Archive for the 'Web Stuff' Category

Twitter Suspends Accounts of Torrent Sites

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Twitter has suspended the accounts of at least two torrent sites and removed all of their followers. No reason for the suspension has been given other than that the sites in question “abused” Twitter’s service. Both sites were updating their accounts with newly published torrents daily.

Why Google Made BitTorrent a Success

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

BitTorrent is undoubtedly the most efficient way to share large files on the Internet. The key to BitTorrent’s widespread adoption can nevertheless not be exclusively attributed to its technical superiority. Much of BitTorrent’s success lies in the fact that it is web-based, easy to monetize and indexed by Google.

Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde Starts Money Sharing Site

Friday, February 12th, 2010

After resigning as The Pirate Bay’s spokesperson, Peter Sunde was left with some extra time to spend on his side projects. One of these ventures is Flattr, a social micropayment system for people who share content on the Internet, which just launched in Beta.

Pirate Bay’s Ipredator VPN Opens To The Public

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

After months of waiting, the Ipredator anonymity service from the founders of The Pirate Bay has finally opened its doors to the public. For 5 euros a month users can now hide all their Internet traffic, including torrent downloads, from third party outfits who might want to spy on their downloading habits.