The Pirate Bay's 20 Million
slyck.com — With over 20 million peers, there is no other network that comes close to sharing its size. Remember when communities like LimeWire, eDonkey2000, WinMX and Kazaa were considered big with their 3-4 million users? Today, that's less than a quarter the size of The Pirate Bay. (Submitted by msaleem) More...
MiniNova Sizes up against Web Search Engines
slyck.com — MiniNova, one of the largest BitTorrent trackers/indexers, announced yesterday a slew of updates to their site. The statistics page received a lot of attention as well, and reveals more details about the widespread use of this large community. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Pirate Bay/IFPI eDonkey Show Continues…
slyck.com — In the Dark Knight, the Joker describes his epic battle with Batman as being the result of an immovable object meeting an unstoppable force. The real world provides a similar parallel, with The Pirate Bay being the immovable object and the IFPI being the unstoppable force. The silliness between the two continues, as this time, the IFPI has launched (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Speckly: Just Radically Changed the Landscape of BitTorrent
slyck.com — What has helped Google become the premier search engine? How did an Internet start up transform itself from a noun to a verb? Google is an excellent resource because of its simplicity - no bells or whistles, just utilitarianism at its finest. Surely there's a BitTorrent search engine that's as simple to use as Google... Well there is: Speckly (Submitted by inactive) More...
ISPs Nationwide Unite in Attack against Exploitation
slyck.com — This total number of ISPs represents 87% of all carriers, providing connectivity to 112 million individuals. From the press release, it's difficult to gauge what Internet medium will be targeted. However, the statement does focus solely on child porn. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Hi, I'm Comcast and I'd Like to Delay You
slyck.com — What's worse than trying to download a large file that's stuck at 50 kb/sec? How about a delayed upload? Downloading can be a frustrating sport, but so can uploading. For most people, their upload speed is considerably slower than the download speed, otherwise known as asymmetrical bandwidth. This is typical of most cable connections (Submitted by inactive) More...
The Anatomy of a P2P Meltdown
slyck.com — Things are beginning to spiral out of control in the file-sharing world. ISPs are being sued by the entertainment industry, while seemingly giving up on suing individuals. Some college students are still under the gun, however not nearly enough are facing prosecution to make any real difference (Submitted by inactive) More...
BitTorrent Comes to the iPhone, iTouch
slyck.com — With the advent of the iPhone and iTouch, two devices that bring true mobile computer one step closer to reality, many believed file-sharing wasn't too far behind. Today, WickedPsyched reports success in their efforts to operate the BitTorrent protocol via the iPhone. (Submitted by inactive) More...
isoHunt Introduces New (Digg Like) Torrent Rating System
slyck.com — In an announcement made today by administrator Gary Fung, the isoHunt development team has released a new feature which allows users to comment and rate the quality of a torrent. This feature has been long desired by isoHunt users, and its release today gives isoHunt a competitive edge in a tight BitTorrent market. (Submitted by inactive) More...
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