Though disagree with its subject matter and opinions, they defend the site owner’s freedom of speech. A story making its way around the internet concerns server hosting company PRQ and its owners and operators, Fredrik Neij and Gottfried Svartholm Warg, who are also two of the founders of the Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site. The [...]

Adds new features, makes it easier to add friends and family to share files with, and combines Firefox web browser and the AllPeers add-on in a single download. With previous versions of AllPeers it was somewhat difficult to try and get new friends and family connected to to your AllPeers file and data sharing network [...]

SafeMedia Corp challenged colleges and universities to work to eliminate illegal P2P file-sharing of copyrighted material on campus networks in testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology. The House Committee on Science and Technology held a hearing today called “The Role of Technology in Reducing Illegal File-sharing: A University Perspective” which focused on [...]

Top tips on how to keep your identity safe from prying eyes and keep out unwanted visitors. If you want to stay safe when downloading or sharing your favorite files online, the following tips wil help keep you from getting busted. They’re simple, straightforward, and easy to follow, but if you have any questions ask [...]

The laws are meant to protect the words we don’t want to hear not those that we do. A couple of days ago I mentioned how a few of the founders of the Pirate Bay have been criticized for allowing a pedophilia site to be hosted on the servers of PRQ, a hosting company which [...]

Woman on her way to the G-8 was turned away at the Germany border because a Piratbyran t-shirt was found in her luggage. Our good friends over at The Pirate Bay let us know about a woman that was turned away from the Germany border because a Piratbyran t-shirt was found in her luggage. The [...]

First cities available include Boston, Manchester, NH, Sacramento, Pittsburgh; and Baltimore. Independent TV broadcaster Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., which owns 26 television stations and reaches approximately 18% of U.S. TV households, has announced a deal with Google’s YouTube to begin offering local TV content online. Locations will include: Boston; Manchester, N.H.; Sacramento; Pittsburgh; and Baltimore. So [...]

Helps bring BitTorrent to the living room. Marvell has announced that it’s new 88F5182 system-on-chip (SoC) platform will be BitTorrent capable, allowing consumer electronic manufacturers who make products such as network attached storage (NAS) devices, set-top boxes, and other components to utilize BitTorrent for high-speed content delivery. Consumer electronics manufacturers that utilize the BitTorrent-certified 88F5182 [...]

Slashes previous price in bid to increase sales. Sony began shipping its new Blu-ray Disc (BD) player to consumer electronics retailers and dealers nationwide for a list price of $499 USD. The BDP-S300 is expected to broaden the high-definition disc player market while delivering new features including the advanced Dolby Digital Plus audio codec as [...]

DC Hubs blamed for slow growth of digital music business in the country. The Finnish Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) has announced that it has launched a major crackdown on DC Hub users and admins throughout the country. Antti Kotilainen, CIAPC Director said: “These actions shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. All of [...]

Lions Gate Films releases the bloodhounds to track down the culprits. I’ve seen the Hostel 2 workprint up on private BitTorrent tracker sites for a few days now and didn’t really think much of it. I mean maybe it’s because I’m not a big blood and gore fan or maybe it’s just because it’s not [...]

The media player will allow one-click downloading of Flash, Windows Media, QuickTime, or Real’s own format. The world of media players is in for some shocking news, RealPlayer has upped the ante and will allow users to download online videos and burn them to a CD or DVD. Apparently not content with simple playback features, [...]