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20 Million Downloads Milestone Smashed by BitTorrent & uTorrent Mobile Apps (Android, iOS, & Windows Phone)

Just four months after passing the 10 million download milestone, BitTorrent announces its new achievement with over 20 million mobile downloads totalled across its Android, iOS, and Windows Phone apps.  BitTorrent – a name which a few...

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Friday, April 19th, 2013 Net News No Comments

BitFetch – Building Bridges For The BitCoin

The newly launched file-sharing service is attempting to promote the BitCoin (an unconventional BitTorrent currency) by offering high-speed remote transfers and HTTPS downloads. When the fight against piracy pushes internet providers into throttling your...

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Monday, April 1st, 2013 Net News No Comments

Mobile-Phone Towers Survive Latest iOS Jailbreak Frenzy

Thank God the nation's mobile-phone towers are still operating, despite more than 1.7 million downloads of the latest iOS jailbreaking software -- evasiOn -- which was released days ago. While trying to prevent federal...

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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 Net News No Comments

UK’s BPI Pushing For More Ineffective Blocks

The UK’s British Phonographic Organisation (BPI), that works in a similar fashion to the RIAA, has demanded that more websites are blocked by ISPs, in a similar fashion to The Pirate Bay. Those it...

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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 Net News No Comments

New Report Suggests Streaming Services Like Spotify Cut Piracy

A new report suggests Spotify might be connected to a decrease in BitTorrent downloads, but some have their doubts. A UK company has found that the presence of legal streaming services could be connected...

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Saturday, October 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments