UKNova

µTorrent has recently released a beta version of its forthcoming major update 2.0. No, wait, come back! Don't install it yet.

The current build at the time of writing (16081) has a bug that prevents it talking to some trackers, including those based on the xbt software such as ours. Attempting to use µT2.0b on UKNova (and many other sites) will result in an “HTTP Error 404” coming up in the Tracker Status.

[Update: this now seems to be fixed, starting from build 16126. Probably best stick to the stable releases unless you're feeling adventurous, though!]

Fans of Charlie Brooker will be delighted to hear he has a new show on Channel 4.... Read the review here CLICK! And let us know what you think of the show.

We are trying to get a feel for forum usage on the site and would welcome YOUR views, especially if you are not a regular user of the forums. So if you haven't already done so, please vote in the on-going poll, and if you can, please leave a comment to clarify the reasons for your vote.

You can find the poll by clicking here: Do you use the UKNova forums??

Thank you (and apologies to those who have already voted/commented!).

We are pleased to welcome two new Moderators to our staff team: Evangelion and Lex. Both of them are longtime members whose involvement with UKNova is marked by their many contributions to the site and community. Congratulations Eva and Lex!

We would like to remind RSS users again that your feed URLs contain a ‘torrent key’ that identifies you. This means you should not share your RSS feed with other people on any service. Otherwise they can download files on your account, potentially wrecking your score.

Vuze (aka Azureus 4) is one such service, and particularly bad one in that if you share your UKNova feed URL it will actively suggest your feed to other users downloading UKNova torrents, who may not realise they are hijacking your account.

Users seen sharing their feeds will have their torrent keys reset, and may be banned on repeated occurrences.