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BitTorrent Torque web app turn browser into a file-sharing hub

BitTorrent Torque web app turn browser into a file-sharing hub
  • Posted July 9, 2012, 2:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • The company behind the popular torrent downloading software uTorrent has announced a new project called BitTorrent Torque, an alpha release set of tools that can be run from HTML5-compliant web browsers like Google Chrome, turning them into a fully-fledged file-sharing hub. …

Judge orders US Government to disclose crucial Megaupload evidence

Judge orders US Government to disclose crucial Megaupload evidence
  • Posted May 30, 2012, 5:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file-sharing service Megaupload scored a minor yet important victory yesterday, after a New Zealand Judge ruled that the U.S. Government must hand over the evidence they have against Megaupload so Kim Dotcom and…

Microsoft-funded 'Pirate Pay' takes aim at BitTorrent piracy

Microsoft-funded
  • Posted May 14, 2012, 10:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • A Russian startup called Pirate Pay — in allusion to the notorious file-sharing site — has reportedly created a way to attack “BitTorrent swarms,” or groups of computers hosting content, making it hard for them to share files. Apparently the…

The Pirate Bay will stop serving .torrent files, switch to magnet links only

The Pirate Bay will stop serving .torrent files, switch to magnet links only
  • Posted January 13, 2012, 10:07 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
  • Following a decision to shut down its tracker in November 2009, file-sharing titan The Pirate Bay now says it is completely abandoning .torrent downloads a month from now and instead will only provide so-called magnet links. Although little will change…

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