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UK ISPs Begin Crackdown on Suspected Torrenters
In an effort to crackdown on online piracy, internet service providers (ISPs) are to start sending letters to users suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted materials this month, ISPReview has confirmed. BT, Sky, Virgin Media, and TalkTalk have all signed up to the Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme, with a component of…
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Google Hangout is Going Peer-to-Peer
Google hangout is used for work and personal use, often fighting against Skype for dominant market use. With tweaks and improvements over the horizon, the next change is going to be fundamental to how Hangouts will communicate with each other. Hangouts suffers from the fundamental flaw that most video and audio…
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How to Stop Windows 10 From Sharing Your Bandwidth
The Windows 10 upgrade procedure is remarkably simple and easily reversed if you prefer an older operating system. To manage the bandwidth demands, Microsoft uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) system which allows your network to host the data for additional machines. However, a number of Reddit users discovered the P2P update delivery protocol…
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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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Hola CEO Responds to Botnet Controversy
Hola, the peer-to-peer (P2P) VPN provider, was recently accused of allowing its customers’ network to be used to form botnets to launch malicious cyber-attacks. A group of researchers, under the banner Adios, discovered that up to 47 million people could have been inadvertently providing hackers with enough bandwidth to launch…
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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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UK Solicitor Will Defend You Free Against Copyright Trolls
More and more customers of UK ISPs have received letters from copyright trolls in recent weeks, demanding settlement fees for alleged illegal downloads and threatening with lawsuits if not paid. Both Sky Broadband and Virgin Media customers are affected, but not exclusively. The companies behind it all, GoldenEye International also…
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Popcorn Time Attempts a new P2P Approach to Slip Past Legal Action
‘Free’ movie sharing service, Popcorn Time, has gone through a number of lawsuits in the past for its attempt to provide its users with pirated movies. However, the service is attempting another comeback and by adopting peer-to-peer based services. Popcorn Time believes that hosting data directly with its users and no…
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Microsoft to Use P2P to Deliver Windows 10 Updates
The latest leaked build of in-development operating system Windows 10 shows that Microsoft is moving towards using peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol to deliver system updates. A new option in the Windows 10 build allows users to enable “updates from more than one place,” applicable to both OS updates and apps, in…
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iFlix Allows You to Instantly Watch and Listen to Torrents on Android
A new app for Android makes viewing torrents easier than ever before. iFlix takes over after clicking on a magnet link, playing video and music in a clean interface. There’s no need to wait for a torrent to complete and skipping can be achieved in just a few moments. While…
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AT&T Patents Fast Lane for File-Sharing Traffic
Either AT&T knows something we don’t or they’ve been awarded one of the most pointless – yet useful – patents so far. The new patent granted to AT&T is for a ‘fast lane’ designed to speed up BitTorrent and P2P file transfers while decreasing the impact they have on the infrastructure.…
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BitTorrent Unveils Serverless Encrypted Chat App “Bleep”
The market is already flooded with instant messaging and chat applications: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Kik, Skype, Google Hangouts….the list goes on. However, what do all those chat applications share? A centralised server system. That is something BitTorrent’s Bleep does not have. Their new alpha messaging service relies on fully encrypted…
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Google Chromecast Receives Support for Pirated Movies through Popcorn-Time
The beta software program dedicated to provide ‘free’ movies, Popcorn-Time, has apparently announced that its software is now Chromecast-compatible for Windows users, having stated that a Chromecast version update is also being worked on for Mac users. The cheap Chromecast device is Google’s product that allows users to send video…
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The Pirate Bay Plans To Beat Censorship For Good This Year
The Pirate Bay had a lot of battles to do last year, having their domains taken down by court-orders and resurfacing around the world with new domains. This did not discourage Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde or Fredrik Neij, the founders of TPD, and furthermore, they plan on beating the censorship…
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BitTorrent Labs Reveal BitTorrent Chat Alpha – Encrypted P2P Messaging Service
If all the recent media coverage of government surveillance and companies handing over bulk data has got you worried then BitTorrent Labs could have something ideal for you. BitTorrent have developed their own chat service called BitTorrent Chat which is currently in alpha stages. The chat service using encrypted peer…
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