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- Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent
TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it’s becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading? TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, its becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : torrentfreak.com - Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam
A few days we reported on a new service which claimed to offer lifetime anonymous BitTorrent for a $50.00 one-off payment. As the service ‘launched’ we had our doubts, but understandably some people decided to give it a try since it was so cheap. It turns out that the offer was indeed too good to be true. A few days we reported on a new service which claimed to offer lifetime anonymous BitTorrent for a $50.00 one-off payment. As the service launched we had our doubts, but understandably some people decided to give it a try since it was so cheap. It turns out that the offer was indeed too good to be true.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : torrentfreak.com - Pirate Prisons Project Launches, Book Your Cell Now!
Entertainment industry lobbyists are desperately pushing to get tougher anti-piracy legislation implemented worldwide. The Pirate Prisons Project followed these developments closely and sees it as a business opportunity. It has now opened up their prison construction project to investors, while pirates are given the chance to book a cell in advance. Entertainment industry lobbyists are desperately pushing to get tougher anti-piracy legislation implemented worldwide. The Pirate Prisons Project followed these developments closely and sees it as a business opportunity. It has now opened up their prison construction project to investors, while pirates are given the chance to book a cell in advance.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : torrentfreak.com - Veoh Scores Legal Victory for Video Sharing Sites
While a victory, the EFF notes it may also just be a footnote in a long list of lawsuits against user generated sites. The EFF is currently highlighting a new legal victory for video sharing sites. The case is known as the UMG vs. Veoh case where UMG sued video sharing site Veoh for the activities of its users - some of which uploaded copyright infringing material on the site. Veoh argued that their activities of offering a medium to post content falls under the Digital Millennium Copyright Acts "Safe harbour" provisions which says that, among other things, that internet services are not liable for the actions of their users - a provision that seems to be glossed over like a mere suggestion these days with the copyright industry demanding ISPs to fight copyright infringement.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Major ISPs Deny Plans to Help RIAA Disconnect File-Sharers
Certainly hesitant about terminating customers amidst economic downturn, but some may be quietly assisting and trying to avoid customer backlash and negative PR. Its been almost 3 weeks now that the RIAA announced that it decided to quit suing individual file-sharers a few months ago and would instead target ISPs for their cooperation in terminating the Internet connections of customers repeatedly accused of illegal file-sharing. But as it makes this tactical adjustment, the RIAA will have to abandon its largely go-it-alone lawsuit strategy in favor of a more cooperative approach that will require the participation of cable companies, telecommunications carriers, public officials and legislators. Enlisting the ISPs as allies, however, hasnt been an easy task. The RIAA claims it has secured the cooperation of leading ISPs in its graduated-response efforts, but RIAA general counsel Steve Marks would not disclose which ones are.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.zeropaid.com - iTunes Going DRM-Free
Can "upgrade" previously purchased songs for 30 cents each, will also be able to purchase music using an iPhone. At long last it seems that Apple has finally decided to embrace DRM-free music. In a announcement made recently at MacWorld, Apple said its 10-million-song library will go DRM-free by the end of the quarter and will retail from between 69 cents and $1.29 a song. The former would be for older, less popualr songs and the latter for more recent hits.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Picasa Comes to the Mac at Last
Google on Monday, just in time for Macworld, announced that Picasa for the Mac has finally arrived, albeit in beta form.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.topix.net - Best Buy Joins the Refurbished iPhone Parade
Best Buy has joined AT&T in selling refurbished iPhone 3Gs at a discount, according to a report from Reuters.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.topix.net - Get Better Solar Cell Efficiency By Going Invisible
As worldwide demand for cleaner energy grows, scientists are working frantically in every area to improve the amount of energy we are able to generate from various renewable sources.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.topix.net - Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Evolution
Various theoretical scenarios could develop if a new species formed and began competing with its parent species for resources. It set me thinking about the whole concept of competition, in particular its alleged importance in evolution.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.topix.net - Unibody MacBook Pro, DRM-less iTunes Highlight Macworld Keynote
Those who said that the absence of Steve Jobs at Macworld would mean less spectacular announcements were so wrong. The rumors of the unibody MacBook Pro and the DRM-less iTunes were made reality on Tuesday.
Published : 2009-01-06 Source : www.topix.net - 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
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