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2 hrs ago | Minyanville

File Sharing, BitTorrent Linked to Depression

The band's lead singer compared BitTorrent to the radio, and hopes that giving away a few songs will serve as an effective promotional tool.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Science / Technology

7 hrs ago | Marco Eagle

Naples man charged with possession of child porn

Lance David Donovan, 52, 1066 12th Ave. N., faces two felony counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found images depicting child pornography on his business computer.

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Related Topix: Naples, FL, Science / Technology

11 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Taunton man faces child porn charges

A Taunton man has been charged by federal authorities with creating child pornography by exploiting a 1-year-old infant.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Thu May 17, 2012

Digital Trends

Pipe brings untraceable 1GB file sharing to Facebook friends

With the potential to catch the attention of the MPAA and RIAA, a small start-up is on the cusp of launching a private file sharing application that will be available to nearly one billion Facebook users.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Science / Technology

NorthJersey.com

Hawthorne man sentenced to four years in prison for child pornography possession

A Hawthorne man was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in federal prison for downloading images of young children engaged in sexual activity over the Internet.

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Related Topix: Hawthorne, NJ, Federal Prisons, Prison, Passaic County, NJ, Science / Technology

GigaOM

Level 3 concurs: Comcast appears to be prioritizing traffic

Comcast may have given users a break on Thursday by raising its monthly data cap to 300GB, but Level 3, the backbone Internet provider and content delivery network, wants people to know that Comcast is still likely prioritizing its traffic over others'. The issue is an important one even with the new cap, because if Comcast is prioritizing its own ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Science / Technology

International Business Times

Illegal File Sharing Case Poses $675,000 Question For Supreme Court

Joel Tenenbaum has said the recording industry wants to make an example out of him, a cautionary tale for teens about the dangers of illegally downloading and sharing music.

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Related Topix: Boston University, Science / Technology

CiteULike

A modeling framework of content pollution in Peer-to-Peer video streaming systems

Peer-to-Peer live video streaming systems are known to suffer from intermediate attacks due to its inherent vulnerabilities.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

CiteULike

Enabling resilient P2P video streaming: survey and analysis

Peer-to-Peer techniques for multimedia streaming have been shown to be a good enhancement to the traditional client/server methods when trying to reduce costs and increase robustness.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Softpedia

Warez Acceleration Patch 5.0.9

Warez Acceleration Patch is a useful add-on for Warez P2P Client. Latest technology implemented boost downloads speed, increase number of download sources.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Spyware

Wed May 16, 2012

Freshmeat

MLdonkey 3.1.2

MLdonkey is a multi-platform, multi-network peer-to-peer client. It supports several large networks such as eDonkey, Overnet, Kademlia, Bittorrent, Gnutella , Gnutella2 , or Fasttrack .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

The Globe and Mail

Inside the undercover world of catching a pedophile

His Internet account was in the name of an ex-roommate. The computer hard drive holding his child porn had no identifying marks and could be quickly swapped with another memory device.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Megite Technology News

IP-Address Can't Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules

The mass-BitTorrent lawsuits that are sweeping the United States are in a heap of trouble.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Cable and Wireless plc, Cable and Wireless, IT Services, Telecom

Connecticut Post

Man admits to child porn possession

A Seymour man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to possessing child pornography and faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in September.

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Related Topix: Naugatuck, CT, Science / Technology

Tue May 15, 2012

Patch.com

Carmichael Man Pleads Guilty To Sharing Child Pornography

A Carmichael man pleaded guilty today to sharing child pornography, U.S. Atty. Benjamin Wagner announced.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

KXTV

Former youth pastor pleads guilty to sharing child porn

Dustin Cassady, 31, was arrested in January 2011 during a statewide FBI raid that targeted people possessing and sharing child pornography.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Carmichael, CA

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Sacto 911: Carmichael man pleads guilty to sharing child pornography

A Carmichael man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sacramento to one count of sharing child pornography via a peer-to-peer file-sharing network over the Internet.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

CIO

Zeus Variant Tricks Facebook, Webmail Users Into Exposing Card Details

A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Science / Technology, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

CiteULike

Online Video Using BitTorrent and HTML5 Applied to Wikipedia

To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, CPU

Mon May 14, 2012

Megite Technology News

BitTorrent is the New Radio, Says Counting Crows Frontman

American rock band Counting Crows have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, but this success hasn't caused them to overlook the changing landscape of the music business.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Counting Crows, Science / Technology

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