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6 New HD Private Trackers
This year’s new HD tracker apparition list is surprisingly extensive, although we will concentrate on some of the most promising resources for now. The first name worth mentioning is THDBits.org , a newly launched Thai/Chinese & English High-Def tracker with something to prove. With a 4,574 member count and a total of 408 torrents, THDBits is currently open for signup, but within the 5,000 member established limit.
Continue reading »Court Finally Declares Oink Admin Not Guilty of Fraud
OiNk Founder Set Free by UK Court Back in 2008 we brought to your attention the fall of the file sharing site OiNK and the arrest of its founder, 24-year old (at that time) Middlesbrough-based IT worker Alan Ellis. The case was back in the news this week as Allan Ellis was recently acquitted of the charge of conspiracy to defraud following the unanimous verdict of a jury at Teeside Crown Court. The surprising decision led to a wave of discontent among U.K.
Continue reading »Mininova Hits 10 Billion Torrent Downloads Milestone
While The Pirate Bay tracker has recently announced its permanent retirement, Mininova made a different announcement yesterday saying that it has passed another milestone by serving (and this is indeed an impressive number) 10 billion torrent downloads! After 5 years of existence Mininova has established itself as the world’s largest BitTorrent indexer: “We never really expected anything. We don’t really tend to focus on these numbers, we are just trying to run the site the best way we can,” said the site’s co-founder Erik Dubbelboer in an interview to TorrentFreak . Dubbelboer pointed that Mininova is not their main focus and that’s not a big surprise since a torrent site is not exactly the safest business you can rely on considering the legal issues surrounding any such site: “At the moment we are mainly focusing on other projects besides Mininova,” he said.
Continue reading »New Place for Direct Downloading Torrents: httpTorrents
Although the Pirate Bay operators herald the end of torrents and the beginning of a new era dominated by DHT, for now torrent sites are preferred by those who want to grab a movie, a music album online etc. Good old HTTP however is back promising those less familiar with BitTorrent an easier way to download a file. HttpTorrents is a new site that allows just that – fast downloads without having to worry about blocking, ratings or waiting time.
Continue reading »Torrent Sites of the Month
KICKASSTORRENTS Genre : General Language :English Registration : not required – the site kicks ass indeed! With more than 2,550,000 torrents indexed this fast-mounting torrent tracker seems set to become a reference on the BitTorrent scene. First off, the site has one of those clean, stylish looks for which you fall instantly. Then there are its unique features –this is a short ‘inventory’ and I won’t be getting too much into details but I can name a few – a very fast searching function, lots of verified, thus100% safe to download torrents (a ‘crown’ symbol signifies just that), latest popular torrents in main categories displayed on the main page, comprehensive detail pages for individual torrents, categories extended to sub-categories and further to specific grouping and many other.
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