12/02/2008
µTorrent's switch to UDP and why the sky isn't falling (Ars Technica)
The new alpha version of BitTorrent client µTorrent transfers data over UDP, making it either easier or harder on ISP networks than existing BitTorrent clients. Read More...
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12/02/2008
BitTorrent Calls UDP Report "Utter Nonsense" (Slashdot)
Ian Lamont writes "BitTorrent has responded to a report in the Register that suggested uTorrent's switch to UDP could cause an Internet meltdown. Marketing manager Simon Morris described the Register report as 'utter nonsense,' and said that the switch to uTP — a UDP-based implementation of the BitTorrent protocol — was intended to reduce network congestion. The original Register report was ...
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12/03/2008
Bittorrent to switch protocols to confound throttlers (Geek.com)
uTorrent - the popular bittorrent client - is to switch to the UDP protocol for file transfers; a move which may have far-reaching consequences for the internet. Bittorrent, Inc, the makers of uTorrent, are apparently annoyed at the throttling measures introduced by many ISPs, including Comcast. In an effort to confound the throttlers and circumvent the [...]
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12/02/2008
UDP won't 'crash Internet', rages BitTorrent (TechWorld)
Anti-Torrent tendency sent back to box. BitTorrent has slammed a report in a technology magazine that suggested a planned protocol change could threaten the stability of the Internet.
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12/02/2008
BitTorrent Switching to UDP Transfers? Nonsense! (Slyck)
BitTorrent sets story straight.
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12/03/2008
Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown (Slashdot)
Gimble writes "Richard Bennett has an article at the Register claiming that a recent uTorrent decision to use UDP for file transfers to avoid ISP 'traffic management' restrictions will cause a meltdown of the internet reducing everybody's bandwidth to a quarter of their current value. Other folks have also expressed concern that this may not be the best thing for the internet." Read more ...
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12/04/2008
Grand Theft Auto IV PC Bugs: Rockstar Suggests Solutions (Voodoo Extreme)
Rockstar compiled a list of possible solutions to user-reported Grand Theft Auto IV PC bugs:...
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12/04/2008
PK’s Beef: Acts of barbarism in the name of Islam? (AllGambian.Net)
The more I look at TV footages of last Wednesday's terror attack in Mumbai, India, the angrier I get. A group of losers who claimed to be believers in the oneness of Allah and the Day of Judgement attacked innocent people, killing over 170 people and injuring 200 or more.
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12/03/2008
End of our roving (Tameside Advertiser)
A GYPSY family who have settled on an old builder’s yard in Denton have applied for permission to set up the first permanent travellers’ site in Tameside.
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12/03/2008
Media Release: Sterling Commerce Speeds Long-Distance Delivery of Large Files (iTNews)
Melbourne – December 3, 2008 – Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) company, today announced Sterling File Accelerator (SFA).
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