The first ever certified BitTorrent Android box goes on sale today, allowing users to stream files downloaded with uTorrent wirelessly to their television. The new set-top box supports playback of all popular video formats and can also download torrents by itself, fully anonymously if needed. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
The prime buying motive is the real reason the client is buying from us. It is the logical and emotional gut level reason the client is willing to buy from you. Original post on mastermindconsult.net Comments on reddit.com
A pretrial hearing in the case against accused LulzSec hacker Jeremy Hammond this week ended with the 27-year-old Chicago man being told he could be sentenced to life in prison for compromising the computers of Stratfor. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Microsoft is working towards retiring its Windows Live Messenger client in favor of Skype. The Verge has learned through several sources that Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger service will be… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several dozen Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisers who manage tens of billions of dollars of client money are considering leaving the firm, saying that widespread technology problems Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
With well over 125 million active users a month uTorrent is by far the most used BitTorrent client. Because of its success the software is also the main source of revenue for San Francisco based parent company BitTorrent Inc. It is estimated that the company currently generates between $15 and $20 million in annual revenue but this figure is expected to rise after it was quietly announced that uTorrent will become ad-supported. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Up to $280bn is lost in tax revenues as wealthy individuals park financial assets in offshore tax havens. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
by Paul Alan Levy Recently, Public Citizen was aligned with a lawyer named Charles Carreon, filing an amicus brief in support of his argument against allowing a publisher to pursue a a copyright-infringement lawsuit against his wife’s Oregon company in… Original post on pubcit.typepad.com Comments on reddit.com
Everyone knows what you do when someone like Charlie the Censor sues you. You lawyer up. If you’re very lucky, you have funds to hire a good lawyer, or Original post on popehat.com Comments on reddit.com
The High Court has ruled the police raid on internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s Auckland mansion was illegal and the removal from New Zealand of cloned copies of hard drives seized Original post on nzherald.co.nz Comments on reddit.com
Boxopus is a new service that enables people to download torrents directly to their Dropbox account. With clever use of Dropbox’s API, BitTorrent users can add torrent files totally anonymously and without the need for a BitTorrent client. Torrent sites can add Boxopus as a new download option for their users, which some already have. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Want to treat yourself to a new iPad? Go ahead–we’ve collected a few great ways for you to make use of your old one. Original post on pcworld.com Comments on digg.com
Bankrupt clients from Ireland have used a Leicester solicitor and UK courts to wipe out more than €1bn debts taken out in the republic Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
iOS: The popular email client for Macs, Sparrow, released its iPhone version today. On top of sporting a similar look to the desktop client, the app comes packed with a few handy features, including swipe control of the entire interface, a smart contact list that sorts your contacts, and a few features that will be familiar to those who use the Mac version. Original post on lifehacker.com Comments on digg.com
An executive resigns from his position over an integrity problem too big to ignore. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Seconds after one of Jai Manselle’s NBA clients accidentally tweeted out classified information about negotiations to end last fall’s lockout it was already too late to delete the 140-character message. Original post on readwriteweb.com Comments on digg.com
Switzerland’s banks no longer want American clients but now Swiss citizens living in the United States are finding it hard to keep accounts back home. Original post on swissinfo.ch Comments on reddit.com
While the file-sharing ecosystem is currently filled with uncertainty and doubt, researchers at Delft University of Technology continue to work on their decentralized BitTorrent network. Their Tribler client doesn’t require torrent sites to find or download content, as it is based on pure peer-to-peer communication. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
