Find Private Trackers with Open Signups: A Review of ‘Tracker Checker’ Sites

April 26, 2010 by sharky

Resources for discovering private trackers that are open for registration are virtually endless: blogs, ‘torrent invite’ boards, even tracker forums themselves. Apart from those - other online services known as tracker checker sites - can also provide invaluable current information on tracker ’signup’ status in real-time. Here we investigate older sites such as BTRACS, and also take a look at a couple of newer ones you might not have heard about.

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NewSceneFiles Calls it Quits; SceneFlux Picks up the Slack

April 22, 2010 by sharky

Sad news indeed for those who enjoy browsing automated scene-to-direct download links - NewSceneFiles has recently announced they’ve closed the service. After 7½ months and more than 56,000 releases, NSF quickly became became a popular replacement for SceneDDL/XLDR in amongst the scene-DDL circuit. All is not lost, however - there’s another automated DDL site that aims to be even better than NSF/SceneDDL/XLDR - SceneFlux.net.

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‘The X’ - New Scene Tracker From the SceneLife Crew

April 20, 2010 by sharky

Diligent work on a covert project spanning back nearly 8 full months has finally paid off - the SceneLife crew are now ready to unveil their latest tracker, simply titled "The X". Some will call this "ScL v2", when in fact The X is an entirely different (and better) site than its predecessor, in every way. Old staff (and new) have come together to create this brand-new & exciting 0sec/scene tracker - the first of its kind to be powered by ScT’s unreleased ScTBDev sourcecode. Also known as just X, it’s also the only known tracker in existence to begin life with more than 15,000 active torrents, all before opening the door.

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Frylock (co-sysop of Etiv.in) Busted for Pot Possession?

April 17, 2010 by sharky

Looking at the calendar, April 1st has come and passed. Interpret the information below however you see fit. FSF received an alarming email tonight, purportedly from the wife of Frylock, "Elizabeth". In it, she explains that Frylock (Etiv.in’s co-sysop & founder) has been arrested in California on a serious drug charge related to marijuana possession. Evidence on Etiv’s forums seem to support this - but hey, look at the bright side - at least it’s not a kiddie porn bust.

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Featured Userscript: ‘Better Comment Link Extractor’

April 16, 2010 by sharky

The brand-new better comment link extractor userscript is a slight (but mighty) variation of the recently updated ‘comment link extractor‘ script. Intended for those who frequently visit scene/release blogs, BCLE works by adding a yellow "Download Links" bar underneath each blog post in which filehoster direct download links posted in the comments are made easily accessible. Once installed, blog readers do not need to "click in" on individual posts to view commenters’ links, or weed through useless (and often cluttered) comments.

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Gygan - A New App For Sharing Large Files Online

April 09, 2010 by sharky

It’s rare that we’ll go out of our way to review new "P2P" programs, but Gygan is definitely a filesharing application worthy of a closer inspection. Gygan is a brand-new Windows app for sharing and sending large files quickly - users can upload & download any file size & type, as many files as you want, and get unlimited transfer speed (even for free users!). There’s a lot to cover here, but Gygan might just be the next-gen breakthrough in which how files are shared.

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Unzbin - A New (Tiny) Usenet NZB Application

April 07, 2010 by sharky

A common misconception about Usenet is that it’s an overly complicated filesharing protocol with a high learning curve. Although NZB technology has simplified the Usenet experience considerably, it’s true that many newsreaders are painfully sophisticated. Unzbin is a brand new NZB-only client specifically designed to be the easiest Usenet downloader of all. Not only is Unzbin simple to use, but it also comes loaded with some amazing features.

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RapidShare Killers: A Review of the Hottest New Filehosters

April 05, 2010 by sharky

Whether it be on release blogs, warez forums, or anywhere else on the ‘net - it’s unanimous that RapidShare links are everywhere. Few can deny that RS continues to reign as king of the filehosters - but there’s some serious new competition aiming to dethrone this behemoth 1-click hoster. According to Alexa: just 12 months ago RapidShare was poised at the #10 spot among most-visited websites; RS has now slipped to #31 and continues to slide. Small potatoes? Not in the business of filehosters it isn’t, where mad dollars are at stake. One thing that is certain - you can bet that the RS team is sweating over these new startups below that are vying for a piece of the filehosting pie.

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22 New Private Trackers: April 2010 Edition

April 03, 2010 by sharky

Quality over quantity - in this month’s new trackers article we’ve found at least 10 promising trackers worthy of signing up at. Seedzone is an impressive new ’scene’ tracker; Mobile.us pertains to all-things mobile/phone related; PornoPlus is a newer adult ’scene’ tracker; i-Console is a tracker dedicated to games of all types.

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