Posted 01/13/09 at 06:55:12 PM by Pulkit Chandna

Torrentfreak has lambasted Microsoft for not using torrents for the launch of the Windows 7 Beta. Microsoft faced serious bandwidth constraints and had to delay the launch of the Beta by a day. Although the criticism is impassioned coming from a blog about torrents, it is both sensible and plausible.

An official Torrent would have not only taken a lot of burden off Microsoft’s own servers, but it would have also offered great speeds as torrents speeds improve with traffic (the ratio between seeders and leechers is equally important, though). It is the same mistake that Microsoft made during the launch of the Vista Beta.

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Posted 08/28/07 at 09:50:27 PM by Erin Simon

Torrent search-engine Torrentspy, faced with a discovery order compelling it to begin logging its US-based users' activity, opts for the high road.

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