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LimeWire for Mac Updated

LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing client which uses the Java platform to locate files as well as share files. Recently updated to version 4.18.8, the Mac version of the application fixes a bug in which changing any value in Options caused a Library refresh. LimeWire is one of the only P2P file shari...

22 September 2008
14:31 GMT

It's Official: Mac Trojan on the Loose

Well, it seems the guys behind iAntiVirus and VirusBarrier X5 knew what they were talking about. Makers of Mac anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions, SecureMac, have discovered what is reported as a new Mac OS X Trojan horse. Dubbed "Applescript.THT Trojan," the malware is thought to have originated via a "hacker" we...

20 June 2008
17:51 GMT

IFPI: File Sharing Is Bad but You Can Still Use It...

Recently, IFPI, an organization that fights for copyrights and struggles to stop illegal file sharing, announced that it had started a campaign supposed to help teachers, kids and parents reduce this phenomenon. At that time, the copyright organization said it would distribute numerous booklets to kids, explaining th...

12 May 2008
04:12 GMT

IFPI - Use iTunes, Not P-to-P Networks!

If you thought you were getting a better deal using illegal P-to-P music services, rather than legitimate download services such as Apple's iTunes, then you are sadly mistaking. New research shows how file-sharers get both better breadth and catalogue of tracks from Apple's legitimate download service. Full...

25 January 2008
05:27 GMT

P2P File Sharing Network Loses First Battle

LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer file sharing technology, lost its first battle against several record labels after a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit. In case you didn't read the news, Lime Group LLC filed a complaint against a group of record labels, claiming they refused to license their content to LimeWir...

4 December 2007
15:31 GMT

Malicious Use of P2P Downloads Equals 20 Years in Jail

Gregory Kopiloff, a 35-year-old man from Seattle, admitted that he used P2P file sharing application to download private documents in order to obtain credit cards. The Register reports the scammer bought stuff online up to $73,000 using the information stolen from approximately 50 people. The man pleaded guilty when ...

7 November 2007
13:51 GMT

Criminal Steals from Children to Gamble

Gregory Thomas Kopiloff is nobody you've heard of, but he's a vicious cyber-criminal that used LimeWire to help him steal a lot of money from accounts. He had stolen the information from teenage-children-operated computers that had Limewire installed, as SMH informs. So this is what he did - he installed th...

7 September 2007
07:02 GMT

LimeWire Finally Changes Sides, Becomes Legal

LimeWire is currently one of the most famous software solutions on the Internet and especially among the users who are interested in file-sharing applications. If you didn't know, LimeWire is built in Java and is especially meant to represent a peer-to-peer file sharing program that would allow the users to sear...

16 August 2007
03:30 GMT




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