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    Don't panic, but that public Wi-Fi comes from ... inside your house 

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    Rart
    Published on 02-05-2014 07:33 PM
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    When Comcast asked Ronaldo Boschulte to swap out his malfunctioning broadband modem and Wi-Fi router with an all-new model late last year, he didn't know the Internet device was a high-tech Trojan horse of sorts.

    Comcast fessed up a bit later in an email to the Maple Grove man.

    The new Xfinity-branded modem and Wi-Fi router also works as a public Wi-Fi hotspot.

    This means any Comcast subscribers within range can gain access to the Internet, via the router, simply by tapping in their Xfinity credentials.

    “I didn't know it had a hotspot” feature, the accountant said. “That was pretty much a surprise.”

    Boschulte has plenty of company in this regard — and not all are thrilled about it. Some Xfinity subscribers, when made aware of this public-hotspot feature embedded in their home routers, have reacted with a mixture of apprehension and suspicion. Others say they like it. ...
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    Who wants competition? Big cable tries outlawing municipal broadband in Kanses. 

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    bobbintb
    Published on 02-04-2014 03:57 PM   
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    Update: Check out our followup story to see how the cable lobby is changing the bill.

    Legislation introduced in the Kansas state legislature by a lobby for cable companies would make it almost impossible for cities and towns to offer broadband services to residents and would perhaps even outlaw public-private partnerships like the one that brought Google Fiber to Kansas City.

    The Senate bill doesn't list any lawmaker as its sponsor, and there's a reason—a Senate employee told us it was submitted by John Federico on behalf of the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association, of which he is president.That's a lobby group with members such as Comcast, Cox, Eagle Communications, and Time Warner Cable. The bill was introduced this week, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and scheduled for discussion for Tuesday of next week. ...
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    AT&T Patents Concept to Detect & Charge More For Certain Traffic 

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    Rart
    Published on 02-03-2014 05:36 AM
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    A patent application by telecoms giant AT&T details a traffic management system set to add a little more heat to the net neutrality debate. Rather than customers using their Internet connections to freely access any kind of data, the telecoms giant envisions a system in which subscribers engaged in "non-permissible" transfers, such as file-sharing and movie downloading, can be sanctioned or marked for increased billing.

    When a consumer subscribes to an Internet package, either at home or on a cellphone, it’s generally accepted that he can use it for whatever applications he likes, whether that’s web browsing, sending or receiving emails, watching video, or listening to music. ...
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    This Google Glass user went to the movies. Then he got interrogated for about four hours. 

    by
    Rart
    Published on 01-22-2014 06:43 AM
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    Days after a California driver escaped a traffic conviction over wearing Google Glass behind the wheel, the search company's augmented-reality device is once again testing the law. On Saturday, an Ohio man was detained for several hours by federal agents who suspected him of recording "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" in his local movie theater using Glass's video function.

    "About an hour into the movie," Columbus-based Tiberiu Ungureanu told The Gadgeteer, "a guy comes near my seat, shoves a badge that had some sort of a shield on it, yanks the Google Glass off my face and says, 'follow me outside immediately.'" ...
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    Payza Resumes United Kingdom Operations In Wake Of U.S. Fallout 

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    ScrollDog
    Published on 01-16-2014 08:24 AM   
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    In the wake of the U.S. disaster, Payza has now relaunched their UK operations. The popular online payment platform has resumed operations with the United Kingdom in full force. This move comes after the November 26th, 2013 catastrophe that resulted with U.S. based funds seized in over 30 states. Eventually the issue spread to all 50 states and Payza experienced a country wide blockade. The problem still persists in the United States and the situation has left hundreds of thousands of users frustrated to say the least. As a result of the funds being frozen and the ongoing investigation by the United States Department Of Justice, Payza needed to do something substantial to help off-set the loss. This could be exactly what the company needed. ...
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    Best Top 25 Movies of 2013 

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    torrentus
    Published on 01-02-2014 06:55 PM   
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    We Wish You Happy New Year, 2014!

    2013 was a year of many new movies. The list should be surely longer as just Top 25, but you are welcome to comment this thread with your "Favourite Movie 2013". Below is the list of my personal favourites for the last year: ...
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    BitTorrent Study Challenges Videogame Piracy Misconceptions 

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    torrentus
    Published on 01-02-2014 03:52 PM   
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    2. FileSharing,
    3. BitTorrent,
    4. Gaming
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    The number of illicit digital copies is not as high as reported by industry trade organizations, according to a large-scale analysis of BitTorrent file-sharing of videogames.

    Anders Drachen from the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University and the PLAIT Lab at Northeastern University as well as Robert Veitch from the Department of IT Management at Copenhagen Business School analysed a the filesharing of some 173 computer games over a three-month period between 2010 and 2011.

    They set out to study videogame piracy because "despite the substantial debate about digital game piracy, there is minimal objective information available about the relative magnitude of piracy, or its distribution across different countries nor across game titles or game genres" ...
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    TPB Preparing Launch Of Updated PirateBrowser: A New Era Begins 

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    ScrollDog
    Published on 12-13-2013 10:47 AM   
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    3. BitTorrent,
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    ThePirateBay, which has seen it’s share of the spotlight in the past, has had consistent pressure on their domains once again in recent days. Since TPB first opened doors they have had nearly 20 different domain extensions. In the past 2 days alone, TPB has gone from .sx, to .ac to .pe. The .SX belonging to the tiny island of Sint Maarten, .ac belonging to the UK’s Ascension Island and .pe belong to Peru. The most recent .pe domain will only be a temporary solution as Peru authorities will be soon to seize this domain as well. As a result ThePirateBay will move to a new extension shortly. If they were able to acquire thepiratebay.so or thepiratebay.ag it would be ideal. These are two of the safest locations (Angola & Burma or Somalia) to register domains and it would make sense if the ship attempted to sail there. ...
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    File Hosting Companies To Apply Digital Fingerprinting Software 

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    ScrollDog
    Published on 12-07-2013 10:10 AM   
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    In light of the Hotfile judgement that ended with the company being forced to pay $80,000,000 in fines and either ceasing it's operations or implementing fingerprinting technologies to prevent copyright infringement, file hosting companies around the world are scrambling to sure up their businesses.

    ScrollDog has been in contact with an MPAA representative by the name of Eddie Hoang. He works within the MPAA's Tech department and advises the company on what software file hosting services should be using to combat copyright infringement. Mr. Hoang stated that after the Hotfile news broke, his office received dozens of phone calls from various file hosting companies inquiring into the legalities of their operations. ...
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    StopFileLockers Re-Exposed: Lies, Manipulation & Deceit 

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    ScrollDog
    Published on 11-17-2013 03:19 AM
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    Ever since the StopFileLocker movement began, many people questioned what the real motives were behind such an operation. ...
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    UploaderTalk.com, anti-piracy honey pot! 

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    Broken
    Published on 10-24-2013 04:52 PM   
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    2. FileSharing,
    3. Internet

    File-Sharing Site Was A Year-Long Pirate Honeypot

    A site founded by a former moderator of one of the most popular file-hosting and uploader hangouts has admitted today that his site was a honeypot setup to capture data on pirate activity. WDF, a former senior staff member at popular discussion forum WJunction, says that in the 12 months since his site went online he’s been grabbing information about uploaders and file-hosts. “I suckered shitloads of you,” he said today as he announced the acquisition of his site by a U.S.-based anti-piracy company. ...
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    Top 5 Downloaders for Usenet NZB Files 

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    torrentus
    Published on 10-17-2013 07:45 PM
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    Each internet user who loves Usenet network and uses it for downloading of binary content has his favourite Newsreaders, ...
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    Top 10 Websites To Watch Movies Online For Free 

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    torrentus
    Published on 10-15-2013 11:51 AM   
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    2. Internet
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    We all love the idea of watching movies with just your Internet connection and a computer and no strings attached. Although some of you may think that this is not legal, i would say "why not try something ill-legal today". There are lots of websites which provide to watch movies online, no need to sign-up and in few clicks you are into the movie arena. ...
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