New MegaUpload by the End of the Year, "Code 90% Done" Dotcom Says

New MegaUpload by the End of the Year, "Code 90% Done" Dotcom Says

The "new" Mega promises to be bigger and better than the site it's replacing

One Third of BitTorrent Downloads May Be Legal

One Third of BitTorrent Downloads May Be Legal

BitTorrent is finding a lot of uses outside of illegally distributing files

Former Pirate Bay and Wikileaks Host PRQ Raided by Police

Former Pirate Bay and Wikileaks Host PRQ Raided by Police

Technical problems coupled with the raid took down thousands of sites

Download Dropbox 1.5.5 for iPhone and iPad

Download Dropbox 1.5.5 for iPhone and iPad

Share files on Facebook and Twitter, print wirelessly with AirPrint

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 12th, 2012
Court Finds $220,000 in Damages for 24 Songs Is Constitutional

Court Finds $220,000 in Damages for 24 Songs Is Constitutional

Each song is worth $9,250 (EUR7,224), not an insignificant sum

BitTorrent Is Widely Monitored, Top Torrents Are Scanned Every Few Hours

BitTorrent Is Widely Monitored, Top Torrents Are Scanned Every Few Hours

Most of the files you grab are being logged and tagged

Kim Dotcom Already Working on a Bigger and Better MegaUpload

Kim Dotcom Already Working on a Bigger and Better MegaUpload

He's asking developers to get in touch for API access

Norway's Pirates Can Roam the BitTorrent Seas Freely and Quasi-Legally

Norway's Pirates Can Roam the BitTorrent Seas Freely and Quasi-Legally

No one is legally allowed to track them at this point

File-Sharing Blackmail Scam Hits Sweden

File-Sharing Blackmail Scam Hits Sweden

Victims are asked to pay fines between 90 EUR ($110) and 195 EUR ($239)

Demonoid Domains Are Up for Sale

Demonoid Domains Are Up for Sale

The fate of the BitTorrent site is sealed at this point

Demonoid May Not Have Been Raided, Admin Claims They're Not in Mexico

Demonoid May Not Have Been Raided, Admin Claims They're Not in Mexico

The Demonoid "saga" is becoming more complicated and confusing

Internet Archive Creates 1.4 Million Torrents, but the Protocol Still Has a Stigma

Internet Archive Creates 1.4 Million Torrents, but the Protocol Still Has a Stigma

Millions of files will become more accessible to the general public and academic circles

Demonoid May Be Dead for Good As Admins Are Investigated in Mexico

Demonoid May Be Dead for Good As Admins Are Investigated in Mexico

The site's fate is grim now that its owners and admins are being prosecuted

Dropbox 1.5.10 Fixes Rendering of Icon Overlays on Retina Displays

Dropbox 1.5.10 Fixes Rendering of Icon Overlays on Retina Displays

Two new experimental builds pack a small set of repairs

Dropbox Users Can Now Restrict Share Folders to the People They Choose

Dropbox Users Can Now Restrict Share Folders to the People They Choose

Users can prevent members from sharing the folders with other people

Dropbox Is Retiring Public Folders, Replaced by the New Public Share Feature

Dropbox Is Retiring Public Folders, Replaced by the New Public Share Feature

New users won't get Public Folders any more and devs are urged to drop them

Facebook Groups Get File Sharing, It's No Dropbox More Like Gmail Attachments

Facebook Groups Get File Sharing, It's No Dropbox More Like Gmail Attachments

Collaboration is taking a big step backwards, but Facebook will get millions of users

 
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