bittorrent

  • Q&A: isoHunt founder says P2P can help create post-piracy world 07/11/2009 11:41:00

    Gary Fung holds out hope of working together with Hollywood and the music industry
    Gary Fung founded BitTorrent search engine isoHunt.com in 2003 when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
  • McAfee: P2P sites on the rise 04/11/2009 03:26:00

    Hackers swamping site with malware
    The number of peer-to-peer (p2p) websites that allow users to share copyrighted materials has increased, says McAfee.
  • What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts? 10/10/2009 10:44:00

    RapidShare, others provide 'essentially your own private FTP server'
    Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites.
  • Soon to sink, Pirate Bay's torrents come ashore 16/09/2009 06:27:00

    Supporters of the torrent site continue the pirate tradition by making its database of torrents available
    The old news kiosk in the center of Weimar, Germany, doesn't sell newspapers any more, but you can find pointers to plenty of other media there.
  • Windows 7 RTM leaked to BitTorrent last week 23/07/2009 08:04:00

    Pirates can snag Microsoft's final build now; legit users must wait
    Although even the best-connected users can't get their hands on Windows 7's final code until Aug. 6, people willing to pirate the new operating system can download it today from several file-sharing sites, searches show.
  • Pirate Bay users vent over site sale 01/07/2009 09:19:00

    One irate poster, "redc," saw The Pirate Bay sale as a blow to "pirate ideals and righteousness"
    Calling The Pirate Bay's owners "sellouts" who made a "deal with the devil," users of the notorious torrent-tracking site expressed their frustrations across the Internet today.
  • 5 traps the (new) Pirate Bay must avoid 01/07/2009 04:36:00

    Global Gaming Factory X has bought The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million
    Ah, the Internet cafe, home to yuppies, flavored lattes, and The Pirate Bay? If you haven't heard, Swedish Internet cafe operator, Global Gaming Factory X, today bought The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million. The new owner says it intends to sail The Pirate Bay out of its murky waters, and put the former rogues gallery on the straight and narrow. In other words, The Pirate Bay is going legitimate.
  • Will a legal Pirate Bay thrive? (Hint: no) 01/07/2009 00:02:00

    According to some users, at least, it won't work at all
    The Pirate Bay, a torrent site that has attracted millions of users by offering a wealth of (often illegal) content, is now at a turning point. With a $3.8 million fine dangling around the neck of the owners and a fresh $7.8 million acquisition by Global Gaming Factory X, announced this morning, the site is about to embrace a legal business model. How well will this work?
  • Internet cafe company offers $7.8 million for The Pirate Bay 30/06/2009 19:37:00

    Global Gaming Factory X will look for ways to pay copyright holders for files downloaded via the site
    The owners of The Pirate Bay have agreed to sell the site to a Swedish Internet cafe operator for 60 million Swedish kronor (US$7.8 million), the company said on Tuesday.
  • Office 2010 preview leaks to Web 19/05/2009 07:45:00

    July's invite-only test edition follows Windows 7 to BitTorrent
    Pirated copies labeled as the Technical Preview of Microsoft's Office 2010 have leaked to the Internet, according to searches on popular file-sharing sites.
  • Leaked copies of Windows 7 RC contain Trojan 05/05/2009 08:13:00

    Some pirated builds on file-sharing sites harbor attack code
    Pirated copies of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) on file-sharing sites contain malware, according to users who have downloaded the upgrade.
  • Leaked Windows 7 Release Candidate hits the Web 27/04/2009 08:21:00

    Downloaders, bloggers say Build 7100 is the official RC that will launch in May
    Pirated copies of the Windows 7 Release Candidate have leaked to file-sharing sites, according to several reports on the Internet and searches of BitTorrent trackers.
  • Pirate Bay crew gets the hook 21/04/2009 07:38:00

    Despite big fines and prison time, the Pirate Bay four remain defiant. And even if Hollywood manages to sink these Bit Torrent trackers, there's an entire fleet waiting to take their place.
    Despite big fines and prison time, the Pirate Bay four remain defiant. And even if Hollywood manages to sink these Bit Torrent trackers, there's an entire fleet waiting to take their place.
  • The Pirate Bay four found guilty 20/04/2009 08:45:00

    The court has sentenced them to a year in prison and ordered them to pay damages of 30 million Swedish kronor
    The four people involved in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for music, movies and software, have been found guilty by the Stockholm district court of being accessories to crimes against copyright law. The court handed down its verdict on Friday morning.
  • Pirate Bay adds feature to share torrents on Facebook 31/03/2009 07:32:00

    "Share on Facebook" button could mean wider distribution of content with copyright restrictions
    The world's most notorious search engine for audio and video content on the Web has added a feature that links it with the popular social-networking site Facebook.
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