bittorrent
Online
µTorrent 2.0 Self Throttles So ISPs Don’t Have To…What?
4:15AM Danny Allen | This is weird: The next version of µTorrent, currently in beta, uses an updated version of the BitTorrent protocol that decreases your speed (usually uploads) when it detects network congestion. Will it slow downloads? Not necessarily…apparently. More »
Entertainment
2:30AM Adam Frucci | Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
This Cinema Tells It How It Is
2:30AM Adam Frucci | Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
Software
µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over To Cydia
4:15PM Danny Allen | µMonitor is a little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission’s Drivetrain app, it’s been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however, Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. More »
Toys
Bram’s Cube Takes The Rubik’s Cube And Makes It Devastatingly Hard
10:20AM Adam Frucci | Are you able to solve a Rubik’s Cube quickly and easily? Does that make you feel like a real smart guy? Well, piss off. Try the Bram’s Cube, created by the creator of BitTorrent. More »
Business
Mininova Ordered To Remove The Only Torrents People Use
3:21AM John Herrman | Hugely popular torrent indexer Mininova has been slapped with a debilitating ruling, in the Netherlands: Within the next three months, the site has to remove all links to infringing torrents, after which it’ll be fined 1000 Euros for each one. This means that Mininova will either a) become the premier torrent indexer for Linux ISOs and public domain FLAC music, or b) die.* More »
Online
Five Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harbouring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn’t mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it closes for good. More »
Software
Windows 7 RTM Leaked On BitTorrent
10:20AM Don Nguyen | It should come as no surprise—but Windows 7 Build 7600.16385, which Microsoft deemed the RTM, has been unceremoniously leaked. A Chinese 64-bit version was first posted on torrent sites on July 16th with an English version released later that day. As always, grab at your own risk. [The New York Times]
Online
Is The Pirate Bay Actually Dead?
12:12AM Matt Buchanan | Your worst fears about the Pirate Bay acquisition might be coming true: Peter Sunde told Torrent Freak that they are indeed closing down TPB’s tracker and decentralising to the point listed torrents won’t be hosted on the site anymore. More »
Entertainment
Man Sent To Jail For Six Months For Pirating, Uh, The Love Guru
8:00AM Adam Frucci | This is embarassing. Jack Yates has been sentenced to six months in jail for pirating the horrible Mike Myers movie The Love Guru. It might have been worth it for Star Trek, but come on, The Love Guru? More »
Software
