Teacher ‘powerless’ to stop ex-girlfriend’s cyberstalking – Canada

A Vancouver teacher says his career has been derailed by an ex-girlfriend who won’t stop posting countless defamatory and offensive comments about him on the web.   Original post on cbc.ca    Comments on reddit.com   

Netflix Says It’s `Killing’ BitTorrent Traffic

Video streaming giant Netflix believes that making content available is the best way to beat online piracy, and the company has data to back this up. Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos reveals that ISPs are noticing a drop in BitTorrent traffic every time they launch in a new territory.   Original post on torrentfreak.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos talks Arrested Development, 4K and reviving old shows

Firefly? The Dark Tower? Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos talks about where he’d like to take the streaming video service next   Original post on stuff.tv    Comments on reddit.com   

Four superlatives for Netflix, which is now bigger than HBO in the US – Quartz

Netflix added three million subscribers—two million at home and one million outside the US—in the first three months of 2013, returning the subscription video service to profitability and sending its stock up nearly 25% in after-hours trading. Here’s a look at Netflix subscriptions over the past seven quarters: There are several ways to look at…   Original post on qz.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Adobe: Fly to US for cheaper software – hardware, Apple, creative cloud, digital music, adobe, software, photoshop, iTunes, IT pricing

Buy cloud, buy a plane ticket or buy a competitor’s product, Adobe ANZ MD tells pricing inquiry   Original post on computerworld.com    Comments on reddit.com   

BitTorrent Premieres New Live Streaming Platform

After years of development BitTorrent has now released its live streaming service to the public. BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen is one of the main developers of the new protocol which he expects to revolutionize online streaming. BitTorrent Inc. sees its BitTorrent Live product as the ultimate tool for creators to reach an audience of millions with minimal bandwidth costs.   Original post on torrentfreak.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Wealthy, Savvy and 29 Years Old. One Entrepreneur’s Tale – Off the Cuff

From the blog Off the Cuff: “I was always a weird kid. My dad can certainly attest to that,” Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, told “Off The Cuff.” “He’s still waiting for me to outgrow a lot of that, but it’s not happening. I’ll be thirty … Continue reading   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Can we start a petition to get google to provide an interface where we can request information about who or what government agency if any, requested our information? Shouldn’t we have the right to know what was provided if a request was made?

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Kim Dotcom’s New MEGA Encrypted Cloud Storage: See No Evil, Store No Evil

Controversial file storage tycoon, Kim Dotcom, is launching his new encrypted cloud storage site Mega in the U.S. tomorrow. Dotcom is clever and Mega is designed both to compete with cloud storage giants like Dropbox—and also to insulate itself from future charges.   Original post on forbes.com    Comments on reddit.com   

ISP Walks Out of Piracy Talks: “We’re Not The Internet Police”

A leading Australian Internet service provider has pulled out of negotiations to create a warning notice scheme aimed at reducing online piracy. iiNet, the ISP that was sued by Hollywood after refusing to help chase down alleged infringers, said that it can’t make any progress with righthsolders if they don’t make their content freely available at a reasonable price. The ISP adds that holding extra data on customers’ habits is inappropriate and not their responsibility.   Original post on torrentfreak.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Pornography Actresses: An Assessment of the Damage. [J Sex Res. 2012] – PubMed

PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.   Original post on nih.gov    Comments on reddit.com