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Google blacklisting file-sharing sites The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and more

, Nov 23rd 2011 Discuss [27]

Google has started blacklisting many of the top file-sharing websites on the Internet, including torrent site The Pirate Bay, as well as isoHunt, and 4Shared. According to file-sharing blog TorrentFreak, "the changes were quietly processed and appear to be broader than previous additions". Google's blacklist also evidently blocks the names of these websites in their Google Instant, auto-complete search services, while the webpages themselves remain indexed. Why? Possibly because the search giant most likely wants to be on good terms with copyright holders, such as major movie and music studios. Read The Full Story

The Pirate Bay Blocked by Comcast?

, May 12th 2011 Discuss [30]

The Pirate Bay, a Swedish site that hosts BitTorrent files, may have been blocked by Comcast to their subscribers. TorrentFreak reported this morning that Comcast subscribers were unable to access The Pirate Bay's site. The Pirate Bay has been no stranger to downtime, but this time around, it seemed to be only affecting certain people. Comcast has denied that they are the ones blocking the site. So what is going on? Read The Full Story

BitTorrent-based DDoS tool outlined at hacker convention

, Dec 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

A system for turning trackerless BitTorrents into DDoS tools has been described at a hacker convention, potentially using peer swarms for inadvertent botnet-style cyberattacks. Hacker "Astro" revealed the process in a talk called "Lying to the Neighbours" earlier this week, whereby a decentralized DHT could be maliciously co-opted to target certain websites by overloading their servers. Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Black Ops was Reportedly the Most Pirated Game in 2010

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [3]

While publisher Activision and developer Treyarch are busy dealing with a bunch of angry customers on Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console, it looks like a lot more than a few individuals out there decided that, instead of buying the game, they'd rather download it from the Internet. Not that that slowed down the sales of the game at all, considering it managed to amass $1 billion in the short time it has been out in global sales. But, with the numbers we're seeing here, it's almost staggering to think how much bigger it could have been. Read The Full Story

Pirate Bay appeal sees jail time cut but fine boosted to $6.5m

, Nov 26th 2010 Discuss [2]

Pirate Bay founders Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström have seen their convictions upheld by the Swedish court of appeal, and while the jail terms for each have been reduced, the fine levied against them has been significantly increased. Having originally been ordered to pay 30 million kronor in damages, that has been bumped up to 46 million kronor ($6.5 million). Read The Full Story

Pirate Bay membership records hacked [Video]

, Jul 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Pirate Bay hasn't had a great year, what with the ongoing legal issues, and so an SQL injection hack that has pulled out emails and IP addresses of their over 4m registered users probably isn't the sort of news they may have hoped for.  The hack is the handiwork of Argentinian security researcher Ch Russo, who claims that a relatively straightforward process broke through some the TPB's softer spots and thus opened up the database.  Check out a video of the whole thing in action after the cut. Read The Full Story

Brite-View CinemaGo BV-5005HD Mini CG HD Media Player Announced, Pre-Order Now

, Jul 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

It's been almost a full year since we reported on Brite-View's CinemaTube media player, and that means it's just about perfect timing to get an upgraded, new model, right? Well lucky you, because Brite-View agrees with that sentiment. They've just pulled the cover off their CinemaGo BV-5005HD Mini CG HD media player -- and yes, that may be the longest title for a gadget we've seen in awhile. Read The Full Story

MvixUSA ULTIO Pro MX-880HD home-theater box and PVR

, Jan 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

MvixUSA have launched their latest PVR-capable media player, the ULTIO Pro MX-880HD.  The new set-top box supports Full HD 1080p via HDMI, and can play back H.264, MKV, DivX HD, MPEG 2-TS, VC-1 and WMV video formats; inside there's a 3.5-inch hard-drive bay happy with up to 2TB disks. Read The Full Story

Addonics NAS25HDU2 NAS caddy: plenty of promise, a few annoying flaws

, Nov 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

We want to find Addonics NAS25HDU2 single-drive NAS adapter appealing - after all, a hard-drive caddy that makes any HDD network-accessible, as well as offering printer sharing and standalone BitTorrent downloads has to be good, right? - but there are a few blemishes on the spec sheet that have us looking elsewhere.  We can live without the RAID support, after all we're assuming you're not keeping your entire system backup on a single-drive solution, but the 10/100 rather than gigabit ethernet interface is at odds with the media server image. Read The Full Story

Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS Review

, Oct 26th 2009 Discuss [4]

We liked the original Iomega StorCenter ix2 back when we reviewed it roughly twelve months ago, but the rest of the home NAS market has advanced in the intervening period and the ix2 is looking a little stale. To address that fact, Iomega have launched the StorCenter ix2-200, their second-gen version of the dual-drive backup station, now boasting removable storage and more. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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FON Fonera 2.0n WiFi-n sharing router on sale now

, Sep 24th 2009 Discuss [1]

WiFi-sharing enthusiasts FON have released their latest router, the Fonera 2.0n.  As the name suggests, the Fonera 2.0n packs 802.11n support, but they've also packed it with social networking integration, hard-drive sharing, Twitter status updates (for when someone connects to your router), BitTorrent downloading and webcam hosting. Read The Full Story

Brite-View CinemaTube is an HD Media Player With Integration

, Aug 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

The CinemaTube has gone up for pre-order today. It's a media player that connects to your tv, and gives you the ability to watch stored movies, pictures, and other videos right from the box. No longer have to worry about physical media anymore, just in case you were one of those people who thought that the way of the disk was for dinosaurs. Media is going the digital way, and Brite-View wants you to get there in the high definition way. Read The Full Story
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