As of today, an estimated 18,337 Internet users have had suit filed against them by the RIAA for the alleged distribution of copyrighted materials. I get these figures from a Janurary 2006 article at Slyck.com, in which Slyck states that as of January 31st there have been 16,837. Since then, in the month of February [...]

Exactly a year after it was launched in the United States, the Sony PlayStation Portable’s days as a handheld movie-viewing device might be numbered. Disappointing sales have slowed the flow of movies on the proprietary Universal Media Disc to a mere trickle. At least two major studios have completely stopped releasing movies on UMD, while [...]

TorrentSpy, as its name suggests, is a BitTorrent indexing site. Considering much of the terminology associated with file-sharing is rooted in little more than colloquialisms, the exact function of a “BitTorrent indexing site” is generally considered a “catalog” of available files – including movies. An indexer shouldn’t be confused with a tracker, which hosts the [...]

GERMANS risk two years in prison if they illegally download films and music for private use under a new law agreed yesterday. Anybody who downloads films for commercial use could be jailed for up to five years. The measures, some of the toughest in Europe, were announced after an aggressive campaign by the film industry [...]

This is the second in a three part series of Tribler, a revolutionary new BitTorrent client servers to grace the BitTorrent community. The first story dealt with it’s installation and setup, and this is to cover what sets it apart from all others. SOCIAL NETWORKING COOPERATIVE DOWNLOADING USER GROUPS SOCIAL NETWORKING What first sets Tribler [...]

In addition to writing for Zeropaid, I manage a project called IMCourier, a free plug-in that lets AIM and ICQ users check their away messages from the web. (Shameless plug, I know, but there’s a point to this.) We were contacted by AOL executives about a month before the release of Open AIM, a series [...]

The BitTorrent community has watched numerous client servers come and go, each falling victim to people’s desire for the “latest and greatest” that comes along. It’s never because of some new revolutionizing feature or ability that causes people to choose another, but rather it’s usually for more simplistic reasons like memory usage or ease of [...]

BT is cracking down on heavy Internet users who are habitually breaking its monthly download limit, suggesting that they either pay more or shop elsewhere for their Internet access. BT has agreements in place with users of its ADSL broadband service that limit them to up to 40GB of downloads per month. However, although the [...]

Anyone can sue anybody, and a lawsuit does not imply guilt but I’ve been informed that in documents fled in the U.S. District Court’s CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (Western Division – Los Angeles) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:06-cv-00391-FMC-E that back on January 20th StreamCast Networks, best known for their Peer to Peer technology, called [...]

A 17-inch LCD monitor is big enough for most people’s everyday computing needs. But for others, 17 inches simply will not do–nor will 19, 20, or 24 inches. Until recently, if you wanted a large screen to use with your computer, you’d have to buy a television that doubled as a monitor. That’s fine for [...]

AMD will release its first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors on 9 May, lining up seven chips clocked between 1.6GHz and 2.2GHz, and accompanied by low-voltage variants, according to online claims. Separately, the vendor has itself confirmed the existence of the upcoming Athlon 64 X2 5000+. The Turion date comes by way of [...]

Spam king and online drugstore operator Christopher William Smith, aka Rizler, 26, who is awaiting trial at the Sherburne County Jail, Elk River, Minn., used his phone privileges to arrange a hit on a witness and the witness’ family. According to the indictment, Smith called an acquaintance from jail March 4 and allegedly stated he [...]

For those who have not heard of the Apple vs French Government controversy, here is a quick run down on what’s been happening. French parliament has been mulling over a bill that, if made law, would require that Apple’s iTunes allows French users to download songs that would play in all portable music players, not [...]

In a bid to color up a dull computer line, Dell has agreed to purchase flashy PC maker Alienware. With the buy, Dell gains a maker of high-performance systems aimed at gamers and other demanding customers. The often pricey Alienware boxes stand out for their colorful designs and high-end components. Dell officials earlier this month [...]

ATI unwrapped its latest pair of workstation-oriented graphics chips – including what it claims is the first ever board to support one gigabyte of graphics memory. The FireGL parts are also the first products of their class from ATI to support Shader Model 3.0. The 1GB FireGL V7350 is accompanied by the V7300, a 512MB [...]

The unthinkable has happened: Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista yet again. Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services Division, announced on March 21 during a conference call that Microsoft is now planning to roll out Windows Vista in two stages. The business, volume-licensed versions of Vista will now ship in November 2006, as many [...]

Ever wanted to know the inner workings of one of the most popular IM program out there? Well heres your chance. Link goes to presentation .pdf given at Black Hat, Europe, details the inner-workings of Skype, worth checking out for you hard core programmers & geeks!

For years, whenever the press has written one of their fear-mongering stories about open WiFi, they almost always include some tidbit about how if someone uses your network to do something illegal, you can be arrested for it. It’s one of the popular open WiFi horror stories — but is it true? Well, of course, [...]

This is a tutorial on how to use iTunes to back up your music to CD or DVD, and automatically keep track of new music that has not been previously archived… making future backups almost effortless. “A few weeks ago there was a tip floating around various blogs I monitor about using iTunes to backup [...]

All to often the Music Industry (and the Movie Industry for that matter) promotes lies, distortions and propaganda to the public regarding their alleged loss of income due to the exchange of ‘their’ works via filesharing networks. Most often these deliberate falsifications derive directly from organizations like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) or [...]