Downloads

Opera Downloads Spike After Microsoft’s “Browser Ballot”

by Mike Mansell March 4, 2010
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As a result of an anti-trust agreement made with the European Commission earlier this year, Microsoft Corporation began rolling out the “browser ballot” program in Europe early this month.  The “browser ballot” system is an internet browser choice program designed to give Windows users the option to easily select a new default web browser; be [...]

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Rapidshare Fined €24,000,000

by Matt Hodges June 24, 2009
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A German court has ordered the file sharing site Rapidshare.com to pay €24,000,000 ($33,600,000 USD) in fines and must now filter their content against copyright infringement. According to a statement from GEMA, “[t]he judgment states that the hosting service itself is now responsible for making sure that none of the music tracks concerned are distributed [...]

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Download Your Own YouTube Videos

by Jeff Weisbein June 9, 2009
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I just logged into my YouTube account only to find the option to “Download MP4″ (see screenshot below).  I attempted to provide the link to someone else to see if they too were able to download the video, however, they were not.  At this current time I have been unable to find an option to [...]

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