Cox is now the latest Internet service provider to have been found blocking peer-to-peer traffic on its network.

The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems released a survey Thursday showing that 54 percent of Cox subscribers reported having their connections blocked when they tried to share files over the Internet. Comcast has been castigated for a similar practice, but apparently it wasn’t the only company engaging in such action, according to the Associated Press.

The blocked connections occurred when Cox subscribers used BitTorrent to download or upload files, according to the results of the survey. Cox has acknowledged a practice called “protocol filtering,” but says that’s not the equivalent of creating different standards for handling content traveling across its networks.

If you are interested in finding out if your Cox Cable setup is blocking Bittorrent traffic, check out this tool here.

Have you tried the new Media Smart Server from HP? We, at the BC Blog have been looking at a better way to back up both our personal and professional data and are looking at this. We found a great website that has cool tips, tricks and add-ons for it here.

But before we make the jump have you ever tried it and what did you think?

Looking at their information, here it looks likes it should work for us.

We also found a great review on it here.

But before we make the investment, have you tried it? Does it work for you?

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One of the things about free TV and Free videos is that sites change often.

The following is an update to the Free TV and videos post we had earlier.

1. FreeTube (completely free alternative to cable television that lets you watch tv channels and TV shows online using just your browser.)

2. Hiveproductions (lists shoutcast tv streams.)

3. Tape it of the Internet (Over 2,000+ TV shows or 90,000+ episodes, including all the big shows like Lost, Prison Break, etc)

4. Streamic (More then 300 real TV channels to choose from including NBC, ABC, ESPN, BBC1 and many more, organized in categories and ranked by the site users)

5. ABC (Watch popular shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, Alias etc online)

6. PeekVid (Over 700 episodes of popular shows such as 24, Buffy, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy. Shows can be downloaded)

7. PPlive (a popular service for watching many foreign channels)

8. TV-Video (All the latest TV shows as they aired including 24, Smallville, Prison Break, Lost etc)

9. TVU Player (TVU is a nifty little player that offers users a variety of channels that can be used to watch normal TV or Sport. US channels are also found on this player.)

10. Chooseandwatch (It’s a free TV portal where you can watch more than 250 online TV channels. Some of them have to be good.)

11. Channelking (Channel King provides the best selection of free Internet TV channels. Free broadband TV channels from around the world enable you to watch TV from anywhere with broadband.)

12. Channel Chooser One of our favorites! Check this one out first. They have a ton of channels, from PG to XXX!

If you have a Tivo, I am sure by now you know about the Amazon.com Tivo Unbox program. If not it’s a great way to rent and buy movies on demand. You can read more about how it works here, but check out the hottest Unbox videos here.

We get this question quite often. These days with DVD players on computers, online video and even products like the Slingbox, we can see that hooking up your computer to your TV could be a nice addition to your home theater setup.

But, Matt Whitlock over at the Techlore Community has written a great article on how to do just this. If you are trying to setup something like this, you should read this article here before going any further.

BTW, the Techlore Community has quite a bit of other cool stuff you should check out!