Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you're downloading.
YouTube is without doubt one of the greatest sites ever to grace the Internet. In its library it has countless videos, many accompanied by music, and for millions of web users its a site to visit every single day. But for all its brilliance, YouTube isn …
Initiatives to punish alleged copyright infringers after repeated warnings are popping up all over the world, most recently in the United States. In the UK a similar scheme is embedded in the Digital Economy Act despite strong opposition from ISPs, the pub …
Privacy is important on the Internet, and BitTorrent users are certainly not excluded. Already, hundreds of thousands of BitTorrent users have decided to hide their IP-address to the public, and more are joining every day. Some use specialized BitTo …
GroupM is a leading player in the advertising world, spending several billion dollars buying ads on websites each year. The company represents many top brands worldwide and has more than 17,000 employees and 400 offices. In keeping with a company of its …
In recent months we’ve written dozens of articles on copyright trolls and BitTorrent mass-lawsuits. The aim of these cases is to get the suspected copyright infringer to settle for a few thousand dollars, in what we’ve dubbed a “pay-up-or-else” scheme. …
At the start of the millennium and despite the woes suffered by Napster, there was a huge enthusiasm in the developer community to turn out file-sharing applications. During the years that followed dozens of clients appeared and while some prevailed, many …
There’s been a lot of talk about the PROTECT IP Act and domain seizures this week. Lawmakers and the entertainment industries praise the anti-piracy initiatives, but not everyone is convinced. A group of DNS experts has now joined the opposition with …
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