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.
“To me it was quite some news that our lovely DRM, in this case SecuRom, can screw up game performance so much. Would you like a little taste?” a TorrentFreak reader reported to us this week. He was referring to the DRM present in certain versions of Th …
American sci-fi Walter Jon Williams is determined to bring enjoyment and availability of his books to the digital domain. “Like every other midlist writer on the planet, I’m striving to get my out-of-print books and stories online so that (a) you can …
Two weeks ago author Megan Lisa Jones teamed up with BitTorrent Inc. to promote her new book “Captive.” By now the book has been downloaded over 400,000 times, mostly because it’s bundled with the download of uTorrent. Although the free downloads did …
In recent years, it’s become fashionable to use online file-sharing networks to generate publicity for both well-known bands and those with a lower profile. If done properly it’s a great and free way to reach a large audience. Early March, the Sumerian …
Late last week, TorrentFreak was contacted by a guy called Wayne Borean who alerted to us to a somewhat heated debate he’d been participating in on the ‘Balanced Copyright For Canada’ Facebook page. “There’s a Rock Band called One Soul Thrust. They have …
We should have posted this announcement yesterday, but better late than never. The Canadian BitTorrent search engine isoHunt, the one that’s been battling the MPAA, has just posted a new job offer. To protect the interest of big media isoHunt owner Gar …
To convince the government that harsher anti-piracy legislation is needed, a coalition of Australian entertainment industry outfits – under the umbrella name Australian Content Industry Group (ACIG) – commissioned a study on the economical impact of Intern …
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