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- European Commission: No 3 Strikes Without Judicial Oversight
The European Commission has issued a warning to the Spanish government that any plan to disconnect file-sharers from the Internet without involving a judge would create conflict with the EU. This statement could also throw the three-strikes plans of the UK government and the Irish ISP Eircom into serious doubt.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : torrentfreak.com - Vuze BitTorrent Client Boosts KickassTorrents’ Visitors
Already making a name for itself by offering new and innovative features, KickassTorrents is a relatively new BitTorrent site that launched just a few months ago. Recently the site quadrupled its traffic, largely thanks to its inclusion in the integrated search engine of the BitTorrent client, Vuze.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : torrentfreak.com - P2P Sites’ Injunctions Overturned, Anti-Piracy Group Fined
Preliminary injunctions against two file-sharing portals have been overturned, paving the way for a re-opening. The sites lawyers have proven that hard drive evidence collected during a controversial raid against the sites admin is worthless, and the anti-piracy group involved has been fined by the court for acting in bad faith.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : torrentfreak.com - Canadian Artist: P2P Great if it Brings People to Concerts
Indie folk-rock singer Daniel Mangan says he “doesn’t mind” people sharing his music online it if it means they’ll attend one of his concerts and “have a real face to face, human interaction.” Canadian Indie folk-rock singer Daniel Mangan is one of the growing number of music artists who’ve embraced file-sharing as [...]
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Lily Allen: Sell Bootlegs of My CDs, Don’t Share for Free
UK recording artist, and vocal anti-file-sharing critic, remarks that she’s fine with people selling bootleg copies of her CDs rather than sharing it for free with others since the person selling it is at least placing “some kind of value on” her music. Lily Allen just doesn’t seem to understand music fans at all. Gifted as [...]
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.zeropaid.com - UK ISPs Concerned P2P Crackdown Will “Undermine” Digital Economy
Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) Says focus should be on “reform of content licensing to enable legal alternatives at a fair price.” The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA), the UK’s Trade Association for providers of Internet services that was established in 1995 to promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry, [...]
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Clemson Gets $98M For Wind Energy Test Facility
Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - The Dark Side of Darwins Legacy
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and Nov. 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species , the landmark work in which Darwin laid forth his theory of natural selection.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Drug-resistant swine flu strain
Welsh people in the risk group for swine flu are being urged to get vaccinated after a form of swine flu, that is resistant to antiviral drugs, has begun to spread between hospital patients.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010
Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Tech Behind Video on Demand
How is the unmissable made unmissable? The BBC iPlayer has been one of the most successful BBC innovations in recent years.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Retailers See Drop In Clothing Sales, Online Sales Booming
Last years massive discounts on clothing arent around this year and its had a predictable effect on sales, but figures for electronics are strong and online sales are roaring back.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Essential iPhone Accessories Include A Cell Phone: Newsweek
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Swype Takes On The iPhones Keyboard, And Wins
There will be arguments about this for a long time, as its unclear how experienced the iPhone typist in this demo video is. Based purely on the video, it would appear that Swype, the new text input technology from the inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for numeric keypads, Cliff Kushler, has the upper hand.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Google Documents Iraqi Museum Treasures
Google chief Eric Schmidt, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill attend a ceremony at... Google chief Eric Schmidt, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill attend a ceremony at Iraqs national museum, in Baghdad, on Tuesday, Nov.
Published : 2009-11-24 Source : www.topix.net - Was the Digital Economy Bill Consultation a Whitewash?
Last week the Digital Economy Bill was released and included tough measures to deal with illicit file-sharing. It was preceded by a consultation period where individuals, consumer groups and ISPs voiced serious concerns over the proposals. The government seems to have completely ignored them - not so the rights holders.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : torrentfreak.com - Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘2012 tops the chart this week followed by Gamer’. Funny People completes the top three.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : torrentfreak.com - Spotify Isn’t Ripping Off Artists, The Labels Are
A few days ago we reported that Lady Gaga earned a measly $167 for more than a million plays on the music streaming service, Spotify. According to new information received from music industry insiders, it turns out that Spotify isnt ripping off the artists, the labels are.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : torrentfreak.com - Files24, the IMDB-Styled BitTorrent Tracker Site
Displays IMDB rating alongside each movie available for download along with genre, cast, movie poster, etc.. I recently stumbled across a BitTorrent tracker site that adds a bit of flair to the staid old system used by most others. Files24 lists the IMBD rating alongside each movie available for download along with genre, cast, movie poster, etc.. The [...]
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.zeropaid.com - MPAA Dismisses Demand for Copyright Treaty Transparency as “Distraction”
Says Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations shouldn’t be derailed over public concerns that they’ll have no say in an international agreement that could force their ISPs to monitor their Internet traffic and disconnect those accused of illegal file-sharing. I first discussed some of the emerging details of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) currently being negotiated [...]
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Microsoft in talks with News Corp. to have its news websites removed from Google
News reports say Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp. over a deal that would see the media company get paid to remove its news websites from Google.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - Baby Born While Astronaut Dad Spacewalks
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - New attack fells Internet Explorer
A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsofts Internet Explorer browser.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - New Malicious iPhone Worm Targets Jailbroken Devices
A number of iPhone worms have been released recently, all targeted at jailbroken iPhones. On Saturday, Sophos reported on a new worm that is considerably more malicious than these earlier attempts.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - Obama says White House will host national science fair to honor nations young inventors
Hey kids, grab those beakers and Petri dishes, the White House is going to hold a science fair.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - Apple Jumps In To Defend Its BFF, AT&T, Against Verizon
Apple has decided its time to defend its BFF, AT&T, which has been under assault by Verizon over its 3G network. A pair of new Apple ads pick at the parts of Verizons network that are vulnerable to back up its iPhone partner.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - Apples Black Friday ad possibly leaked?
Although they had posted another brochure earlier that made less than credible claims of 30% iPod discounts and 25% Mac discounts, BGR claims this newest ad comes from "a pretty credible connect of ours." The new ads discounts are also more in line with Apples previous Black Friday deals, which tend to be fairly modest compared to other ...
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - Record Exec Arrested For Not Tweeting
Well, heres a new one. A record label executive was arrested for not Tweeting. Were not talking about not pretending to be a bird, but rather for not posting a message on Twitter. This has to be a first in law enforcement.
Published : 2009-11-23 Source : www.topix.net - Novell Strips BitTorrent DHT Technology from openSUSE
The Pirate Bays tracker closure has spurred several discussions about DHT, BitTorrents fallback technology for when central trackers are unavailable. According to some, DHT has some problems of its own. Novell, for example, decided to ship openSUSE with the BitTorrent client Transmission, but not before stripping DHT support.
Published : 2009-11-22 Source : torrentfreak.com - Bio-fuel Growth Raises Concerns About Forests
The quest for alternative energy is raising fears that too much logging debris such as limbs and bark will be removed from the nations forests.
Published : 2009-11-22 Source : www.topix.net
