In an attempt to thwart music piracy, are the Smashing Pumpkins to blame for leaking fake demos onto numerous file-sharing websites?. According to MTVe, “Collapsing Cities,” “The Restless Word,” “Siam Mais” and “In the Eyes Beholding” — were leaked as The Baker Demos. The recently reunited band is working on a new studio album but [...]

In a curious role reversal, users looking to crack the new Windows Vista OS are in fact getting their PC’s security “cracked” as well. Malware makers have capitalized on the rising demand of users looking to crack downloaded pirated copies of Vista, and have made a new one that is actually a a trojan-carrier which [...]

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console is one of the most popular ever. It’s great for sitting around and playing games with friends and you can even play DVD’s and music CD’s on the console. While this isn’t terribly exciting, if you have a system that is running Windows Media Center (MCE) or Vista Ultimate Edition, [...]

ScrapeTorrent has undergone some cool changes recently, and the site ADMIN is allowing users to vote on what new functions to include in the final release. The site reads: To insure that 2.0 is exactly what the user wants, and to allow users to have an idea of what is being done and when 2.0 [...]

With TVUPlayer’s Vidoo site now down, it’s time to start looking for alternative P2P cable TV options just in case. The website is no longer reachable and merits testing other P2PTV streaming applications as a precaution. Vidoo.com was home to TVUPlayer’s channel menu, chat room, and forums, and was recently closed for reasons unknown. Visitors [...]

Reporters Without Borders expressed deep concern for the future of the Internet in Iran where censorship is now the rule rather than the exception, after the video sharing website YouTube and that of the US daily New York Times were added to the country’s blacklist. In addition, the English version of the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia [...]

Imagine this: ne of the world’s most powerful monopolies puts 10,000 people to work for five years to create one new product, and nobody is really sure if anyone wants it. How’s that for a gamble? That’s what we have with Windows Vista, the new computer-operating system from Microsoft that debuted last week for businesses [...]

With the ability to run programs directly from your USB flash drive, the Cruzer Micro and Titanium USB Flash Drives have more gusto than your typical flash drive option. The Titanium is reported to have up to 15MB per second speeds and with that, you can’t go wrong. Featuring embedded software on both drive options, [...]

Although quite modern and sleek looking, these video glasses could gain you more than looks from onlookers, maybe even some jealousy. Convenient movie watching with these lightweight (4.2 oz.) and integrated stereo headphones to keep the sound going. Features automatic on and off using the video source, too. This pair of glasses also works with [...]

In a new e-mail interview with Wired, Bram Cohen once again lays to rest any doubts that he is leaving BitTorrent. The interview comes on the heels of last week’s widespread speculation that he was being forced out of BitTorrent Inc. GigaOM first started the rumormill that he was leaving with their comments that “… [...]

Azureus, the most popular open-source BitTorrent client, which announced its intentions to go commercial a few months ago, similar to what has happened with the commercial company avatar of BitTorrent, has received $12 million in second round of funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, and also included Greycroft Partners (Disclaimer: Our parent company’s [...]

For a long time, pirates have taken asylum in Russia. No, we’re not talking about some twisted Treasure Island fantasy, but instead music piracy. With the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) picking off Napster, Kazaa, and Limewire one-by-one, the watchdog has set its sights on Stalin’s old stomping grounds. That’s where the current king [...]

Using online music services to share songs without paying for them may be illegal, but casual users don’t usually find themselves under the steely gaze of an angry recording industry executive. Unless Dad is the head of Warner Music Group. We asked Edgar Bronfman, the head of the world’s fourth largest music company, at the [...]

Just two weeks after “10 Items or Less” opens in theaters Friday, it’ll be available for digital download from Clickstar, a company that Morgan Freeman’s production company and Intel have founded to bring small movies to those who live far from boutique cinemas. What’s Freeman doing rethinking Hollywood’s business models? “I’m just a firm believer [...]

Ryan Porter, the owner and operator of server hosting service ExtremeIS, and the man accused of hijacking some of the domains of one of his customers, recently responded to the accusations against him in an e-mail I received yesterday. I recently reported how Porter allegedly hijacked the domains Filesharingplace.com and Filesharingdownloads.com from on of his [...]

Back in October the Denver District Attorney’s Office warned people about using the popular file-sharing program after finding personal and financial information that appeared to have been taken directly from computers that were using it. It was during the course of a routine identity theft investigation that investigators found that the Limewire P2P program had [...]

In a report from the AP, “Internal data such as information concerning US military operations in Iraq have recently been leaked to the Internet from a privately owned personal computer of a (Japanese)Air Self-Defense Force member loaded with a file sharing software.” A first lieutenant in Japanese the ASDF apparently took his own laptop to [...]

Wal-Mart, the worlds biggest retailer and corporate behemoth, has announced plans to begin testing a video digital download service beginning next year. Though don’t get too excited just yet, as it is part of a dual approach that ties digital downloads to the purchase of an actual DVD in the store. “We feel like it [...]

Amid growing concerns over digital piracy, Hollywood studios are pressing for major changes to the iTunes platform. In the latest after to avoid the well publicized failures of the music industry, Hollywood studios want Apple to introduce a “new model” for movie content delivery according to one studio exec. Following on the heels of yesterdays [...]

The potential creation of an exclusive contract between Apple and the Beatles is especially notable given the legal wrangles between the band’s record label and the computer company. Apple Corps and Apple Computer have been playing tug-of-war over the Apple name for over 20 years, with iTunes garnering a recent win in a London courtroom [...]