Tag Archives: bittorrent

Miro vs. Joost

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Robin

Ars Technica has an article up comparing the feature sets of Miro and Joost. The reason for this is because Miro has recently begun a campaign comparing Joost and Miro, but the Ars article seemed to have missed the biggest … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. OiNK

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Robin

OiNK, the known yet unknown tracker that everyone wanted an invite to, has been shut down and the site replaced with a gray message from the authorities. Apparently the servers, which were in Amsterdam, were seized and the owner, a … Continue reading →

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Intermittent Bandwidth Throttling

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Robin

Over the past few weeks I’ve noticed a weird “throttling” effect on my Internet traffic. I’m on Qwest’s “Fastest” home DSL, and after I start up my BitTorrent downloading and uploading, it fluctuates. Every once in a while it will … Continue reading →

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Miro

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Robin

Thanks to an article on CNET, I’ve begun to use Miro, formerly known as the Democracy Player, for all my television viewing. I’m subscribed to quite a few feeds on tvRSS.net, and I’m all set for this fall, when all … Continue reading →

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