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- Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” tops the chart this week, followed by “Appaloosa”. The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” tops the chart this week, followed by “Appaloosa”.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : torrentfreak.com - Campaign to Stop File-Sharers Being “Guilty Upon Accusation”
Next month, New Zealand is scheduled to implement Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act. The controversial act provides ‘Guilt Upon Accusation’, which means that if a file-sharer is simply accused of copyright infringement, they are immediately guilty. The punishment - summary Internet disconnection. Next month, New Zealand is scheduled to implement Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act. The controversial act provides Guilt Upon Accusation, which means that if a file-sharer is simply accused of copyright infringement, they are immediately guilty. The punishment - summary Internet disconnection.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : torrentfreak.com - Mininova’s Torrent Downloads Double to 7 Billion in a Year
The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that it’s the fastest way to transfer large files online. One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing. The BitTorrent popularity surge is still underway, with more users discovering that its the fastest way to transfer large files online. One of the most frequently visited torrent sites, Mininova, has seen the number of torrent downloads double from 3.5 billion to 7 billion during 2008, and this download rate is still increasing.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : torrentfreak.com - Its Now Legal for Police to Hack Your Computer Without a Warrant in Britain?
If its the job of the government to safeguard the interests of citizens, its sure hard to tell these days with moves like this. Fresh on the heals of India adopting new surveillance techniques that make privacy one step closer to becoming history in that country, the Home Office of Britain has adopted a plan for British police to covertly hack citizens computers without a warrant. Basically, if a police officer wanted to, he can go wardriving through the streets to find a persons computer and hack it. Failing that, police can send a malicious e-mail containing something like a keylogger and record things like e-mails and instant messages. Combined with EU legislation, anything found can be sent to other countries in Europe.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.zeropaid.com - RIAA Fires MediaSentry
There are reports surfacing that says that the RIAA has fired a so-called p2p investigator. Ray Beckerman says that they were being sloppy. The report comes from CNet which cites the Wall Street Journal. MediaSentry is a company the RIAA hired to, among other things, to investigate alleged copyright violations. The company was brought under serious scrutiny over accusations heard in court like not actually being a licensed investigator to begin with.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Irish Music Industry Wants Hotels and Prisons to Pay Royalties
Says exemption in copyright law for sleeping quarters is wrong, noting that “in nearly every other jurisdiction in Europe, music played in bedrooms has to be licensed.” An increasingly desperate music industry is looking under every rock to find scraps of potential new revenue sources these days as it faces decreasing physical CD sales year after year. The Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI), which controls the public performance, broadcasting, and other rights in hundreds of thousands of different recordings on thousands of different labels in the Republic of Ireland, has started High Court proceedings arguing that part of that countrys Copyright and Related Rights Act of 2000 contradicts European directives. Specifically, it says that the govt erred in giving hotels and prisons an exemption from royalties where the music is played in sleeping quarters. The act exempted the “part of the premises where sleeping accommodation is provided for the residents or inmates” and in “part of the amenities provided exclusively or mainly for residents or inmates.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.zeropaid.com - New Trojans Block Mininova, The Pirate Bay, and Suprbay
One only mysteriously prevents users from accessing BitTorrent tracker sites, while another also downloads malicious code and opens pop-up windows for rogue security software. BitTorrent users have several new trojans to be on the outlook for when downloading content from public tracker sites. The first is Troj/Qhost-AC, which has been identified by anti-virus company Sophos as having the sole purpose of preventing users from accessing public BitTorrent tracker sites Mininova, The Pirate Bay, and Suprbay. "Rather than surreptitiously redirecting banking websites (as some banking Trojans are known to do), this Trojan attempts to stop the user from accessing popular P2P websites by modifying the HOSTS file," reads the Sophos Labs post. It modifies the hosts file of infected PCs so that Mininova, The Pirate Bay, and Suprbay are all redirected to the local IP address 127.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Harvard Prof Fighting RIAA Back in Court Tomorrow
Trial was delayed over inability to argue case in a RI court even though is a Federal case. The Harvard legal team defending 24yo Joel Tenenbaum from RIAA accusations that he made 7 songs available for downloading in a KaZaA shared folder will appear in Rhode Island Federal Court tomorrow to argue their case. Tenenbaum, a graduate student at Boston University, was accused of downloading seven songs back in 2004 and is being sued for $1,050,000 - $150,000 per song! The team originally traveled down in mid-December, but the hearing was rescheduled for Jan 6 due to the fact that Harvard Professor Charles Nesson, Tenenbaum’s lead counsel, was not admitted to legally argue in a RI court. Since then, the team has filed a pro hac vice motion for Nesson, but the group has not heard if it has been granted. In order to ensure action, Nesson has also secured a Rhode Island lawyer.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.zeropaid.com - isoHunt Celebrates 6 years online
Heres to another 6?
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.slyck.com - Apple prepares its Macworld exit strategy
Apple has used Macworld to announce many of its key new products including its Macintosh computers, iPods and most recently the iPhone.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - China targets Google in crackdown on pornography
China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.Seven government agencies will work together on the campaign to purify the Internets cultural environment and protect the healthy development of minors, according to an announcement on the governments official Chinese-language Web site, china.com.cn.Pornography is banned in China, though the governments Internet police struggle to block Web sites based abroad.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - LG Announces Netflix-Streaming-Compatible HDTVs
On Monday LG Electronics announced a new series of HDTVs that can stream Netflix videos without need of a set-top box. LG had already offered the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, the first Blu-ray disc player to stream movies instantly from Netflix.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - Vegawatt plugs in grease-fired restaurant generator
In a sign that waste may be the favored "feedstock" of the new year, a small company on Monday said it has successfully plugged a vegetable oil generator into the electricity grid at a Boston-area restaurant.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - Pink Iguana Found In Galapagos
A new species of Iguana was found on the island of Volcan Wolf in the Galpagos. The rosada iguana is actually a species much older than the common land and marine iguanas found there.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - Quickoffice Releases Excel Editing App for the iPhone
In those days of yore, when I carried a PalmOS smartphone, I used Quickoffice to be able to edit Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. So while there are already applications that allow Excel file editing (like Spreadsheet), its nice to see Quickoffice add their own app.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - Oops - pneumonia vaccine does not protect against pneumonia
Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia, found a study by a team of researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Published : 2009-01-05 Source : www.topix.net - Trojan Blocks The Pirate Bay and Mininova
A new trojan popped up at several torrent sites a few weeks ago, one that blocks access to The Pirate Bay and Mininova, while informing its victims that “downloading is wrong.” The trojan edits the hosts file on Windows machines, and redirects the BitTorrent sites to localhost, making them impossible to load. A new trojan popped up at several torrent sites a few weeks ago, one that blocks access to The Pirate Bay and Mininova, while informing its victims that "downloading is wrong." The trojan edits the hosts file on Windows machines, and redirects the BitTorrent sites to localhost, making them impossible to load.
Published : 2009-01-04 Source : torrentfreak.com - Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary
Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job.
Published : 2009-01-04 Source : www.topix.net - Hustler Hires Media Protector to Chase Online Porn Pirates
Hustler Europe, part of the world’s largest adult entertainment company, has hired anti-piracy company Media Protector to start chasing down file-sharers. The partnership will have a familiar aim - to find alleged infringers on P2P networks and send them threats to pay up - or else. Hustler Europe, part of the worlds largest adult entertainment company, has hired anti-piracy company Media Protector to start chasing down file-sharers. The partnership will have a familiar aim - to find alleged infringers on P2P networks and send them threats to pay up - or else.
Published : 2009-01-03 Source : torrentfreak.com - Mars Rover Anniversary, Five Years Of Service
Its the fifth anniversary of NASAs rover mission to Mars, but "Spirit" and "Opportunity" were only supposed to last three months. The twin rovers emerged intact from yet another Martian winter.
Published : 2009-01-03 Source : www.topix.net - Startup Shows Android Running on a Netbook
Android on a netbook? This isnt something that should be much of a surprise. Google has always labeled Android as a platform, and not simply a smartphone OS. Matthus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, freelancers for Venture Beat, who also run a startup called Mobile-facts, have managed to get Android compiled and up-and-running on an Asus Eee PC 1000H.
Published : 2009-01-03 Source : www.topix.net - Air New Zealand tests biofuel Boeing
Air New Zealand, along with Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and Honeywell, retooled one of the four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines on a Boeing 747-400 to run on an unusually fruity blend of half Jet A1 fuel and half jatropha oil, according to Air New Zealand.
Published : 2009-01-03 Source : www.topix.net - AT&T 3G Network Upgrades Lead to 2G Downgrades
Poor 3G service on the iPhone was (and still is) a point of contention. Some have pointed to AT&Ts nascent 3G network, others to the iPhone itself. Whatever the explanation, building out the AT&T network cant hurt, can it? Well, it could be hurting --- 2G phone service, anyway.
Published : 2009-01-03 Source : www.topix.net - Phishing Scam Hits Twitter
A phishing scam, in 140 characters or less? Thats what we have here, as a phishing scam has apparently hit Twitter.
Published : 2009-01-03 Source : www.topix.net - Spotify, An Alternative to Music Piracy
The music industry has taken some extreme measures to counter piracy, but it hasn’t found the silver bullet yet. The key is to come up with a service that will fulfill the needs of music lovers, and one that would even be embraced by the most hardcore pirate. With Spotify, this might just become possible. The music industry has taken some extreme measures to counter piracy, but it hasnt found the silver bullet yet. The key is to come up with a service that will fulfill the needs of music lovers, and one that would even be embraced by the most hardcore pirate. With Spotify, this might just become possible.
Published : 2009-01-02 Source : torrentfreak.com - Piracy Who? MPAA Enjoys Record Overseas Profits - AGAIN!
Despite repeated dire predictions for the health of the movie industry and the welfare of the people it employs, is estimated to surpass last years all-time box office record of nine and a half billion dollars. The MPAA would have you believe that these are tough times for the movie biz as it faces the scourges of physical and digital piracy amidst a global economic downturn. "If you look at the situation, the current economic crisis makes this problem much more serious than before," MPAA head Dan Glickman recently told a forum. "If we dont protect IPR (intellectual property rights), our economic losses will be far worse." Apparently Glickman either hadnt looked at the overseas box office tallies so far or is keeping them to himself for a recent report indicates that the MPAA is about to enjoy record overseas profits, surpassing even last years all-time record of $9.
Published : 2009-01-02 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Spanish Govt Anti-File-Sharing Campaign Angers Internet Users Group
Insists must end to avoid "the manipulation of public opinion to the benefit of private interests." The Spanish Govt launched an anti-P2P campaign this past November that is now drawing the ire of the Association of Internet Users (AI) in that country for misleading the public for the benefit of private entertainment industry interests. Called "If you are legal, youre legal," in Spanish the adjective legal can also apparently mean okay or good when referring to a person, AI says the campaign "recklessly offers information that lacks all legal basis, with the exclusive aim of re-educating public opinion." AI insists the campaign must end to avoid "the manipulation of public opinion to the benefit of private interests" and notes that the anti-P2P campaign "includes information that is untrue, and therefore is contrary to the constitutional principle of freedom of information, with regards to intellectual property and the protection of authors rights, according to current legislation." It cites the Law of Advertising and Institutional Communication, which prohibits the broadcasting of institutional messages contrary to Spanish constitutional principles.
Published : 2009-01-02 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Blogger Writes from Inside the Newest Police State on the Planet
What would it be like if all those anti-privacy laws you keep hearing about passed? Just ask someone who lives in India. When it comes to countries in North America, its not often that India reaches the headlines unless a Canadian or an American is involved in the story. Then again, there is the occasional report that does offer a small glimpse into what it is like to live in the digital environment of India. A blogger from India recently wrote a piece about the new surveillance laws of India and the arguments used to pass it as well as some of the provisions that were mentioned seemed surprisingly similar to that of laws being brought forth to legislators in countries like Australia, Britain and what is currently being talked about in the United States. Sometimes, reports like these raises the question of validity, so we took some initiative and verified what was happening through a business article writing in 2007 that suggests that the Indian security market then was worth $170 million.
Published : 2009-01-02 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Apple Patent Filing Reveals iPhone-Compatible Glove Design
Filed a day before the launch of the first generation iPhone, a recently unearthed patent application shows that Apple was thinking ahead, realizing that the capacitive touchscreens like those of the iPhone and iPod Touch would have problems for users in cold weather (meaning, wearing gloves).
Published : 2009-01-02 Source : www.topix.net - Pink iPhone Grabs Tons of Unwarranted Attention
A picture of a mysterious pink iPhone hit the blogosphere today, via an eBay auction. While the seller claimed it was "the only pink Iphone (sic) on the market," a little homework and searching on eBay and searching on eBay and we find its not what people were thinking it was.
Published : 2009-01-02 Source : www.topix.net
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