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If you are considering switching your DSL or cable broadband service, it is wise to compare ISPs based on the variety of speeds, plans and packages being offered by each of the internet access providers so you can walk away with the best deal. read more »
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Reader Liza is in a pickle and needs advice. She writes in: I recently followed Lifehacker's guide to BitTorrent and set my laptop up with the uTorrent program. Using a combination of PizzaTorrent and uTorrent, I downloaded several movies and albums, perhaps 30 in all. Yesterday I received a letter in the mail from Cablevision (my ISP) saying that Paramount/Dreamworks had filed a complaint with them regarding my illegal download of one of their films.The letter states that I am not being sued and my service is not being disconnected at this point but that Paramount/Dreamworks has the right to pursue legal action against me and Cablevision was warning me of that. I know Lifehacker doesn't endorse downloading copyrighted material—but we all know wha read more »
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Earlier this week, a Lifehacker reader caught downloading copyrighted material using BitTorrent told us about the scary warning letter she received from her ISP after a big media company filed a complaint. Fact is, whether you're downloading copyrighted material or not, no one likes to have their activities online monitored. Let's take a look at ways you can protect your downloading and file sharing privacy, and prevent the big media companies and other anti-P2P organizations from spying on your file sharing habits.
NOTE: It would be irresponsible to assure you that all of the methods highlighted below are foolproof. However, each method can do a lot to increase your privacy and read more »
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Google's video sharing service YouTube got banned on Monday after an anti-Islam clip called Fitna was published on its official website, drawing protests from its Indonesian users. Last week, the Indonesian government set a Monday deadline to YouTube's administrators in order to allow them to remove the clip but, since it was still accessible, the country's ISPs blocked its access.
Since today, YouTube is available again after the country's officials have decided that bloc... read more »
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Since today, YouTube is available again after the country's officials have decided that bloc... read more »
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The peer-to-peer file sharing industry is quite important these days as ISPs, copyright holders and users are continuously talking about it. While consumers simply love P2P file sharing, copyright holders has strongly criticized it because it is rumored that the largest amount of pirated content is distributed by this method. Some ISPs encountered difficulties due to users' exaggerated appetite for P2P downloads and, even if some of them have thought to banning P2P tools, they are actually ... read more »
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Web application Glasnost simulates BitTorrent downloads on your computer to determine whether or not your internet service provider (ISP) is throttling your BitTorrent transfers. It does so by measuring the difference between your regular download speed and your BitTorrent download speed, testing against different ports and other variables to get a better idea of what exactly is being throttled. The tool is aggregating the results of the test, which the site is publishing to encourage greater transparency among ISPs. If your ISP turns out to be throttling your BitTorrent traffic, you can still avoid the throttlin read more »
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ISPs throttling peer-to-peer downloads have always been criticized by users because these file-sharing applications have an incredible popularity among them but this doesn't stop the Japanese authorities to bring up a new set of guidelines which would allow ISP to limit speeds. According to The Asahi Shimbum, the Japan Internet Provider Association and three other organizations have created a new pack of guidelines which could permit the Internet service providers to limit the speeds of som... read more »
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Wired's How-To Wiki offers a timely compilation of ways to get into Usenet, that old-school newsgroup collection often teeming with downloads and advice, now that it looks like major ISPs will block access partially or entirely. Google Groups, for instance, will get you into a semi-mirrored version of Usenet without any of the sketchier alt groups included. For full-scale access, free tools like UsenetTools and DMoz are suggested, along with a few full-access tools with monthly subscriptions. If you're new to the old net, check out easy guides on downloading and sharing files, and tell us what you still get out of Usen read more »
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