The popular Tv-torrent site DailyTvTorrents just went “offline.” According to a note posted on the site’s homepage DailyTvTorrents was kicked out by its hosting provider. The owner says he’s currently too busy to find a new home. “Sorry guys, our hosting provider kicked us out so we have to be…
Describing entirely legitimate, tax-paying technology pioneers as "the devil" is not something you hear happening every day, especially at the highest levels of business. However, that's how a Hollywood studio exec has labeled BitTorrent Inc, the software and solutions company utilizing the world's most efficient data shifting protocol. While the…
Earlier today The Pirate Bay switched to a new domain name, Thepiratebay.is. Because of this change several proxy sites, including the popular pirateproxy.net, are now unreachable or seemingly blocked by some Internet providers. The same happened when The Pirate Bay switched to the Greenland based .GL domains earlier this month.…
After The Pirate Bay's new Greenland-based domains were suspended earlier this month, the world's largest file-sharing site has found a safe haven in Iceland. From now on TPB can be reached via ThePirateBay.is without the imminent threat of another domain suspension. The Icelandic registry informs TorrentFreak that they will not…
Security software company McAfee has patented a new technology that aims to prevent the public from accessing pirated movies and music online. The system, which expands the SiteAdvisor tool, can detect and block pirated material from any website and present users with authorized and legal alternatives. McAfee says the technology…
Two parents have been landed with a copyright infringement bill after they admitted their kids downloaded and shared music without permission. The pair, snared under New Zealand’s so-called ‘Skynet’ law, accepted that their three young children had infringed copyright on tracks by the Black Keys and Owl City. The ISP…
This year two giants in their respective fields launched important new products into the technology marketplace. Now they’re boosting the success of each other’s services. In mid-January, a year to the day since his creation Megaupload was destroyed by U.S. authorities, Kim Dotcom and friends launched Mega.co.nz. This new file-hosting…
After being targeted by a police raid on a web host previously owned by Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, Sweden's #2 torrent site took just three weeks to come back online. Taunting the authorities with their return, Tankafetast rented cinemas and launched a clothing range but for the police there…