10 Alternatives To Mininova
torrentfreak.com — After nearly five years of loyal service, Mininova disabled access to over a million torrent files when it partly shut down its website. Starting today, only approved publishers are able to upload files to the site, but luckily there are plenty of alternatives and potential replacements BitTorrent users can flock to. (Submitted by Shar3Mor3) More…
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Google set to map the world - and push out GPS makers
bloggingstocks.com — In what seems to be the norm for Google, it is once again disrupting an entire market by giving something away for free that's both competitive and capable. TomTom and Garmin saw their share prices plummet upon Google's announcement, and rightfully so. (Submitted by AmyVernon) More…
FOX FILMS: We Should Disconnect File-Sharers Like France
zeropaid.com — Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos believes the US should follow France’s lead and impose a “three-strikes” system disconnecting repeat file-sharers from the Internet. He said that internet piracy is the single biggest threat to the worldwide film industry, and that independent films are the hardest hit. (Submitted by raustin) More…
MPAA to FCC: critics of video blocking proposals are lying
arstechnica.com — Hollywood is now resorting to calling critics of its analog stream-blocking proposal liars, while talking out of both sides of its mouth about DVD encryption and piracy. But the brunt of this accusation, Public Knowledge, still insists that shutting down the output to millions of HDTVs won't benefit consumers. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More…
Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes "Legal"
torrentfreak.com — Mininova, the largest torrent site on the Internet, has removed all torrents except those that were uploaded through its content distribution service. Mininova’s founders took the drastic decision after they lost a civil dispute against Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, and were ordered to remove all infringing torrents from the site. (Submitted by synctext) More…
Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online
reuters.com — By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq. What is now... (Submitted by pezangel) More…
S.Korea Cuts Daily SMS Ceiling From 1K to 500 To Fight Spam
physorg.com — "South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said. The number of text messages that a mobile user can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000." (Submitted by IvanB) More…
Swedes start buying music; are anti-P2P laws working?
arstechnica.com — Digital music sales in piracy-loving Sweden have soared this year. The music industry says that it's all about tough new laws and court prosecutions, but some major labels are seeing worldwide increases. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More…
Redirecting DNS Requests Can Harm the Internet
pcworld.com — ICANN on Tuesday condemned the practice of redirecting requests for nonexistent domains as a threat to the smooth functioning of the Internet. They also suggested banning it in a draft of the agreement owners of the new gTLDs would have to sign. (Submitted by Shiner76) More…
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