LimeWire is a popular P2P client which uses the Gnutella network. Unfortunately, it limits the amount of ultrapeers to whom connections can be made, in effect reducing the amount of search results and the number of people from whom downloads can be made. LimeWire only removes these limitations if its Pro version is bought at [...]
The Big Guys get it Wrong Once Again, Prosecute Innocent People
Ever since the RIAA and other big guns decided to pull up people for illegal file-sharing of copyrighted material, the news has been full of cases involving these crimes. From individuals to site owners providing links to copyrighted content, it seems no one is safe.
I don’t intend to start a debate on whether or not [...]
PeerGuardian Error Contacting URL
PeerGuardian is an IP (Internet Protocol) blocker for Windows which is highly popular in the file sharing community but also with security and privacy interested users. The software works by providing access to lists that contain IPs and IP ranges that are coming from organizations, companies, websites and individuals that invade the user’s privacy, serve [...]
A New Vulnerability Discovered in μTorrent
As far as file-sharing protocols go, BitTorrent has emerged as one of the leading P2P technologies being used. μTorrent is one of the most popular BitTorrent apps around, largely because of its small size and ease of use. While μTorrent used to be an independent client, it has since been taken over by BitTorrent [...]
Search Rapidshare with Rapidlibrary
For many years now, Rapidshare has been the file-hosting site of choice. Rapidshare’s popularity is primarily due to the fact that it is one of the first sites of its kind that ever appeared on the Internet.
Rapidshare is not without its disappointments, the major one being that there is no way for you to find [...]
EZTV Allows BitTorrent Streaming
Ever since BitTorrent first appeared on the scene, it has become one of the most popular file-sharing methods around. BitTorrent is fast because each file is split into very small chunks and can be downloaded from complete and partially downloaded files. This protocol is especially popular for new releases.
The service has its pros and [...]
Stream Video Torrents
I’m not really into a streaming solution for videos that are available as torrents because I prefer to download the video to have the option to play it whenever I like and not in the instant it starts playing during the download.
It could be however an interesting option to preview the video before downloading it [...]
