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… service PPStream and the Chinese file-sharing client Thunder add another 6.36% and 4.62% to the P2P total. Asia-Pacific: Internet …
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has just published its written submission to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative listing countries that it believes should be identified in the annual Special 301, the report that details the …
… month, a severe thunderstorm hit the Belgian music festival Pukkelpop during the evening of …
… the second title, TorrentFreak has learned that it is Thundercat’s The Golden Age Of Apocalypse. Ninja reacted to the leaks by … Toddla T album occurred on the 5th July, the second album [Thundercat's The Golden Age Of Apocalypse] leaked on 14th July,” claim Ninja …
For quite some time, video game developer and digital distribution company Valve has been collecting data from users of its Steam client. Up until now the only information gathered has related to the hardware they have installed in their machines, but now …
In January 2008, China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) announced new regulations which stipulated that websites offering video had to have appropriate licensing and certification from the government. Following the announcemen …
… not uTorrent but actually the Chinese BitTorrent client Thunder (also known as Xunlei) that has the largest market share. We have … on the market share of the various BitTorrent clients, but Thunder never made it into the list of most used clients. In this list below, …
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