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Information Today
August 23, 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Internet Archive Turns Up the Speed With BitTorrent The Internet Archive gave peer-to-peer file sharing a major boost by making more than 1 million books, movies, and other media immediately available as "torrents" from BitTorrent instead of solely relying on HTTP for downloading content.   |
InternetNews
November 23, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
BitTorrent Cleans Up Illegal content won't be linked anymore from BitTorrent.com, but will it stop BitTorrent from being used for piracy? |
InternetNews
March 4, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Lindows Grabs BitTorrent By The Bit Figuring they can save money using peer-to-peer technology (P2P), alternative operating system developers Lindows is giving customers 50 percent discounts if they download using BitTorrent. |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
Norton & Metz |
Must Download TV Though broadband video has traditionally been the domain of pirates and a few little-known but perfectly legal online operations, it's now going mainstream in a big way... BitPump 1.0... BitTorrent Client 4.2... Torrent 1.2.2... etc. |
InternetNews
September 13, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Firefox Gets BitTorrent Thanks to open source startup AllPeers, Firefox users can take advantage of BitTorrent inside of their browsers. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
BitTorrent Goes Legit with Content Delivery Service Controversial peer-to-peer file sharing company BitTorrent, Inc., is making new moves toward establishing itself as a legitimate content delivery play, today unveiling a business service designed to quickly and cheaply stream media to users' desktops. |
InternetNews
July 7, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Opera Adds BitTorrent The next version of the Opera Web browser will support peer-to-peer technology. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
The Infinite Lives Of BitTorrent Most people know BitTorrent as a technology used to illegally download music and movies, but what few realize is that it's also a company, a venture-backed startup like any other. |
InternetNews
January 25, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
BitTorrent P2P Trackers on The Move BitTorrent-based services are picking up steam this year, thanks to hosted torrent services from a number of vendors and the new eXeem P2P torrent-based application. |
PC Magazine
December 29, 2010
Jeffrey L. Wilson |
Vuze 4.5 Vuze 4.5 apes the run of the mill BitTorrent client by allowing remote control and file transferring. |
PC Magazine
April 18, 2007
Francine Huff |
Can Bittorrent Go Legit? Once thought of as a way to pirate movies, BitTorrent has gone legit. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
BitTorrent Lays Off 40 Employees The cuts were made in an effort to streamline business and focus on a smaller suite of products. |
InternetNews
December 30, 2004
Jim Wagner |
BitTorrent Operator Bites Back at MPAA LokiTorrent, a Web site that tracks and indexes BitTorrent files, says it's setting up a legal defense fund to fight a lawsuit filed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). |
Wired
January 2005
Clive Thompson |
The BitTorrent Effect Movie studios hate it. File-swappers love it. Bram Cohen's blazing-fast P2P software has turned the Internet into a universal TiVo. For free video-on-demand, just click here. |
D-Lib
October 2001
Brewster Kahle |
Public Access to Digital Material The goal of universal access to our cultural heritage is within our grasp. With current digital technology we can build comprehensive collections, and with digital networks we can make these available to students and scholars all over the world... |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2015 |
In Brief and In the News OCLC prints last library catalog cards... VRA Core RDF Ontology available for review... ALA awarded IMLS grant for IFLA 2016 Congress Fellowships... |
D-Lib
June 2004
Norbert Lossau |
Search Engine Technology and Digital Libraries: Libraries Need to Discover the Academic Internet If libraries do not want to become marginalized in a key area of their traditional services, they need to acknowledge the challenges that come with the globalization of scholarly information, the existence and further growth of the academic internet . |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2011
Gerolimos & Konsta |
Services for Academic Libraries in the New Era The aim of this paper is twofold. The primary focus is to research and document the integration of services based on the web into the framework of academic libraries. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
BitTorrent's Big Break Peer-to-peer file-sharing program BitTorrent's new deals are a step forward in digital movie distribution. |
InternetNews
April 17, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Pirate Bay Found Guilty in File-Sharing Trial A court found that the site's operators violated copyright on illegal downloads - but the BitTorrent site vows to keep fighting. |
InternetNews
November 19, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Blocking BitTorrent Is Sue-tastic Who's at greater risk for potential embarrassing exposure, Comcast or the BitTorrent downloaders mad at the company? |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2013 |
In Brief and In the News Assessing the Impact of Library Discovery Technology on Content Usage... A New Way to Follow the Research Trail... GreyGuide - Guide to Good Practice in Grey Literature... |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Higher education, library groups release Net Neutrality Principles... ALA applauds Congress for passing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act... Finalists announced for the Digital Preservation Awards 2014... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2011 |
In Brief SEALS: Semantic Evaluation at Large Scale... Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award 2012... New library study: demand up for technology, budget cuts limit access... |
| D-Lib |
In Brief and In the News Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus of the Nation by Crowdsourcing... Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance receives implementation funding from the Mellon Foundation... Content from European National and Research Libraries Now Available through New Portal for Researchers... |
InternetNews
February 7, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
BitTorrent Finds Way Into Opera BitTorrent, a tool used by both software pirates and software distributors, is gaining a measure of legitimacy thanks to browser maker Opera Software. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
BitTorrent Goes Legit BitTorrent is a private entity, but it could become an interesting player in the budding digital video market, and may even help bring that market into the mainstream. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Blau |
Europe Looks for a Peer-to-Peer TV Alternative An open-source P2P project to compete with BitTorrent, Joost, and IPTV |
InternetNews
November 29, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
BitTorrent Partners With The Man Again BitTorrent announced a slate of partnerships with film and television companies, such as 20th Century Fox, G4, Kadokawa Pictures USA and others. |
Home Theater
October 15, 2007 |
BitTorrent Hankers for Respectability BitTorrent has been doing business with Hollywood for awhile now. |
InternetNews
May 9, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
BitTorrent Pulls Down The Jolly Roger Starting this summer, users will be able to buy Warner Bros. movies and TV shows using the BitTorrent distribution and search platform. |
D-Lib
October 2007
Anna Gold |
Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 2: Libraries and the Data Challenge: Roles and Actions for Libraries Once libraries and librarians have forged new partnerships with scientists and data managers, then they will be truly integral to the stewardship of data as a vital part of the scholarly record. |
D-Lib
April 2006 |
In Brief The DIDET Project - bringing digital libraries into the classroom for Design Engineering students... Modular Emulation... CLOCKSS: Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe - Large Dark Archive Initiative... etc. |
Reason
April 2005
Julian Sanchez |
SuitTorrent Hollywood vs. downloaders: Newer programs such as BitTorrent have made it practical for Internet users to swap the much larger files required to store movies and TV shows, pushing Hollywood into the same hot seat as the record labels. |
D-Lib
September 2006
Choi & Rasmussen |
What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries Digital libraries are the future of academic and research institutions, and digital professionals will be required to have more breadth and depth of knowledge and skills across the dimensions of traditional library knowledge, technology, and human relations. |
D-Lib
April 2006
Lorcan Dempsey |
Libraries and the Long Tail: Some Thoughts about Libraries in a Network Age Libraries collectively manage a long tail of research, learning and cultural materials. However, we need to do more work to make sure that this long tail is directly available to improve the work and lives of our users. |
D-Lib
August 2005
Clifford Lynch |
Where Do We Go From Here? The Next Decade for Digital Libraries The next decade for digital libraries may be characterized by the transition from technologies and prototypes to the ubiquitous, immersive, and pervasive deployment of digital library technologies and services in the broader information and information technology landscape. |
InternetNews
October 19, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Comcast Suspected of Limiting BitTorrent Use A report finds Comcast throttles file uploads despite its support for net neutrality. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2000
William Y. Arms |
Automated Digital Libraries: How Effectively Can Computers Be Used for the Skilled Tasks of Professional Librarianship? Must access to scientific and professional information always be expensive, or is it possible that digital libraries might change this sad situation? |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Warner Bros. Bets on BitTorrent A new deal gives file-sharing greater legitimacy. Think of it as Warner Bros.' attempt to abandon all-out war in favor of winning its former enemy over from the inside. Investors, take note. |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2014
Laurence Lannom |
Editorial - Acquisition and Preservation Our current issue addresses two major digital library challenges and the interaction between them: the increasing diversity of digital information and the acquisition and preservation of that information. |
InternetNews
July 14, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Startup's Streamsight Tracks P2P Traffic CacheLogic test phase uncovers eye-opening data on worldwide P2P traffic. |
Information Today
July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Heather Green |
What Comes After YouTube Meet the startups making deals with Big Media for online video's next step. |
Information Today
April 25, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
Information Today
June 27, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
EPA Releases Its National Library Network Strategic Plan FY2012-2014 This is a 3-year strategic plan which addresses four key areas -- EPA library network governance, services, collections (electronic and physical), and communications outreach and training. |
D-Lib
April 2000
Wendy P. Lougee |
Book Review: Digital Libraries This book by William Arms draws boundaries broadly and covers issues from the perspective of all the relevant stakeholders -- i.e., librarians, technologists, publishers, and users. |
Fast Company
December 2005 |
Peer-to-peer: The Problem is the Solution The future of film distribution will take a cue from the pirates of today. |
D-Lib
January 2000
David M. Levy |
Digital Libraries and the Problem of Purpose Which way ought we to go in digital library research and development?...I'll start by reviewing the problem of purpose in American public libraries and American academic/research libraries before turning to digital libraries... |
