Tweak MCE PowerToy
Tweak MCE gives you access to systems settings and options not normally exposed in the Windows XP Media Center Edition user interface, including remote control settings, Skip and Replay time customizations, user interface options, and more. It also helps you to optimize Media Center Extender for plasma and non-CRT displays.
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Firefox 2 Tweak Guide
The release of Mozilla Firefox 2 further expands the capabilities and features of this highly regarded Internet browser, proving that just because you are popular doesn't mean you should slack off.
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17.2.2007 Microsoft to tweak Office 2007 Ribbon
When Microsoft unveils an update to the beta of its Office 2007 later this summer, it will modify parts of the user interface that have attracted criticism, the product's UI lead program manager said this week.
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27.7.2006 Tweak-XP Pro v4.0.8 Download
The original tuning and optimization software for Windows XP. Tweak hundreds of hidden features of Windows XP, optimize your machine and customize it to your needs.
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13.12.2006 Windows Vista Memory Tweak Guide
With every release of a new operating system come new demands and Windows Vista is by large no exception to this rule.
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23.10.2007 BitTorrent Pirates Want Own Country
In what could be seen as both marketing stunt and ploy for donations, popular Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has announced intentions to raise money to purchase Sealand, a claimed "sovereign Principality" founded in international waters, six miles off the eastern shores of Britain.
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17.1.2007 BitTorrent Acceleration Patch 4.7.3
BitTorrent Acceleration Patch description - An innovative plug-in for BitTorrent that boosts your download speed
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13.4.2008 BitTorrent to Remain in Opera Browser
Opera released details of a plan Monday to further integrate BitTorrent capabilities into an upcoming version of its Web browser, saying integrating the technology would allow for faster and more efficient downloads of large files. The move could also anger intellectual property holders however, who see the network as a boon to piracy.
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7.2.2006 BitTorrent Buys uTorrent Application
BitTorrent, the company behind the file sharing protocol of the same name, has used some of the $25 million it recently received from investors to purchase the popular uTorrent application.
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8.12.2006 BIG Comparison of 27 BitTorrent clients
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of BitTorrent clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
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Why pirated Vista has Microsoft champing at the BitTorrent
As Microsoft Corp. gets ready to launch Windows Vista and Office 2007 to consumers, it claims a formidable new foe it lacked at its last major consumer software launch five years ago: the popular filesharing network known as BitTorrent. This third-generation peer-to-peer (P2P) service, already used by tens of millions of Internet users to swap digital music and movies for free, is becoming a popular mechanism for those looking to obtain pirated software.
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26.1.2007 BitFox Adds BitTorrent Support to Firefox
BitFox is a Firefox extension that aims to make downloading torrents as simple as downloading a file over a HTTP or FTP connection.
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26.2.2007 Windows DRM Not Up To Snuff, Claims BitTorrent Founder
"We are using Windows DRM because it is the only solution that has been vetted widely, but we are not happy with how it affects playback," says BitTorrent's Bram Cohen.
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20.3.2007 Authorities Order BitTorrent Pirate to Move from Ubuntu Linux to Windows
Scott McCausland, aka sk0t has seen better times, but as it appears, he is all out of luck lately. For McCausland it all went downhill with an illegal download of Star Wars: Episode III over a peer-to-peer file sharing network.
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25.8.2007BitTorrent Admin Gets 5 Months in Jail
The first conviction related
to the BitTorrent file-sharing
network has been handed down,
with a 23-year-old Virginia
man sentenced to five months
in prison plus five months
home detention for his
involvement in a BitTorrent
node...
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27.10.2006BitTorrent Buys uTorrent Application
BitTorrent, the company behind
the file sharing protocol of
the same name, has used some
of the $25 million it recently
received from investors to
purchase the popular uTorrent
application. uTorrent is one
of the top BitTorrent download
programs for Windows...
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08.12.2006BitTorrent DNA Vulnerable to Remote Hijack
A recent reports suggests that the BitTorrent DNA, which is bundled with the mainline client, is an exploitable version of uTorrent without the user
interface. It is suggested that it is possible for any websites to offload content to the btdna.exe, without the users consent.
BitTorrent DNA is used for p2p streaming of online videos. It works like this; the user who wants to watch a stream has to install the BitTorrent
DNA application, which is also bundled with the BitTorrent mainline client. When the user plays a BitTorrent accelerated stream it will not only
download data, but also upload it to other people who are watching the same stream, similar to a regular BitTorrent download.
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03.01.2008BitTorrent Continues to Dominate Internet Traffic
A recent analysis of the latest P2P trends wordwide shows that BitTorrent is still the most popular filesharing protocol. BitTorrent traffic is still
on the rise and responsible for 50-75% of all P2P traffic and roughly 40% of all Internet traffic.
BitTorrent Continues to
Dominate Internet TrafficP2P traffic stats always cause quite a bit of controversy. In 2004 several respectable sources were reporting that BitTorrent
was responsible for 35% of all internet traffic. This was probably a huge overestimation at the time, today this figure sounds more realistic.
Ipoque reports in a preview of their 2007 P2P survey that BitTorrent is generating between 50-75% of all P2P traffic. P2P traffic is
responsible for 50%-90% of all Internet traffic which means that BitTorrent traffic is generating somewhere between 25% and 65% of all Internet
traffic...
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02.09.2007BitTorrent Gets $8.75 Million
Backing
BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer
technology that has become one
of the most popular methods
for sharing files, has landed
$8.75 million in funding,
according to reports. Venture
capitalist firm DCM-Doll
provided the cash infusion and
intends to bring BitTorrent to
Hollywood's doorstep...
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28.09.2005BitTorrent, Hollywood Reach
Piracy Deal
BitTorrent and the MPAA struck
a deal on Tuesday that may
prevent future legal action
against the file sharing
network, and will make it
tougher for users to find
feature films through the
service. Technology will be
added on bittorrent.com to
remove content that is owned
by the studios that make up
the MPAA...
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23.11.2005D-Link, Netgear team up with BitTorrent
The two companies have joined BitTorrent Device Partners, a licensing program aimed at creating devices that work with the file sharing service...
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08.01.2008BitTorrent un-finances to the tune of $17 million
The gains of early summer are ghosts by winter for BitTorrent, which has both renegotiated its recent Series C round of financing and re-valued the
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16.12.2008BitTorrent 6.0 Beta Available
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer
protocol for distributing
files. It makes use of the
upstream bandwidth of every
downloader to increase the
effectiveness of the
distribution as a whole, and
to gain advantage on the part
of the downloader. On average,
the faster you upload to your
peers, the faster you will be
able to download.
"The new BitTorrent 6.0
Beta brings together
BitTorrent's proven expertise
in networking protocols with
µTorrent's efficient
implementation and compelling
UI to create a better
BitTorrent client. As we
continue to develop this new
client, we'll be focused on
innovative ways to simplify
and improve the BitTorrent
user experience."
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26.07.2007Comcast opens up negotiations with BitTorrent on bandwidth
In a surprise announcement, the BitTorrent and Comcast will partner to address issues of network management and architecture, as well as content
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27.03.2008BitTorrent to Crackdown on
Trademark Use
In an effort to clean up its
image, BitTorrent creator Bram
Cohen is now looking into a
plan that would begin to clamp
down on the hundreds of sites
and software programs using
the trademark without
permission...
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08.02.2006BitTorrent begins its seismic shift away from TCP
In an effort to ease the burden its traffic puts on the Internet at large, BitTorrent has announced that it'll use uTP, not TCP, as the transport
protocol in its next uTorrent client...
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09.12.2008BitTorrent and MPAA reach
agreement: Service will take
down links to
"illegal" content
Bram Cohen, the
creator of BitTorrent, and the
Motion Picture Association of
America (MPAA) have agreed on
a deal where copyright
protected content will not be
linked to on the
[url]www.bittorrent.com
website. The site will no
longer host links to illegal
content from the seven major
studios of the
MPAA.
The
BitTorrent protocol was
invented just a few years ago
by Bram Cohen and since then
has become one of the most
popular peer-to-peer programs
in existence. According to
some estimates, BitTorrent
traffic accounts for an
astounding 35 percent of all
Internet traffic. Some
universities and ISPs have
even banned the
protocol.
Unlike
traditional downloads where
many people download from one
server, BitTorrent
decentralizes downloads by
making everyone share the
burden of uploading. Files are
downloaded as a number of
small chunks which are then
dished out to other computers.
Transfers start off slowly,
but speed up tremendously over
a few minutes...
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23.11.2005BitTorrent Optimized Microprocessor Announced
BitTorrent continues to expand
beyond the computer. Today,
the Taiwanese company IAdea
announced that BitTorrent
optimized microprocessors will
become available soon. This
makes it relatively easy to
add BitTorrent support to
other consumer electronics
devices.
The
microprocessor will enable
hardware manufacturers to
create devices that directly
download .torrent files, and
play files that are downloaded
over BitTorrent. This is one
step further in simplifying
BitTorrent, and incorporating
it in non-PC hardware.
John Wang, CEO of IAdea
Corporation and developer of
the new chip said in a
response, "This new service
architecture is infinitely
scalable, delivers faster as
more users join, and can be
built at a fraction of the
cost of a traditional server
farm. We see this trend
emerging as Web 3.0′
where each consumer becomes
part of a universal content
storage and delivery system.
Our new chip plays part in the
new paradigm by making
BitTorrent available
efficiently and economically.
You should not be surprised if
you find your next car or
cellphone enabled with our
technology."
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11.01.2007BitTorrent Launches Ad Supported Streaming
BitTorrent Inc. officially launched its
Watch Now section where they have over
1000 movies and TV episodes available to watch for free. BitTorrent streaming opens up the possibility for content producers to offer high quality
video streams to the public while generating money from advertising, a business model that should appeal to both customers and content producers.
BitTorrent streaming is based on the BitTorrent protocol, with some clever modifications to make streaming possible. P2P streaming
significantly lowers the costs for the content provider, it therefore opens up the door to higher quality streams than we are used to now, and it is a
great alternative to http streaming that websites like YouTube use at the moment.
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19.12.2007BitTorrent Uploader Faces 5 Years
The United States Department
of Justice said this week that
a fifth defendant has plead
guilty to copyright
infringement stemming from the
crackdown on the Elite
Torrents BitTorrent network,
which was illegally spreading
music, movies and software...
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19.04.2007BitTorrent Goes Legal with Download Service
In its continuing effort to
move away from its roots as a
popular method for the
decentralized transfer of
pirated content, BitTorrent
said Monday it had launched a
new content network with the
help of several television and
movie studios...
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26.02.200750% Of All BitTorrent Downloads are TV-Shows
Reports show that 50% of all people using BitTorrent at any given point in time do so to download TV-series, quite an impressive number. In total,
over a billion TV-shows are downloaded every year, and this number continues to rise.
It is safe to say that BitTorrent is slowly
replacing Tivo. Some episodes of popular TV-shows such as Lost, Prison Break and Heroes get up to 10 million downloads per episode, spread over
hundreds of sites. This number is getting awfully close to the average number of viewers on TV in the US. However, the major difference is that the
BitTorrent viewers come from all over the world.
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14.02.2008BitTorrent to Appear in Electronics
BitTorrent continued its
efforts to separate itself
from its illicit file-sharing
roots by announcing a new
initiative to incorporate the
technology into consumer
electronic products. ASUS,
Planex, and QNAP are among the
first companies to license the
technology...
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23.10.2006BitTorrent Partners with Fox, Paramount
The company behind BitTorrent
is partnering with more movie
studios today, in an effort to
make its service commercially
viable. Meanwhile, its CEO
Bram Cohen states he's not
leaving the company, contrary
to rumors...
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