France: Google may have to censor for piracy after all

Jul. 16, 2012 - 2:51 AM PDT Jul. 16, 2012 - 2:51 AM PDT

France’s Supreme Court has set aside a critical piracy ruling won by Google in 2011, leaving the door open to the search giant being forced to censor some of its autocomplete listings to prevent copyright infringement and piracy. Read more »

Pirate Bay considers European courts after Swedish ruling

By Bobbie Johnson

Feb. 2, 2012 - 3:33 AM PDT Feb. 2, 2012 - 3:33 AM PDT

peter sunde, co-founder of the pirate bay

Peter Sunde, one of the Pirate Bay founders convicted of aiding copyright infringement, has told GigaOM that the group could go to the European court, after Sweden’s top judges refused to hear their appeal against a guilty verdict handed down in 2009. Read more »

Xtorrent 2 Preview Now Available

By Mark Crump

Aug. 10, 2009 - 4:11 PM PDT Aug. 10, 2009 - 4:11 PM PDT

David Wantanabe has announced that a preview of his torrenting program, Xtorrent 2, is now available. If you purchased Xtorrent Pro with lifetime upgrades, it will be a free upgrade when it’s released. While it says preview, it’s still a beta for all intents and purposes. […] Read more »

µTorrent Comes to Mac in Beta Form

By Darrell Etherington

Nov. 29, 2008 - 10:14 AM PDT Nov. 29, 2008 - 10:14 AM PDT

If I’m using stuck using Windows for whatever reason, I’m probably using µTorrent. It’s fast, lightweight, and far superior in almost every way to any of the other, more bloated Windows clients. That said, I still prefer Transmission overall, and that’s what I use on my […] Read more »

Software Updates & New Release Highlights For Week Ending 2008-08-23

By Bob Rudis

Aug. 25, 2008 - 7:28 PM PDT Aug. 25, 2008 - 7:28 PM PDT

Yet again, an Apple update steals the show with the release of iPhone OS 2.0.2. Strangely enough, you may have been a recipient of the following text message (ostensibly from Apple) even if you upgraded: For a release that just “fixed bugs,” I find it difficut […] Read more »

YouTorrent: 2 Legit and Quit?

By Chris Albrecht

Apr. 13, 2008 - 10:00 PM PDT Apr. 13, 2008 - 10:00 PM PDT

BitTorrent meta-search engine YouTorrent is going legit and will only index sites that source legal torrent files from now on, according to TorrentFreak. One of the guys running the site told TorrentFreak: “Due to the uncertain nature of the source and accuracy of the results returned […] Read more »

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