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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 16th, 2008
  • Comments: 6

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 [...]

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Categories: P2p, Security

  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Aug 17th, 2008
  • Comments: 10

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 [...]

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Categories: Music and Video, P2p, Security

  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Aug 3rd, 2008
  • Comments: 11

Simple Torrent Searching with Speckly

With all the new fangled torrent search engines available out there, it’s easy for new users to BitTorrent to get confused. After all, learning how the software works can be hard enough and then having to learn about its different search engines can be even more cumbersome.
Welcome to Speckly. The torrent search engine for [...]

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Categories: Music and Video, Search Engines, The Web

  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Jul 27th, 2008
  • Comments: 8

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 [...]

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Categories: Entertainment, Music and Video, P2p

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 9th, 2008
  • Comments: 5

Why some ISPs turn against their own customers

With the recent announcement that Britain’s largest cable Internet Service Provider Virgin Media will start warning its customers, or better the part they suspect to download files without having the proper rights to do so, that they will face prosecution if they do not stop the behavior. Virgin Media calls it educating their customers during [...]

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Categories: Music Industry, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 14th, 2008
  • Comments: 4

Torrent2exe makes Bittorrent a tad easier

The Bittorrent protocol has gone a long way since the beginning and the applications have become increasingly easy to use for most users. They do come with a lot of settings though which can speed up the seeding and downloading and configure the client exactly the way the user wants it to be but usually [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, P2p, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 8th, 2008
  • Comments: 3

Test if your ISP is throttling Bittorrent Traffic

Do you suspect your ISP to be throttling Bittorrent traffic ? That the ISP is shaping traffic which reduces your upload and download bandwidth when using the Bittorrent network ? Want proof ? Without installing plugins or days of gathering data ? Then Glasnost is the solution. Glasnost was developed by the Max Planck Institute [...]

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Categories: P2p, The Web

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