Harvard Site Hacked and Then Leaked on BitTorrent

The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences website has been hacked and now the content including server backups, full directory strucure, site databases an password files are now leaked on BitTorrent.

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Comcast PAID PEOPLE to cheer at FCC net neutrality hearing

Think Comcast's BitTorrent blocking is bad? At an FCC hearing at Harvard yesterday, Comcast secretly paid people to fill up seats and cheer for them. Too bad there's a photo!! Even reporters got blocked out of the event because it was too full. When no one agrees with you, all you can do is open your wallet. Unbelievable.

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Cashing In on Naive BitTorrent Users

BitTorrent sites are overloaded with ads for malware ridden BitTorrent clients and paid tutorials that promise to quadruple your download speed. They try to lure naive users into downloading their products with catchy phrases such as “Breakthrough Information Will Have You Downloading Torrents Up To 475% Faster”. It’s time to take them down.

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Dutch University Uses BitTorrent to Update Workstations

In the US, several universities have banned filesharing applications such as BitTorrent, mostly under pressure from the RIAA. A university in the Netherlands has taken a different approach. They use uTorrent to distribute software and OS updates across 6500 workstations, and end up saving a lot of time, money and resources by doing so.

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BitTorrent Throttling Company Sandvine Sees Sales Down 88%

Sandvine, manufacturers of BitTorrent throttling technology has seen its first quarter sales drop 88% in a year. After achieving 42,000% growth in 5 years, the company - best known for providing the technology which put Comcast into the spotlight recently - has seen its value plummet 42% in a single day.

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Anonymize BitTorrent Transfers with BTGuard

BTGuard is an easy to use proxy service that adds an extra layer of privacy to your BitTorrent transfers. The service is designed for BitTorrent users who don’t want their ISPs or any third party to log or throttle their IPs or traffic.

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The BitTorrent Legend Returns: I Am aXXo

During November last year we reported that the popular DVD ripper aXXo had decided to take a break and stop releasing new material for a while. It now seems that he is back in business. A few hours ago aXXo uploaded his first movie in months. He chose “I Am Legend”.

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tv-links.co.uk has a replacment in tv-links.cc

Back in october of last year we reported that one of the fastest growing websites on the internet tv-links.co.uk was closed down by officers from Gloucestershire County Council trading standards in conjunction with investigators from Fact and Gloucestershire Police. Could tv-links.cc be it's replacement with looking almost identical in design.

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File-Sharing Kids: “I really don’t care, it’s not my problem...

...Singers and actors are rich enough" According to a study into children’s safety and how they use the internet, European kids appear to have a basic grasp of the law when it comes to file-sharing. However, they aren’t really bothered by it and just carry on downloading - music in particular.

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RIAA file-sharing case ending with squabble over check for attorneys' fees

The RIAA and a file-sharing defendant continue to fight over attorneys' fees—even after the RIAA cut a check for $68,685.23. Now, defendant Debbie Foster wants direct deposit—with interest.

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