Legal actions pushing down Bittorrent popularity in the U.S

Source: Moneycontrol.com

Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 File sharing services have been around for a very long time, starting predominantly with Napster, whic ...
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Can ‘Bıg Data' Fix Book Marketing?

Source: Publishers Weekly

Thanks to a new generation of software and computing tools, in the future, book marketing will be determined by data rather than by intuition. If you're a publishing executive and you haven't been reading about Big Data, then ...
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BitTorrent Traffic Falls In the U.S.

Source: Slashdot

First time accepted submitter CAKAS writes "After legal actions taken by several industry outfits, BitTorrent traffic has fallen in the United States to the all time low of 12.7 percent of internet traffic. However, this trend seems to be ...
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Facebook Is Looking At Another Big Acquisition: It Might Buy Web Browser Opera (FB)

Source: Silicon Alley Insider

Opera has both a mobile web browsing app and a desktop browser, and it's an alternative to Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox browser, Google's Chrome browser and the Apple Safari browser. Opera says it has mor ...
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Copyright Holders Punish Themselves With Crazy DMCA Takedowns

Source: Torrent Freak

Yesterday Google kindly published a database of takedown requests sent to the search giant on copyright grounds. The DMCA notices are supposed to help protect legitimate sales but entertainment companies sending them are clearly havin ...
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Are Foxconn Factory Workers in for a Raise?

Source: TechNewsWorld

The word "rumor" is firmly attached to this item, so some skepticism is called for. But if you have at least two grains of salt on hand, feel free to proceed. Foxconn, a manufacturer of various Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) products, among other electronic gear, ...
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European Web Traffic Dominated by BitTorrent

Source: IT Pro Portal

A new Sandvine report has shown that in both Europe and Asia, BitTorrent traffic is topping the upstream and aggregate stats for web usage, beating traditional HTTP and YouTube viewing. It's so advanced in the EU that it almost ...
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Five reasons you should pay for your porn

Source: Between the Lines | ZDNet Blogs

Summary: Why should you pay for your porn instead of downloading it illegally? Because the consequences of doing so could be costly. Was that you who was named as a defendant by Raw Films for downloading Bareback Street Gang ...
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