The Shareaza Development Team are going completely postal on Discordia, the scumbag shell corporation behind the extortion of the former Shareaza site and false program, and now who are attempting to trademark the Shareaza name.
The Shareaza Development Team needs your help - we are setting up legal defenses to go to battle with Discordia! Every cent counts, even if you can only give a little.
On March 10-14, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) will sponsor it’s second large-scale national cyber exercise, Cyber Storm II. The exercise will center on a cyber-focused scenario that will escalate to the level of a cyber incident requiring a coordinated Federal response. Cyber Storm II is part of Homeland Security’s ongoing risk-based management effort to enhance government and private sector response to a cyber incident, promote public awareness, and reduce cyber risk within all levels of government and the private sector.
The goal of Cyber Storm II is to examine the processes, procedures, tools, and organizational response to a multi-sector coordinated attack through, and on, the global cyber infrastructure. The Secret Service as well as numerous other agencies will participate in this exercise.
I’m releasing the Shareaza Daily Builds script under the General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later.
CNN is reporting that the 100-day Hollywood writers walkout is now officially over. The new contract managed to snag two of the three major points the Writers Guild was looking for. The writers will now have “jurisdiction” for content created especially for new media (Internet, cell phones, etc) and will get paid for the reuse of content on new media when the studios get paid.
“It’s unclear how soon new episodes of scripted programs will start appearing, because production won’t begin until scripts are completed, the AP reported. It will take at least four weeks for producers to get the first post-strike episodes of comedies back on the air; dramas will take six to eight weeks.”
Now my television addiction to the shows House and Grey’s Anatomy can continue. I was getting a bit sick of watching re-runs.
I should also note that a report was released today that stated that 50% of all BitTorrent downloads are TV shows. With the writers strike over, I expect this percentage to only increase.
I have officially been added to the Shareaza project on Sourceforge as a developer. I am honored that I am able to help out in such a way. My title is “Content Management”, and I will be bringing the current Shareaza site up-to-date with the latest XHTML standards and CSS fixes.
With a militant style more associated with the crew of The Pirate Bay, TorrentFreedom promises to put the user back in control, by offering a new BitTorrent-optimized, zero-logging, 100% anonymous VPN service, guaranteed to punch a hole through throttling ISPs. It is a service similar to Relakks, but based out of the Netherlands, rather than Sweden.
Basically, just sign up for an account, run the software (which is the click of a button) - which encrypts and tunnels all your Internet traffic to the Netherlands and back to you and you run your file-sharing client(s), such as Limewire, Bittorrent, or any other peer-to-peer software! This way you can share and download files freely, and you don’t have to worry about the RIAA/MPAA knocking on your door, or worried about getting sued. I’ve already signed up for an account!
If you’re still concerned about your privacy and you’re somewhat computer-savvy, I recommend encrypting your hard drive with TrueCrypt.
Update: The speed has been noticeably slow (eg 160KBps vs 1.1 MBps), compared to when I’m downloading from my direct connection. This is most likely due to the length of travel (eg: Texas –> Netherlands –> Texas) and Internet piping constraints across the seas. The upside is that people at TorrentFreedom are working on getting some servers set up in the US, so I expect a great increase in speed in the near future.
Update 2: I’ve received word that getting US servers is going to be harder than expected. I’ve also been refunded my money. If you live in Europe, I’d say give it a go, but if you’re in the US, you’re out of luck for now.