Dropbox — File Sharing
A nice item to have in your geek toolbox is a way to share files on the Internet. Sending large photos or videos through email is simply not possible so you need another way. There are a number of...
View ArticlePRS Publishes Paper on Filesharing
The Performing Rights Society (PRS), the approximate equivalent of the US’s RIAA, recently published a paper outlining a proposed approach to the compensation of rights holders based on the level of...
View ArticleLeechPack For Large File Hosts
If you want to share large files, then you already know that email is NOT your friend. Many email services have file size limits – frequently 10MB. If you have looked further then you also know of...
View ArticleSwiss Court Stops IP Gathering By Anti-Piracy Outfits
On September 8th Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court handed down a ruling which could shake up copyright holders around the world and probably scared the heck out of such outfits as the RIAA and MPAA....
View Article13,000 Named in Adult Film Downloads
The names of thousands for BT & Sky broadband customers who had allegedly illegally downloaded adult material have been leaked on-line. The lists appear to have been obtained from servers of a law...
View ArticleThe Limewire Shutdown Is Not The End Of the RIAA’s Problems
As you may have heard recently, Limewire has been ordered to finally shut its digital doors. Yesterday, a federal judge granted the shutdown request from the RIAA after a ruling in their favor several...
View ArticleACS Law Boss Fined By ICO
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office today announced that it was fining Andrew Crossley of the now defunct ACS Law £1,000 for failing to keep secure sensitive personal information about 6,000...
View ArticleAre We All Thieves?
The history of advancing technology is long littered with accusations of copyright infringement along with charges of outright thievery. The problem seems to stem from ever-changing definitions of what...
View ArticleDropbox Vs. Google Drive
Google recently released Google Drive. It is the newest cloud storage device. Dropbox is a cloud storage device that has been in use for quite some time. I thought it would be interesting to compare...
View ArticlePogoplug Mobile Review
The cloud is definitely where it’s at right now, but what if you don’t like the idea the idea of Google, Dropbox et al looking after your data? Then you might be interested in a Pogoplug, which allows...
View ArticleShared.com Gives 100 GB of Storage Space
Shared Media have announced a new service where you can share files with others instantly – up to 100 GB in the freemium model with 2 GB upload cap. Shared.com has come out of the gate with a higher...
View ArticleAVG Android Social Apps
Today’s Android apps from AVG are aimed at social media users rather than performance junkies whose needs were covered yesterday. AVG has two apps in this space, Image Shrink & Share, and Privacy...
View ArticleBuffalo LS-421 Diskless NAS Review
The Buffalo LinkStation LS-421 Diskless NAS represents a small departure from the norm for Buffalo in that this is the first consumer-oriented unit to be offered as an enclosure without drives. While...
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