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.
The year-end Zeitgeist is a collection of data, trends and search patterns that reflect the activity on Google’s search engine in the past year. A look at this year’s top 10 queries reveals the following terms: bebo myspace world cup metacafe radiob …
When you visit the BitRoll site (better left unlinked), after a few seconds, it automatically redirects you to the download page. The download page is filled with fake positive remarks about the client. It also claims that BitRoll has been “rated as the mo …
The classic cartoon based on Jonathan Swift’s famous novel was originally released in movie theaters in 1939. The cartoon is a satire on religion, the European government, and human nature in general. The cartoon consists of four parts in which Gullive …
Found at The Piratebay Why RAR archives do not belong in torrents It has become a common practise to create torrents which contain umpteen RAR files, often in the form of a Release from The Scene, instead of simply directly adding the actual …
This episode of the computer chronicles features Frankie Mouse, the Computer Pirate. Frankie explains what being a software pirate in 1985 is all about. Frankie even shows off with his cracked version of his Apple II software. Another interesting guest …
When I first switched to the Mac and asked friends of mine who had already been using the platform for a while, what the best BitTorrent client available was, most of them named either Transmission or Bit on Wheels. I tried both out, and from the two, my c …
The Firefox extension for uTorrent allows you to drag and drop .torrent links onto the WebUI window and shows the current upload and download speed in the status bar. The upload and download speed remains visible if you close the WebUI screen. The exten …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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