Oct 26, 2006
MPAA Loves P2P
The Inquirer.net published an interesting article about the MPAA's response, or lack thereof to Guba. Guba an usenet indexing site offering feature length movies for $.99 and TV shows for $.49 is apparently completely protected by the MPAA, rather the MPAA is not interested in their illegal offerings. BitTorrent trackers and ED2K indexing sites as of late have been the focus of the MPAA's wrath, but they... read more
Oct 24, 2006
Blu-Ray Delay
Boy, that just has a cool ring to it, unfortunately it spells bad news for those looking to get Sony's first standalone player. For the third time the BDP-S1 Blu-ray Disc player launch will be postponed until December or possibly even sometime in 2007. eeek!? According to EETimes.com, the problem comes from supplies, rather than an actual problem with the hardware. Sounds like the same thing to me and is... read more
Oct 24, 2006
BitTorrent Ashwin Navin Interview
On Oct 19th, The Guardian posted an interview with Ashwin Navin, President and CEO of BitTorrent. This self-proclaimed creator of the BitTorrent business model floats through the interview walking on piracy eggshells....pfft. Navin's ability to dance around questions like, " The judicial system in the US has taken a dim view of peer-to-peer networks - in fact, Grokster is out of business. Why is BitTorrent... read more
Oct 23, 2006
Download Torrents Without PC
The official BitTorrent company, created by Brahm Cohen, is currently working with manufacturers to integrate their p2p protocol with consumer electronics. The idea is that you could download torrents via a router, media server, or any non PC based hardware. Keep in mind this advancement will be centered around legitimate p2p seeds. So sorry, those bastard child torrents will most likely not be able to... read more
Oct 22, 2006
Theme Modification
It seems I'm still trying to find a theme that fits my blogging style and mood. Today, I think I may have found it, after a little bit of modification this one just might stick. The theme being used is ChaoticSoul by Bryan Veloso and the basic installation does not fulfill my SEO needs, so bring out the tools. I'll briefly highlight some of the minor changes I've made thus far. First and foremost I need... read more
