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Tacoma is Free to Keep from Humble Bundle for the Next 48 Hours
Humble Freebie After Signing Up for Newsletter Fullbright’s narrative adventure game ‘Tacoma’ is currently free to keep via Humble Bundle‘s Humble Freebie promotion. As usual, it only requires users to have a valid e-mail address and to sign up for their newsletter. Once again, there is no catch and the…
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BitTorrent Sold To Blockchain Start-Up For $140m
BitTorrent Sold To Blockchain Start-Up For $140m When it comes to peer-to-peer applications, BitTorrent is probably one of the most popular available. Ok, with the possible exception of uTorrent. Allowing users to download data from various sharing sources, such programs are widely popular for sharing of files. Particularly those of…
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BitTorrent Inventor to Create New Cryptocurrency
Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, has vowed to launch his own cryptocurrency in an effort to combat what he calls the “waste” associated with “centralization in Bitcoin mining.” Cohen, who recently took back control of BitTorrent Inc., told the Steal This Show podcast that his proposed cryptocurrency wouldn’t…
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Torrentz – The World’s Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine is Dead!
Torrentz.eu, the world’s largest torrent meta-search engine, has suddenly closed down. The site was founded in 2003, and offered links to torrents indexed on sites such as The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, which was recently seized by the US Government, and a plethora of popular BitTorrent sites. “Torrentz was a free,…
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Filmmakers Pressure Alleged Pirate to Take Lie Detector in Court
Movie studio Voltage, the makers of the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club – starring Matthew McConaughey as an AIDS sufferer who illegally sells medication to those similarly afflicted with the disease – loves to sue BitTorrent users. The company has filled over one hundred lawsuits in US Federal Courts against alleged…
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PIA Running Traffic Through Second VPN to Avoid BitTorrent Ban
After a number of large datacentres are now banning heavy BitTorrent traffic on their networks, popular VPN provider Private Internet Access (PIA) has started routing its traffic through another VPN which, while slowing connection speeds, ensures its customers are not prevented from downloading torrents. Many BitTorrent users implement VPN services…
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Sony Pictures Considered Purchasing BitTorrent Inc
Sony Pictures seriously considered the acquisition of BitTorrent Inc. according to leaked presentation slides procured from TorrentFreak. The documentation shows Sony Pictures added BitTorrent Inc. to a shortlist alongside Netflix, TiVo, Vongo and Starz to help diversify their business. This strategy was outlined in 2006 and set aside $2-4 billion to…
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uTorrent Considers Charging Users
uTorrent, the most popular BitTorrent client in the world with 150 million monthly users, is looking into monetising its services. The free torrent client, which already carries advertisements and bundled software upon installation, could soon become a relic of the past. “As you know, uTorrent is a free piece of…
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Ashley Madison Hackers Leaving Behind Footprints
Hacking has been big news in recent years, with everyone from Sony to Apple having breaches and personal information released. The latest in this long stream of hacks is a website titled Ashley Madison. In case you aren’t familiar with this website here is what’s happened so far. The Ashley…
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BitTorrent Wants to Offer More P2P Freedom on Mobile Devices With New App
BitTorrent just announced a new mobile app named Shoot that is based around P2P connectivity between individuals. While this sounds good to some people, others may think that this is a new means to start a piracy war on mobile devices. I mean, come on? Secure Peer-to-Peer connectivity on mobile…
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Netflix is Killing BitTorrent Traffic
Forget DMCAs, DRM, fines, and lawsuits: the best way to tackle piracy, as those in the know have been screaming for years, is to make content affordable and easily accessible. iTunes proved it was true for music back in 2003, and a new report from Sandvine shows that Netflix is…
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Is Netflix Planning to Implement P2P Streaming?
Inspired perhaps by pirate home cinema app Popcorn Time, it seems Netflix is considering peer-to-peer (P2P) support for its video streaming service. A recent job post by the company for a Senior Software Engineer suggests that it sees P2P as the latest technological step for its media platform, which specifically…
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Thom Yorke May Have Earned up to $20m From BitTorrent Downloads in 2014
Last year, Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, released his second solo album as a digital download through BitTorrent, and figures suggest he could have made up to $20 million from the endeavour. Yorke released Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes as a BitTorrent Bundle, offering a digital download of the album for…
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Project Maelstrom, BitTorrent’s Invite-Only Torrent-Based Browser
Project Maelstrom, BitTorrent’s torrent-based browser, was announced on Wednesday as an invite-only alpha version. BitTorrent believes that Maelstrom “is the first step toward a truly distributed web, one that does not rely on centralized servers.” The idea is an extension of the technology that powers BitTorrent Sync. Eric Klinker, CEO…
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‘Children of the Machine’, BitTorrent’s Original Web Series, to be Released Next Year
BitTorrent – infamous as the platform of choice for downloading copyrighted content from torrent sites – is making moves to become a legitimate content provider with the release of its first original series. Children of the machine, a web series created by The Thirteenth Floor and Igby Goes Down producer…
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