Tag: INDEX

Despite DHT being included in major BitTorrent clients for years, the very first 'trackerless' torrent search engine has only just launched: BTDigg. DHT is a decentralized and distributed technology that enables users to download files from nearby peers without contacting a central tracker. BTDigg crawls the massive DHT network, hopping from peer to peer, and slowly builds up an index of ...

Last year saw the arrival of Coda.fm, a torrent site which offered a different take on music downloads. It's design is more reminiscent of a music discovery site or download store than a torrent indexer like isoHunt or TPB. Take.fm offers a similar experience, but for movie downloads. The site is relatively new, so you won't find virtual shelf after virtual shelf of titles to choose from, but ...

Almost a year ago, we told you about Google's experiments to improve the speed and relevance of its searches with a new index code named Caffeine. I had forgotten all about that until this week, when Google's official blog revealed that Caffeine is finally here. Google says searches will be 50% faster now, and that Caffeine means Google's index is closer than ever to keeping pace with the live ...

Skype may warn you that their experimental versions are potentially unstable and even ugly, but they do have some exciting features that haven't come to the mainstream releases of the app yet. Skype's known for its voice and video chat capabilities, but the experimental version of Skype for Mac adds indexed search to Skype's underrated text chat feature. You should back up your Skype user ...

DLS has the scoop on a hot new Jangl feature that has just sprouted up today, a way for users to call anyone online at anytime without knowing their phone number. If you know someone's email address, but not their phone number, it's now possible to talk to them through Jangl. Michael Cerda CEO of Jangl sees this as a way to virtualize the phone number, making them as disposable as email ...