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MegaUpload was one of the world's largest websites, at least in terms of traffic. It was used by at least several tens of millions of people each month. Having it wiped out from the face of the web should have had a noticeable impact, traffic numbers across the web and the world should have dropped now that all ... |
9 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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When most people believed that the popular Ukrainian file-sharing website ex.ua had the same fate as Megaupload after being closed down by local authorities with its domain name and servers seized, it turns out that the site’s administrators managed to unlock the domain and resumed work.
According to Kyiv Post... |
3 February 2012
03:21 GMT |
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Following the Megaupload closure, law enforcement agencies worldwide have begun following on the footsteps of US agencies, shutting down websites that were considered to store or share copyrighted materials.
According to Kyiv Post, on January 31, Ukrainian police terminated the activity of a popular file hosting ser... |
2 February 2012
10:02 GMT |
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MegaUpload users can breathe easy, for a while, their data is safe, though still inaccessible, for at least two more weeks. MegaUpload's attorney announced that the two companies that currently host MegaUpload data have agreed to store it for another two weeks giving the site time to fight the government and may... |
31 January 2012
05:11 GMT |
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The MegaUpload arrests are still making waves in the file-sharing world. Cyberlockers around the world are rethinking their business, sites that depended on them are left high and dry, while their users aren't sure about the future of their files.
No one has it worse than MegaUpload users though, as the site ha... |
30 January 2012
06:21 GMT |
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Since Megaupload was shut down, Anonymous hackers and their supporters began launching all sorts of attacks and protests against the US government and authorities. In the past few days, rumors started circulating about a file-sharing site run by Anonymous, raising controversy, but also the curiosity of many. The sit... |
24 January 2012
04:26 GMT |
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The owners of file-sharing websites are taking drastic measures to make sure they don’t end up just like Megaupload and its owners, blocking their sites to certain countries and even limiting their functionality.
After the world and other file-sharing websites witnessed the power of US law enforcement agencies... |
23 January 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Dropbox has just released a new build for their test version of the synchronization client. The modifications in Dropbox Experimental 1.3.6 are generally focused on the photo import feature.
Two of the changes are aimed at Mac users, as the current release of the application fixes the up/down arrow regression on Mac... |
13 January 2012
03:34 GMT |
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A hacker, whose online moniker is xdev@b4lc4nh4ck, managed to breach FileDEN (fileden.com), a website that offers free online storage and file hosting services.
More than 4,500 account details were published on Pastebin by the hacker who claims that this is not everything he managed to obtain as a result of the brea... |
12 January 2012
05:37 GMT |
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In what has to be one of the most surreal videos to hit YouTube recently, and that's saying something, a bunch of well known, major music label-signed artists got together for a worthy cause.The cause in this case being MegaUpload, the very popular file sharing and cyber locker site. The same site that's be... |
9 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Last week, the police detained a 19-year-old law student after the anti-piracy group RettighedsAlliancen informed them that he was running a blog in which he allegedly educated users on how to break copyright laws.
Furthermore, according to TorrentFreak, they also suspected him of being the mastermind behind a mass... |
22 November 2011
04:35 GMT |
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A couple of weeks ago, Dropbox debuted the Dropbox for Teams tier intended for small companies and businesses which may want some additional features and guarantees from the cloud sync app.Dropbox for Teams comes with a minimum of 1TB of storage, to be shared between five users, for $795 or €497 a year. That... |
8 November 2011
10:20 GMT |
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The latest experimental build for Dropbox shows nothing new, as it has been released only to fix tha xattr bug noticed in the previous version.Dropbox Experimental 1.3.2 mends a problem with extended file attributes (xattr) syncing when unlinking or relinking a computer. This is the only reason for pushing out this v... |
2 November 2011
12:36 GMT |
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A 58-year old woman from Sweden tried to convince judges that she didn't fully understand the concept of file sharing but they didn't buy it and sentenced her on probation, forcing her to pay a fine of $2,500 (1750 EUR).
According to TorrentFreak, this is the largest personal file sharing case ever, the wo... |
1 November 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Dropbox has made mobile developers, developers in general in fact a lot happier with the release of a brand new API. The new API is the first major update since it launched and there are plenty of highly requested things in there."We’re really excited to announce the launch of the Dropbox API for mobile and web... |
22 October 2011
10:31 GMT |
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French internauts are targeted in the latest spam campaign that roams the country, being falsely accused of copyright infringement. Because they could lose their internet connection, many might be tempted to quickly click the link contained in the message.
Torrent Freak reveals an interesting scheme that's ba... |
14 October 2011
13:11 GMT |
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RapidShare is no different from other file sharing services that are currently threatened by all sorts of agreements and bills adopted all over the world. Because they couldn't just let Washington stomp on their business, they hired lobbyists to fight for their rights.
According to TorrentFreak, the PROTECT I... |
7 October 2011
10:20 GMT |
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Sharing files online is no longer a problem given the increased bandwidth we benefit from today but, most importantly, the service that stores the bits in the cloud. With Neembuu Uploader, this becomes an even easier task, since the application is bent to send your data to multiple online storage services at once, wi... |
30 September 2011
05:48 GMT |
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There's no shortage of cyberlocker sites out there. Most provide a terrible experience, cluttered with poor quality or deceitful ads and long wait times, but they've proven popular nonetheless. So much so that eight out of the top 10 file sharing sites on the web are cyberlockers. Now, two of the founders ... |
30 August 2011
04:30 GMT |
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When most people think about file sharing, with a negative connotation, they think of BitTorrent. The protocol, used for sharing large files via a peer-2-peer network, has gotten a lot of bad reputation over the years. People using it have sued countless times and big BitTorrent related sites have come under fire as ... |
29 August 2011
05:31 GMT |
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In the world of file sharing BitTorrent is king and in the world of BitTorrent uTorrent is king. No surprise then that the BitTorrent client now has 100 million active users. It's the most popular client out there, by a fair margin, but the milestone also underlines that there is a huge market potential that Bit... |
18 August 2011
12:06 GMT |
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Using the Support area of its website, Apple is informing customers that one OS X Lion feature - AirDrop - will be supported only on relatively new hardware.
“AirDrop is one of the great new features of Lion that provides a really easy way to share files between supported, Wi-Fi enabled Macs, without having... |
1 August 2011
04:28 GMT |
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After many months of waiting, or testing as the case may be, uTorrent 3.0 is finally here. The popular BitTorrent client comes with plenty of new features for power and casual users alike. Among the most touted new features are media streaming before finishing the download, a simple web interface for remote control a... |
23 June 2011
12:05 GMT |
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Windows Phone Mango, the next version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, is set to arrive on the market with a great deal of impressive features, some of which are related to SkyDrive, the Redmond-based software giant unveiled last month.
Last week, the company unveiled additional details on this featu... |
14 June 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Dropbox has been doing great so far, the file-sharing, backup and sync app has been installed by 25 million people and their number is growing each day. It's the best known of the bunch of similar services, but the company is not stopping here, it partnered with Softbank and Sony Ericsson to promote the app with... |
31 May 2011
10:21 GMT |
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It is getting easier by the day to upload date into an online storage account. With SimpleShare from Box.net this procedure reaches the utmost simplicity level as dragging and dropping the data into its interface is all it takes to get them into your upload folder of your Box account. The application is not exactly... |
27 May 2011
03:21 GMT |
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Dropbox has its fair share of competitors, the cloud backup/sync space is rather crowded, but the company and its product have emerged as a clear winner, at least in terms of mind share. The key is focus and a simple product that does what it's supposed to without much fuss.The approach has been the right one, j... |
24 May 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Sending data over the Internet is no challenge at all these days, with all the file sharing and hosting services lined up to help you. imollo is one of them, and it aims to prove that it’s not all about the “who”, but also about the “how”, by considerably minimizing your effort to drag ... |
24 April 2011
12:01 GMT |
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The first beta of the highly anticipated uTorrent 3.0 has been released. Many of the new features have been in testing for quite some time now, but this is the first time uTorrent 3.0 has reached a state where it's mostly complete and ready for wide testing.uTorrent is the most popular BitTorrent client in the w... |
20 April 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Dropbox is a great file-sharing service that anyone who's ever been in need of one has stumbled upon and likely loved. Not for lack of competition, Dropbox has continued to add plenty of new users in the four years it's been around and is now said to be on track to be making $100 million in revenue in 2011.... |
22 March 2011
08:30 GMT |
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File sharing is not exactly a new idea and it is not like there aren’t already service you can appeal to in order to send data to a friend. SendGenie adds to the file sharing services and allows you to initiate the process by simply dragging your data to its interface. Currently the application is in beta stag... |
9 March 2011
03:41 GMT |
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The recording industry and The Pirate Bay don't really see eye to eye, to put it mildly. The industry's various rights groups have been trying to take down the site, with little success, for years. So the upcoming Music Bay, from the same people running The Pirate Bay, is probably going to get a few reactio... |
24 January 2011
07:00 GMT |
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There are plenty of ways to share files with friends on the web and there are several to keep files across computers in sync. But Dropbox stands out, above all, thanks to its ease of use.And it's about to get even better with the launch of the Dropbox 1.0 client, a major release which brings a couple of new feat... |
17 December 2010
06:20 GMT |
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BitTorrent is labeled as one of the greatest peer-to-peer technology, and is certainly the most popular, yet the file-sharing protocol still relies on several centralized points for the users to either find the files they are looking for or each other. There have been several attempts at making BitTorrent less depend... |
9 December 2010
06:17 GMT |
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Sending files to multiple recipients is no new concept. You can do this via email with no problem. But Zeta Uploader goes past the regular attachment size limitations and offers the advantage of delivering data of up to 500MB to more than one receiver, which is far more than what webmail currently offers. Sharing is... |
8 December 2010
15:11 GMT |
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Dropbox is getting ready for a big move, getting close to the release of the Dropbox 1.0 desktop client. While the version number would imply big changes, the update is minimal for those running the beta Dropbox 0.8 versions.Dropbox 1.0.0 RC is now available for download and should be considered a fairly stable relea... |
6 December 2010
10:17 GMT |
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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized more than 70 domain names in a move to fight online file-sharing and counterfeiting. Users visiting any of the domains are redirected to a page notifying them that domains have been seized by US authorities.TorrentFreak, a blog dedicated to all things BitTorrent-relat... |
29 November 2010
06:37 GMT |
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For all the grandstanding and threats, there have only been a few copyright infringement cases brought against individual users that have gone to court. One of the best known ones is that of Jammie Thomas-Rasset who has been accused of sharing 24 songs over Kazaa. In what is now her third trial, she has once again lo... |
4 November 2010
11:26 GMT |
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LimeWire has been shut down after the New York company lost a four year long lawsuit with the Recording Industry Association of America, having been found guilty of massive copyright infringement. Make sure you check out this story on the effects of the Limewire shutdown.Users of the LimeWire client software on Wind... |
27 October 2010
06:20 GMT |
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Without the shadow of a doubt, we're heading towards a cloud-dominated world at top speed, but before we actually get there (something that won't happen for at least a couple of years), we'll get to enjoy all sorts of intermediary solutions, such as the N-Transfer box developed by telecom carrier NTT J... |
19 October 2010
01:49 GMT |
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The Pirate Bay appeal started off today without too much drama and with only three of the four defendants present. The defense attorneys asked for the charges and damages to be dropped, while the prosecutors asked for the initial verdict to be upheld. Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm did not attend as he is s... |
28 September 2010
10:56 GMT |
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Apple has released an express security update for all Mac users running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, including Server users, addressing a single issue that could result in a remote attack accessing AFP shared folders without a valid password.Over at the Support / Downloads area of its web site, Apple discusses Security Up... |
21 September 2010
04:49 GMT |
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The official Android client for the Dropbox online file storage and sharing service has been updated once again. The new beta version brings several enhancements, as well as some bug fixes.One of the main new features introduced by the latest release is an option which allows users to share files from other app... |
17 September 2010
03:35 GMT |
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Police have raided sites in as many as 14 European countries in a file-sharing investigation. The operation is the culmination of several years of investigation. Several individuals were arrested and computers seized.One of the inadvertent victims of the raid may have been the Pirate Bay which is currently unavailabl... |
7 September 2010
13:39 GMT |
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Dropbox, the company behind the service with the same name, has released an updated version of its application for BlackBerry handhelds. The fourth beta of the mobile client for the popular online file storage and sharing service brings several improvements as well as bug fixes. The main issues solved by the latest r... |
1 September 2010
09:07 GMT |
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Bump, an iOS app that makes file sharing as simple as bumping two phones together, has received a major update which adds a revamped calendar module, instant connecting to Facebook, LinedIn and Twitter, a new chat feature that allows users to keep sending stuff without another bump, and unlimited photo and contact sh... |
27 July 2010
08:36 GMT |
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In the US, there have been only two file-sharing cases involving individuals that have actually gone to court. In both of these cases, the individuals were found guilty of copyright infringement and were ordered to pay ridiculously high statutory damages to the music industry. Now, in both cases, the judges have lowe... |
10 July 2010
07:16 GMT |
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Internet piracy is as rampant as it has ever been and millions of people turn to peer to peer networks or various sites to get their hands on the movies, music or software that they want. The phenomenon is complex, but one of the big reasons people turn to file sharing is the convenience and not necessarily the price... |
6 July 2010
10:45 GMT |
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Transmission, the popular BitTorrent client, has been promoted to version 2.0.0 Beta 1, adding "Local Peer Discovery" for finding peers on the local network, optimizations, a new Compact View replacing the Minimal View, the ability to allow trackers to be pasted into the Create Window, and more. According to the rele... |
24 May 2010
06:49 GMT |
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The infamous BitTorrent indexer and search engine the Pirate Bay is currently down after its bandwidth provider was hit with an injunction forbidding it to provide access to the site. The injunction is the latest step in Hollywood’s battle with the site. The ISP, CB3ROB, which operates CyberBunker decided to pl... |
17 May 2010
10:35 GMT |
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