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AYB: Mininova is just a torrent search engine right? Not a tracker right? If so how is this going to matter at all? more »
Xagest: shrugs Google is still the best pirating tool in my experience. more »
ReynaldoRiv: WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I n... more »
Beall49: WTF is going on with Demonoid, when are they gonna get back up. I don't need Mininova at all when Demeonoid is rolling... more »
dragon:ONE: So, let's see: Any good trackers now? TPB's still out there but a PITA and often 'overloaded', ISOHunt has gotten confusing with 'releases', Demonoid'... more »
Cash907Censored: Mininova has been crap for the last year, ever since they put in place those damn copyright filters, so it's not like this is some huge surprise. Don'... more »
PureSin: what?!1 really? I didnt expect this. Mininova was my main site too. more »
rekoil: Anyone able to get this working properly in Parallels Desktop 5 after converting the image to Parallels format (via Transporter)? I get to the login s... more »
macmanwa: Just to be clear, this isn't Google Chrome OS (in the VM), it is a Chromium-based OS build. As has been called out in the Chromium discussion boards, ... more »
lostarchitect: Probably a dumb question, but can I somehow convert this VMware file to work with parallels, or should I just compile the damn thing? more »
PN - gooapplesoft: I get the feeling that as soon as this os gets polished up it will have a very good market in the netbook/smartbook department. more »
blash: Runs abominably slow in VMWare for me. Probably just my host machine though. What they have right now is very rough and basic - essentially just a Ch... more »
Bokusatsu_Tenshi: For all those suspicious of the torrent, Lifehacker explained better how this VMWare image was possible: [lifehacker.com] more »
Kaiser-Machead: more »
blash: Rapidshare links pretty please? more »
Odin: So they shut down the tracker but are still running? Proof that you can hang them again and again and they'll keep on breathing. more »
Poop Cooper: I've recently taken to using jDownloader in tandem with something like Filestube.com for some of my shows, since the download speeds are outrageously ... more »
impliedsurprise: so who is going to fill their shoes? anything better than mininova right now? Does anyone have a demonoid invite that they don't need? please?! #thep... more »
Godseye: Seriously, why are you writing about The Pirate Bay when there are so many legal alternative, that actually give the producers their rightfull compens... more »
mjt308: Anyone know of a good torrent client for Windows 7 64-bit? I read that installing uTorrent, the client I currently use, results in some issues in 7. A... more »

#bittorrent

Mininova Goes Legit, Saddens Everyone
Mininova, the other popular BitTorrent tracker, just went legal-only. No more downloading episodes of Dexter or Mad Men off of it, but there plenty of other trackers out there still. [Mininova Blog]
#chromeos

Get Google Chrome OS, Now
Wow, that was fast. Google Chrome OS was only unveiled today, and it's already compiled as a VMWare image, ready for download via torrents and gdgt. Techcrunch also has a tutorial for setting it up. [Pirate Bay, gdgt, Techcrunch]
#torrents

At Long Last, The Pirate Bay Shuts Down Its Tracker
The Pirate Bay has been in Zombie Pirate™ mode for months now, but one of the last remnants of its halcyon days has been sent to sea on a burning boat: their tracker—the biggest in the world—is gone. More »
#bittorrent

More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out
Just about every BitTorrent trick you need to know that we haven't shown you, Maximum PC covers in their BitTorrent guide, like remote management, rolling your own torrents, and even getting somebody else to do the dirty work for you. More »
#bittorrent

µTorrent 2.0 Self Throttles So ISPs Don't Have To...What?
This is weird: the next version of µTorrent, currently in beta, uses an updated version of the BitTorrent protocol that decreases your speed (usually uploads) when it detects network congestion. Will it slow downloads? Not necessarily…apparently. More »
#imagecache

This Movie Theater Tells It How It Is
Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
#bittorrent

µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over to Cydia
µMonitor is little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission's Drivetrain app, it's been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however: Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. More »
#puzzles

Bram's Cube Takes the Rubik's Cube and Makes It Devastatingly Hard
Are you able to solve a Rubik's Cube quickly and easily? Does that make you feel like a real smart guy? Well, piss off. Try the Bram's Cube, created by the creator of BitTorrent. More »
#torrents

Mininova Threatened With $1500 Fine For Each Link To an Illegal Torrent
Hugely popular torrent indexer Mininova has been slapped with a debilitating ruling, in the Netherlands: Within the next three months, the site has to remove all links to infringing torrents, after which it'll be fined 1000 Euros for each one. More »
#bittorrent

5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harboring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn't mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it closes for good. More »
#thepiratebay

Ahoy! Cloned Pirate Bay Site Sets Sail
Remember that Pirate Bay user who archived the site's entire torrent index earlier this week? It's available for all to download, but he's now used it to create a full replica site. You can check it out at BTArena.net. [TorrentFreak] More »
#thepiratebay

Get The Pirate Bay's Torrent Archive With One Massive 21.3GB Download
With the Pirate Bay set to close in the next few days, one anonymous user has put together a single massive archive of all 873,671 torrent files hosted on its servers. More »
#windows

Windows 7 RTM Leaked on BitTorrent
It should come as no surprise—but Windows 7 Build 7600.16385, which Microsoft deemed the RTM, has been unceremoniously leaked. A Chinese 64-bit version was first posted on torrent sites on July 16th with an English version released later that day. As always, grab at your own risk. [The New York Times]
#thepiratebay

Is the Pirate Bay Actually Dead?
Your worst fears about The Pirate Bay acquisition might be coming true: Peter Sunde told Torrent Freak that they are indeed closing down TPB's tracker and decentralizing to the point listed torrents won't be hosted on the site anymore. More »
#piracy

Man Sent to Jail For Six Months For Pirating, Uh, The Love Guru
This is embarassing. Jack Yates has been sentenced to six months in jail for pirating the horrible Mike Meyers movie The Love Guru. It might have been worth it for Star Trek, but come on, The Love Guru? More »
#windows7

Nearly Final Windows 7 Build 7229 Now Available at Your Local Pirate Bay
A new post-release candidate 1 build of Windows 7—specifically, build 7229—has creeped onto BitTorrent. This is supposedly one of the last builds before Windows 7 is released to manufacturing. As always, grab at your own risk. [Thanks Bouke!]
#iphoneapprejects

BitTorrent App for iPhone Gets Rejected on Anti-Piracy Grounds
Adding to their anti-boobies policy—which apparently may disappear with the new application parental controls in 3.0, Apple has rejected a BitTorrent application for the iPhone stating that it may be used for piracy: More »
#piracy

The New Blockbuster: Godawful Wolverine Downloaded Over 4 Million Times
I saw Wolverine in theaters. I paid $8 for my ticket and $5 for popcorn, heavy on the heart attack sauce. But I still don't know why 4 million people downloaded that piece of poo. More »
#questionoftheday

Has Piracy Made You More or Less Interested In The Wolverine Movie?
As you know, a rough version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked online. Starting today, we will learn if it ended up helping or hurting the film. How will it affect your weekend plans? More »
#piracy

Swedish Pirate Party Expected to Win (Not Plunder) a Seat in E.U. Parliament
It looks like Europe is just as taken with the Pirate Party as we at Giz are, because a recent electoral poll shows them with enough votes to secure a seat in the E.U. Parliament. More »
#windows7

Windows 7 RC1 (Build 7100) Now Available at Your Favorite Torrent Site
We knew this was coming—a day after it was in the hands of partners, legit copies of Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (build 7100) have hit your favorite torrent site. Watch out for fakes. [ZDNet]
#questionoftheday

Do You Agree With The Pirate Bay Verdict?
Not suprisingly, Paul McCartney agrees with the recent Pirate Bay verdict, but the question is—do you? More »
#piracy

The Pirate Bay Founders Issue Post-Verdict Statement: "The Site Will Live On!"
Though The Pirate Bay suffered a defeat last week, the founders' latest statement is anything but defeated. They've started the years-long appeals process, and urge TPB users to download and seed as much as possible. More »
#piracy

Study Finds Pirates Buy 10x More Music Online than Non-Pirates
A study from the BI Norwegian School of Management has found that those who download free music from services like BitTorrent are also the biggest legitimate consumers of downloadable music. More »
#piracy

Hundreds Picket Pirate Bay Verdict In Best-Costumed Political Protest Ever
In Sweden, hundreds of young people are dressing as pirates and waving the Jolly Roger flag in protest of the guilty verdict handed down to the Pirate Bay's siterunners. Sweden gets the best protests. More »
#tipoftheday

If You Publicly Proclaim You're Going to Pirate a Movie, You Will Get Free Tickets to It
I have the feeling Miramax is sending the wrong message here: After bemoaning the lack of an Adventureland torrent on Twitter, Amanda got a vaguely threatening reply from MiramaxFilms, which then offered her free tickets. More »
#thepiratebay

The Pirate Bay's Ipredator Provides Safe, Anonymous Protection From the Law for $6
The Pirate Bay's new IP-masking anonymity service for paranoid pirates—Ipredator, whose name also plays off Sweden's new IPRED anti-piracy law—already has over 100,000 sign-ups. More »
#movies

How to Create a Blockbuster Movie in Today's World: Leak It to BitTorrent
Wolverine is guaranteed to be a bag of trash with claws carried by Ryan Reynolds. Which is why, ironically, getting leaked to BitTorrent sans special effects is the best thing that could've happened to it. More »
#piracy

A Pirate's Code of Conduct for BitTorrent
In the 17th century, when groups of men plundered the seas in ships filled with rats and scurvy, they agreed on a code to keep themselves civilly uncivil. I propose the same for BitTorrent. More »
#routers

Fonera, the Communalist Wi-Fi Club, Revamps Routers With NAS, BitTorrent and 3G Support
Fonera, whose novel routers require you to share your connection in trade for access to other Fonera users' connections, has updated their hardware: the new Fonera 2 supports USB storage, BitTorrent and 3G dongles. More »
#piracy

Web Traffic in Sweden Drops 33% in a Single Day After New Anti-Piracy Law is Enacted
Sweden's new anti-piracy policy allows copyright holders to quickly obtain the identity of major pirates and prosecute them directly through the courts, without going through the police. And it's scared a lot of Swedes straight. More »
#bittorrent

The Pirate Bay Lets You Share Torrents on Facebook
Terrible idea or fantastic one? The Pirate Bay's latest feature lets you share your favorite torrents on Facebook, dumping it directly in your newsfeed, like when you buy Bon Jovi tickets from Ticketmaster. More »
#howto

How To: Use BitTorrent Like a Pro
Even if you've been casually Torrenting for years, BitTorrent tools keep getting better. Here's our guide for getting the most out of what is, slowly but surely, changing forever how people acquire and consume entertainments. More »
#homeentertainment

Vuze (aka Azureus) Makes Torrenting Video Even Better With Easy Conversion and Streaming
Azureus (now Vuze) has always been one of the bloatier BitTorrent clients, but I've stuck with it because I like the new UI. Now it's even more useful: It streams and converts videos automatically.
#bittorrent

Torrent Droid Android App Lets You Scan UPCs, Get Torrents In Return
The full version of Torrent Droid will be out in a month, but this video shows you what you ned to know already. Scan a UPC bar code and the app will search BitTorrent automatically. More »
#bittorrent

Pirate Bay Trial Watch: The Defense Rests, Reboots the Servers from the Courtroom
In the final day of the Pirate Bay trial, the defense made its closing arguments. While doing so, they rebooted the servers, which had crashed, from the court room. More »
#piratewars

Pirate Bay Under Attack, DDoS Style
I just noticed that tons of commenters on our latest Pirate Bay trial update were saying that the site was down, and sure enough, others are reporting that the Bay is indeed under attack. Reuven at Sys-Con.tv is saying it's an orchestrated DDoS assault, and that the culprit may have hijacked a botnet to make it happen. I guess it's pretty serious. [Sys-Con.tv and Giz comments] More »
#thedreamisalive

DVR/BitTorrent Combo BlobBox Appears, Pirates and Studio Execs Shudder
One of Chen's deepest, darkest fantasies is a set-top box that records shows and pulls in torrents at the same time. Italian hardware firm Telsey and software maker TVBlob just made it—the BlobBox—a reality. More »
#bittorrent

Pirate Bay Trial Watch: The Prosecution Rests
The Pirate Bay "spectrial" is wrapping up, with the prosecution having just made its closing arguments. More »
#cute

Aww, What Soft-Hearted Pirates
Torrent Trial of the Millennium update: when asked if he should be reimbursed for transportation to court, media researcher Robert Wallis suggested flowers be sent to his wife. And the pirates responded in kind. More »

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