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Rapidshare has decided to block all third party programs that are aimed at working with the Rapidshare website. This decision was made after the Rapidshare servers were flooded with unknown activity.

Later in the day, Rapidshare announced the completion of its new API. It has said that the new API has now entered beta testing. This API would make it possible for programmers to develop new reliable software that makes use of internal rapidshare functions. Rapidshare plans to make its API available to general public shortly.

Rapidshare has today announced a new feature: the security lock. When activated, the menu items ‘Settings’ and ‘Convert RapidPoints’ are locked and it becomes impossible to move files.

To activate, premium users have to click on the red lock icon located at the top left. If the process is finished successfully, an automated email is sent, which contains an access code. This code is needed to access the locked functions the next time.

Against, popular belief, Rapidshare has said today that it has no control whatsoever over users’ files. It has declared that privacy and security of users is paramount. All files are kept strictly confidential and no one at rapidshare ever tries to open or scan them. However, if it receives complaints about a certain file, the file is deleted and put on a filter.

Rapidshare has today gifted all its premium users 50 GB of traffic share volume free. This ’sop’ comes as a step to pacify premium users, whose capacity had been lowered previously.

Rapidshare today announced various changes to its premium accounts. Firstly, the download volume included has been reduced from 10 Gigabyte a day to 80 Gigabyte a month, at pro rata billing. Also, users can now accumulate only 10 GB, as opposed to 50 GB previously. Personal web storage space is now 500 GB.

A new tool called FileMigrator is now available. This tool enables users to transfer files between the various account types, namely collector’s and premium.

Close on the heels of the Rapidshare site upgrade comes another update. Rapidshare is activating more lanes on the data highway and increasing its internet connectivity. This will enable users to share big files faster.

Rapidshare has completed its upgrade today and raised the daily premium download traffic from 5 gigabyte to 10 gigabyte. However, free users are now provided limited bandwidth ranging from 0.2 Mbps to 2 Mbps based on the overall traffic. This is aimed at prioritizing premium users. As a compensation, wait time has been eliminated for free users.

The RapidGames website has now been redesigned. Here you’ll find the latest game demos, patches, trailers and clients etc.

Rapidshare has launched a new RapidPoints reward program. RapidPoints can now be redeemed for certain rewards like the Star Wars R2-D2 pepper mill, the Dalek helmet that deforms your voice or the mini 3-channel helicopter etc. You can also exchange these points for Amazon or iTunes shop vouchers. And like before, you can use them to create a premium account, renew your existing account or receive more traffic.

RapidPoints are accumulated to an account when a file that is uploaded to rapidshare from that account gets downloaded. Each download generates one RapidPoint.

Time to upload that hard-to-find file and earn a few rewards! And if you own a blog, now is the time to switch on comment moderation!

Yesterday, Rapidshare announced a new feature: premium users will now be able to convert RapidPoints into additional traffic! If a premium user has reached his daily download limit, he can convert each of his RapidPoints into 15 MB of downloadable capacity.

Users accumulate RapidPoints when a file uploaded by them gets a ‘hit’ i.e. each download of the file gives one point. Previously, these RapidPoints could be redeemed for premium accounts (10000 points for an account!) which encouraged a lot of spam on the internet. Spammers and premium-wannabes took to creating dummy files claiming them to be rapidshare passwords, hacks, working accounts etc. and bombarded blogs and forums with these files, hoping to accumulate rapidpoints. Now, this new ‘feature’ from rapidshare is bound to unleash new waves of spam attacks, with premiums joining the spammer bandwagon. The timing of this feature is highly questionable; a few days ago, rapidshare cut down on premium download capacity from 10 GB/day to 5 GB/day, upsetting its premium members. This new feature might be intended to appease them, while subtly encouraging them to spam.