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Nov 10 2009

Android Phones and Downloading On the Go

After a somewhat rocky start, the Android platform from Google is beginning to pick up steam, and with the new Motorola Droid model from Verizon, and with multiple new handsets promised from a number of manufacturers, Android is poised to challenge the iPhone and Symbian platforms for future supremacy (WinMo seems moribund at best).  As [...]

Jul 7 2009

AT&T Quits Free Usenet Access July 15th

Caves to demands that it “protect its customers from child pornography” even though discontinuing free service will do little to fight the problem since pedophiles will simply switch to third party premium Usenet services.
Thanks to pressure from NY Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, AT&T will soon join ISPs Verizon, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint in [...]

Jul 1 2009

UseNet Service UseNet.com Loses Copyright Infringement Case

While a few NZB sites have been targeted before, this may be the first time a service that offers UseNet access has been dealt with a blow. In court, UseNet.com has lost their case against the RIAA. The case has been going on since 2007.
“While others claim to have huge download limits,” UseNet.com [...]

Jun 29 2009

How to Download From Newsgroups

An easy-to-use reference guide for those looking to get started with Usenet newsgroups.
Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications still in use, having been first conceived way back in 1979 by a pair of Duke University graduate students to basically post messages as a sort of public bulletin board system.
As I’m sure [...]

Jul 19 2008

EFF – Blocking UseNets Alt Hierarchy Would Violate First Amendment

It’s been widely reported that American ISPs are being pressured to drop their UseNet service by the New York Attorney General. Since ISPs are “voluntarily” bowing to political pressure, the EFF suggests that this effort is circumventing the first amendment.
By now, most American ISPs have dropped their UseNet services. These services typical come [...]

Jun 18 2008

Pulling the Plug on American UseNet

UseNet seems to have always been like Fight Club to many users – you don’t talk about Fight Club. The question is, is the first rule about targeting UseNet, ‘you don’t talk about targeting UseNet’?
There’s a very interesting report on NewTeeVee about ISPs in the United States either talking about or already ending their [...]

Apr 21 2008

How To Download From UseNet For Free Using NZB Files Via ISP

Usenet is a network that is often referred to as a service that allows people to communicate to one another. However, there is an interesting quirk to UseNet – the ability to download releases hot from the scene.
A quick note: It has been reported that a number of ISP’s are ending their UseNet services. [...]

Apr 10 2008

French ISP Ordered to Suspend 39 Newsgroups

French users who use Internet Service Provider “Free” recently found out that their ISP was ordered by the court to suspend access to 39 newsgroups. The order came after a complaint by the major record label organization operating in France known as the SCPP.
Usenet may be the oldest and most widely popular traditional ways [...]

Mar 19 2006

Newzmonster.com Closes Down

It looks like Newzmonster has finally closed down their site after many promising comments stating they would stay online despite if legal pressure came their way. But things didn’t go to plan with Newzmonster and they came to a decision that many P2P sites hate to make.

Mar 13 2006

Groundbreaking Anonymous Download Service Attacks iTunes, Kazaa

SC Mediom Global SRL today released MacLoader for both PC and Mac, the most modern way to download to your heart’s content around the clock with blazing-speed, from the only truly anonymous download service in the world… right from your desktop!

“AOL recently blocked its 32+ million users from accessing the world’s largest file archive, [...]

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