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‘Facebook’ Malware Now Spreads Using BitTorrent, But Don’t Panic

A computer worm originally targeted at members of social networks has been updated to spread using BitTorrent. Known as Koobface, the malware uses compromised computers…

August 18, 2011, 21:44 by Andy Maxwell

Research

Large ISPs Profit From BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds

A new report published by Northwestern University and Telefónica Research discovered some BitTorrent trends worth sharing. During a 2-year period the researchers monitored an unprecedented…

August 18, 2011, 14:42 by Ernesto Van der Sar

uTorrent Breaks 100 Million Monthly Users

BitTorrent Inc. just confirmed to TorrentFreak that their popular uTorrent client has just broken the magical milestone of 100 million active monthly users. This makes…

August 17, 2011, 23:01 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Economic Crisis Fuels Will They, Won’t They, Piracy Debate

Last weekend, in response to a discussion surrounding a GigaOm article mentioning piracy, TorrentFreak published an opinion piece in which we argued that giving dissenting…

August 17, 2011, 19:16 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

MAFIAAFire’s ‘Slash Unblocker’ Revives Blocked and Deleted Videos

"This video has been removed" or "this video is not available in your country" are common annoyances for millions of web users. Often driven by…

August 16, 2011, 23:13 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Free Textbooks For Students Will Break Greedy Monopoly

With a new college year just around the corner, students will be expected to dig deep to pay for all the latest textbooks to accompany…

August 16, 2011, 20:10 by Andy Maxwell

Piracy

MPAA Lobbies For Wall Street Reform

It is no secret that the MPAA and RIAA spend millions in Washington to guarantee that their anti-piracy interests are secured. However, it turns out…

August 15, 2011, 22:29 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

ISP CEO Slams Copyright Law and Outdated Business Models

As New Zealand braces itself following the introduction of a 3 strikes-style scheme for dealing with online copyright infringement, the CEO of one of the…

August 15, 2011, 17:00 by Andy Maxwell

‘Facebook’ Malware Now Spreads Using BitTorrent, But Don’t Panic

Large ISPs Profit From BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds

uTorrent Breaks 100 Million Monthly Users

Economic Crisis Fuels Will They, Won’t They, Piracy Debate

MAFIAAFire’s ‘Slash Unblocker’ Revives Blocked and Deleted Videos

Free Textbooks For Students Will Break Greedy Monopoly

MPAA Lobbies For Wall Street Reform

ISP CEO Slams Copyright Law and Outdated Business Models

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