A thorn in the side of the western music industry, there are dozens of Russia-based online stores that sell music for a fraction of the regular mainstream price. At less than 10 cents per track it's easy to see how these domains have gained traction but during the past few…
A website with the aim of addressing flaws in Finland's secretive child porn filter has ending up on the same list. The Finnish Supreme Court has ruled that censoring the website is justified as it lists domain names of sites that are currently blocked. While the site itself doesn't host…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, 'Now You See Me' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' 'We're The Millers' completes the top three.
In line with recent trends, the electronic payment method paysafecard has put a blanket ban on VPN services.The company states that these type of services in combination with its core product paysafecard are internally classified as high risk since they could be used by people who “have something to hide.”…
Last week TorrentFreak reported how one of the Internet's leading streaming portals has been subjected to domain takeovers and malicious clonings. It now appears that the problem is much bigger than first thought, with portal admins being blackmailed and some of the world's most popular file-hosting sites being cloned. Can…
A survey has revealed that NSA spying revelations and anti-piracy laws are the most-cited reasons among new VPN users when they sign up for an account. The findings are published by IVPN, who further note that after the PRISM revelations the company witnessed a 56% increase in sign-ups. IVPN is…
While availability of cloud storage services increases on a monthly basis there is often little to differentiate between rival products. Today though we take a look at an unlimited cloud-storage service that not only allows users to upload files from their own computers, but also to pull in media from…
With a new college year looming, students will soon be expected to empty their bank accounts to buy textbooks to accompany their chosen course. These expensive books are controlled and published by large companies and their approach has been likened to that of a cartel. For one student it's all…