Dropbox has a new updated interface with new features
Dropbox is one of the most popular web services enabling big file transfers.
The developers have launched a new version of the service with a couple of new features.
The user interface has been updated. Users now get the ability to select multiple files for sharing. [...]
Mininova ordered to clean up all pirated content from its site
Mininova is one of the most popular torrent search engines on the web.
The service has just lost a major lawsuit in the Utrecht District Court.
The court has ordered the service to remove all pirated media content from the network within a period of [...]
The Pirate Bay going legal? Sold to Global Gaming Factory X
Global Gaming Factory X has announced that they are now acquiring controversial torrent search service The Pirate Bay.
The deal is worth around $7.8 million.
They are aiming to close this deal by August this year. Global Gaming Factory X is planning to relaunch the site [...]
RapidShare fined for copyright infringement in Germany
German courts have found RapidShare guilty of copyright infringement.
The web based file sharing service has been fined $34 Million. The money goes to GEMA which is the German body responsible for collecting copyright-related fees for distribution to member artists.
GEMA said in a statement about this victory: “The judgment [...]
IPREDator public launch coming up!
IPREDator is a new service that is going to be soon available for public.
IPREDator would offer a VPN account to users who are interested in having a secure connection for peer to peer downloads.
This service would cost about 5 EUR a month.
The developers promise that they are not going to [...]
uTorrent has more than 28 million monthly users!
TorrentFreak is reporting that the popular free bittorrent application uTorrent has more than 28 Million Monthly Users.
This tiny application was first released three years ago. It has seen many updated versions till now.
The developers have even made available an Apple Mac edition.
TorrentFreak quotes Simon Morris, [...]
Pando to partner Comcast on file sharing
Comcast has been under fire for all the wrong reasons. The company has been blamed by the users that they try to block p2p file transfers on their connections.
The company recently said that they are going to change the way they dealt with p2p traffic on their services.
They [...]
Comcast sued for interfering with file sharing technologies on its network
Jon Hart has filed a lawsuit against the Internet service provider Comcast claiming that the company block customer access to peer-to-peer sites like BitTorrent and Gnutella.
This lawsuit has been filed in the Alameda County Superior Court.
He further said that the company uses software technologies to [...]
