from selling Windows in China, the ultimate land of piracy. One would think it might be the other way around (if it were possible, that is).
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - AT&T Loses The First Round In Its Ad War
AT&T has lost round one in its fight against Verizons anti-ATT-network ads. The company has sued Verizon, saying the maps and statements made in the latest Verizon ads confuse consumers.
Published : 2009-11-18 Source : www.topix.net - The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good
Today marks the end of an era, as The Pirate Bay team announces that the worlds largest BitTorrent tracker is shutting down for good. Although the site will remain operational for now, millions of BitTorrent users will lose the use of its tracker and will instead have to rely on DHT and alternative trackers to continue downloading.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : torrentfreak.com - Trackon, The BitTorrent Tracker Tracker
If you have ever used a public or open tracker, you know that reliability often comes with a half-hearted smile - trackers can go offline and return again, often without explanation or warning. To help keep track of the status of public trackers, theres now Trackon, the BitTorrent Tracker Tracker.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : torrentfreak.com - Former Pirate Bay ISP Appeals Bandwidth Shutoff Order
Given chance to appear before the Swedish Court of Appeal and argue against order requiring it to cut off bandwidth to Swedish BitTorrent tracker site after it was convicted for copyright infringement. Back in early August, Sweden’s Stockholm District Court ordered Black Internet, The Pirate Bay’s largest bandwidth provider, to cut off service to the [...]
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Verizon to Forward Warnings from RIAA, MPAA
Second largest phone company in the US agrees to forward notices of copyright infringement on behalf of the entertainment industry, perhaps hinting at a sign of things to come as ISPs slowly enter the world of content distribution. Perhaps hinting a sign of things to come, Verizon Communications will reportedly begin forwarding notices of copyright [...]
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Will Pirates Sink the Pirate Boat that Rocked?
Despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary, the MPAA and its allies in the content industries constantly declare that it is, “impossible to compete with free.” As recently as this September, Frederick Huntsberry, the Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Pictures declared before an FCC hearing that, “ultimately no industry can compete with [...]
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.zeropaid.com - The Pirate Bay Trackers Go Offline Forever
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Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.slyck.com - BlueArc Titan Receives 2009 HPCwire Readers Choice Award
BlueArc Corporation, a leader in scalable, high-performance unified network storage, today announced that its Titan storage solution received the annual HPCwire Readers Choice Award for best HPC storage product or technology, presented at the 2009 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis , held at ...
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - Town offers free wireless internet
A town is to become the first in the UK to provide free wireless internet access to all its residents.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - About 250K Droids Sold In First Week: Estimate
Have you been gifted with hearing that annoying default notification sound on the Motorola Droid yet? To be exact, that robotic Droid sound that makes people want to substitute the word "dork" for "Droid." At any rate, while Verizon has been quiet about the number of Droids sold in the first week, there are estimates, and the latest comes up with about 250,000 of the nascent app phone.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Has Recurrence of Cancer
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL). This is a recurrence of the disease; Allen previously fought and beat NHL after being diagnosed in 1983, the year he left Microsoft.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - One-Third of Teens Aged 16, 17 Text While Driving: Study
What seems to be a plethora of studies and research prove that text messaging while driving is dangerous. Despite this, a new Pew Research study (.PDF) shows that 1/3 of teens aged 16 and 17 text while driving.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - Verizon To AT&T: The Truth Hurts
Addressing AT&Ts recent complaints and lawsuits over its latest series of ads picking at AT&Ts network coverage, Verizon has only three words for AT&T: "The Truth Hurts."
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - Light therapy device fights acne
Nov 17 - Sufferers of acne, or facial spots, know all about the benefits of light therapy but they have only been able to receive it either in hospital or a clinic.
Published : 2009-11-17 Source : www.topix.net - Iconic Pirate Bay Ship Logo Hijacked By Private Company
Seen by millions of people worldwide, the ship design used by The Pirate Bay is one of the most recognizable logos on the Internet today. But after discovering that the iconic emblem had not been officially registered, a Swedish company has hijacked the trademark as their own, with an eye on commercial exploitation.
Published : 2009-11-16 Source : torrentfreak.com - Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Funny People tops the chart this week followed by The Hangover’. 2012 completes the top three.
Published : 2009-11-16 Source : torrentfreak.com
