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Windows 7 available now - on BitTorrent sites
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Thousands of curious PC users unfazed about breaking the law are downloading the latest pre-beta 6801 build of Windows 7 released at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Thousands of curious PC users unfazed about breaking the law are downloading the latest pre-beta 6801 build of Windows 7 released at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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Do Foxtel’s “four tuners” make the iQ2 four times foxier?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Foxtel is progressively rolling out its “four tuners” functionality that allows 2 shows to be recorded while you watch one live – but what’s happened to the fourth tuner?!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Foxtel is progressively rolling out its “four tuners” functionality that allows 2 shows to be recorded while you watch one live – but what’s happened to the fourth tuner?!
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FCC orders Comcast to stop arbitrarily blocking Internet traffic
By: Stephen Withers
In a move that will be welcomed by net neutrality advocates, the US Federal Communications Commission has slammed Comcast for selectively blocking its customers' peer-to-peer traffic. The FCC has also ordered Comcast to take a number of measures to rectify the situation.
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By: Stephen Withers
In a move that will be welcomed by net neutrality advocates, the US Federal Communications Commission has slammed Comcast for selectively blocking its customers' peer-to-peer traffic. The FCC has also ordered Comcast to take a number of measures to rectify the situation.
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New Trojan in the wild targeting MP3, WMA and WMV files
By: Stephen Withers
Researchers at Secure Computing say they've found a new Trojan in the wild that infects multimedia files including MP3s. It is thought to be seeded by 'warez' sites and then spread via peer-to-peer networks.
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By: Stephen Withers
Researchers at Secure Computing say they've found a new Trojan in the wild that infects multimedia files including MP3s. It is thought to be seeded by 'warez' sites and then spread via peer-to-peer networks.
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Aussie iTunes TV show selection – a bit of a yaaawner
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
iYawn... yeah, Apple has finally, after a million, zillion years, launched TV shows in the Australian iTunes store. I’m sure it’ll grow, or at least, I certainly hope so, but for now... iYawn. Aaaah.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
iYawn... yeah, Apple has finally, after a million, zillion years, launched TV shows in the Australian iTunes store. I’m sure it’ll grow, or at least, I certainly hope so, but for now... iYawn. Aaaah.
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Content is king, so Adobe Media Player doesn't rule, OK?
By: Stephen Withers
Adobe's very proud of its new AIR-based Media Player, and of the fact that it has garnered 15,000 pieces of content including 400 shows from major broadcasters and publishers in just over two months. That's fine if you're in the US, but what about the rest of the world?
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By: Stephen Withers
Adobe's very proud of its new AIR-based Media Player, and of the fact that it has garnered 15,000 pieces of content including 400 shows from major broadcasters and publishers in just over two months. That's fine if you're in the US, but what about the rest of the world?
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Internet trumps TV, consumers say
By: Stephen Withers
The premium price of new high definition cable services may be a moot point according to survey findings released today. Broadband users spend far more time on the net than in front of their TVs.
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By: Stephen Withers
The premium price of new high definition cable services may be a moot point according to survey findings released today. Broadband users spend far more time on the net than in front of their TVs.
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GTA IV - just buy it
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Uh-oh... pirate copies of Grand Theft Auto IV are roaming around the web, causing havoc - but why risk downloading a pirate copy at 6.32GB in size for the Xbox 360 - when the full version comes out tomorrow?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Uh-oh... pirate copies of Grand Theft Auto IV are roaming around the web, causing havoc - but why risk downloading a pirate copy at 6.32GB in size for the Xbox 360 - when the full version comes out tomorrow?
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Microsoft XP SP3 illegally torrents onto the Internet
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Got Windows XP and feel like breaking the law? We don’t recommend it, for it’s illegal, but XP SP3 is reportedly available on torrent sites – and reportedly will pass the WGA check. Naughty!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Got Windows XP and feel like breaking the law? We don’t recommend it, for it’s illegal, but XP SP3 is reportedly available on torrent sites – and reportedly will pass the WGA check. Naughty!
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Forget Comcast's P2P Bill of Rights, how about the rights of couch potatoes?
By: Adam Turner
If television networks abided by a Couch Potatoes' Bill of Rights for viewers, they wouldn't face such a threat from file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent.
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By: Adam Turner
If television networks abided by a Couch Potatoes' Bill of Rights for viewers, they wouldn't face such a threat from file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent.
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What's a reasonable venue for legal action?
By: Stephen Withers
Jurisdiction is a funny thing.
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By: Stephen Withers
Jurisdiction is a funny thing.
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Survey confirms broadband users aren’t stupid
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
AVRRA, the Australian Video Rental Retailers Association, says online movie downloads are a ‘tough sell’, referencing a Diffusion Group survey of 1,975 US broadband users claiming that only 9.5% say they regularly download movies. However, there is evidence to suggest that the results are skewed.
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Pirate Bay de-scuppered and back on Yahoo
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
What’s going on at the world’s second most popular search engine, Yahoo? First they delist the Pirate Bay, but then they put it back. Did Jack Sparrow call them and have a chat?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
What’s going on at the world’s second most popular search engine, Yahoo? First they delist the Pirate Bay, but then they put it back. Did Jack Sparrow call them and have a chat?
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Pirate Bay gets scuppered by Yahoo
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Yahoo appears to have removed links to the Pirate Bay from their index, in what could be part of the most recent action against ‘the world’s largest bittorrent tracker’.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Yahoo appears to have removed links to the Pirate Bay from their index, in what could be part of the most recent action against ‘the world’s largest bittorrent tracker’.
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Swedish “Pirate Bay” under new legal attack
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Torrent download site, the Pirate Bay is in the legal firing line once again, this time from lawyers representing Prince and the Village People. However, if the Pirate Bay’s other responses to letters they have received from companies around the world are any indication, their response will likely be little more than a line from the Village People’s hit: you can’t stop the music, nobody can stop the music (or the Pirate Bay!).
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Torrent download site, the Pirate Bay is in the legal firing line once again, this time from lawyers representing Prince and the Village People. However, if the Pirate Bay’s other responses to letters they have received from companies around the world are any indication, their response will likely be little more than a line from the Village People’s hit: you can’t stop the music, nobody can stop the music (or the Pirate Bay!).
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Pirate Underbelly downloads go ballistic down under
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Net-savvy Victorians denied the chance to watch Channel 9’s hit new show thanks to a court order preventing its broadcast in the state have rushed online to download it, with local police threatening to thunder down upon copyright infringers like a ton of bricks.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Net-savvy Victorians denied the chance to watch Channel 9’s hit new show thanks to a court order preventing its broadcast in the state have rushed online to download it, with local police threatening to thunder down upon copyright infringers like a ton of bricks.
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Windows Vista SP1 can be officially downloaded NOW – but don’t do it!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
According to WinBeta, Microsoft has made Vista SP1 for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista available to download directly from their OEM site, even without the supposedly required registration - but is it something everyday consumers should be doing?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
According to WinBeta, Microsoft has made Vista SP1 for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista available to download directly from their OEM site, even without the supposedly required registration - but is it something everyday consumers should be doing?
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Vista SP1: Slow Pack 1?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Although Vista SP1 has gone RTM, there’s still confusion over whether the final SP1 code truly speeds things up like copying – or not. Is Vista SP1 just Vista’s twisted ugly sister, or a beautiful Cinderella awaiting the glass slipper?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Although Vista SP1 has gone RTM, there’s still confusion over whether the final SP1 code truly speeds things up like copying – or not. Is Vista SP1 just Vista’s twisted ugly sister, or a beautiful Cinderella awaiting the glass slipper?
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