Internet security and privacy are two topics that are frequently in the news. Those Internet users who use the BitTorrent protocol to share files are perhaps more aware of these security and privacy issues than others. Many government agencies, special interest groups, corporations, and hackers with malicious intentions monitor torrent downloads and look for people to catch, sue, or attack.
Because of this reality, it is important for torrent file sharers to find ways to protect themselves from litigation, prosecution, bandwidth shaping, and malware. The following tips should help you make your torrent experience safer, private, and more secure.
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Although you will find them in big numbers, file hosting websites normally service only their primary purpose: storing files. In order to share these files with others, you have to resort to the traditional URL sharing technique that requires them to download the files before they can view them. And anybody who has downloaded files from an web host knows the problems: timeouts, waiting limits, download limitations, etc.
Have you ever wanted to share a large and confidential file with your colleagues or clients but can’t find the appropriate tools to do it? While there are plenty of online services that allow you to send/receive large files, the main concern is still the security issue. 
Rapidshare is one of the most popular file hosting website on the internet. Many people use it to share files, download files and much more. But the only problem with Rapidshare and other file hosting services is that if you don’t have a premium account, you have to wait for 45-60 seconds before downloading a file which can be very annoying sometimes. It may make you buy premium account for that service because of long waiting times and slow download speeds. But don’t worry, we found a solution to this problem. While stumbling, we came across an excellent website, Fetch.io which can get rid of this problem as well.
Sharing files over the internet has become very common in recent years. For smaller files (usually under 20MB) it is possible to simply attach it to an email, however larger files require special websites. In this article I have outlined 5 interesting file sharing services which offer something a little bit different.
Sharing large files over the internet has never exactly been easy. There are different ways of sharing files and each one has its fortes and flaws.
If you work in a web environment, you are likely to be familiar with torrent files and other file sharing sites. When you need to send a file larger than is allowed by most email providers, you need alternatives; of which there are many.
Recently, I decided that instead of copying video files from one computer to another when I wanted to watch something on my TV, I would setup my network to stream the videos. I had previously tried NFS and UPnP, both without very impressive results. Therefore, I decided to try 
There are a million ways in which using a network drive at home can be super useful. Whether you want an easy and quick way to back up, share files, stream media from multiple computers, or something else entirely, a network drive can be a convenient and easy way to do if set up correctly. Here’s a walkthrough for creating one using your Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) and your Mac.
Last year MTE gave you a 