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| Comcast Will Slow Down Clients' Connection Speed |  | Comcast, the biggest US Internet provider, announced that it would change its policy regarding the management of its total bandwidth. In the past, the company had been accused of restricting or slowing down the connection for several file sharing programs. This affected users of P2P networks, which had problems whenever people wanted to either download or upload content.
The decision Comcast took was that it would slow down th ... [read more >>] | | 21 August 2008, 06:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Banned Anti-Piracy Company Could Prepare a New Hit |  | A new anti-piracy tool called "Logistep Data Management Tool" was spotted parked a few days ago on the eparken domain name. Since it was noticed, the tool has been surprisingly taken offline. All the info points to the famous Logistep company that was tracking information on p2p users across Europe.
... [read more >>] | | 12 August 2008, 11:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sneak Preview of Wuala, First Peer to Peer Online Storage Network |  | Wuala is a free desktop application, available for Windows, Mac and Linux, that will be launched, in Beta version, on August 14. Rumors talk about the utility and security of the application, but no one really knew what it was actually like.
The Swiss team behind the project decided to offer, besides the screenshots that only fed our curiosity, a 4-day ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 10:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| uTorrent Is the Most Popular BitTorrent Client |  | The peer-to-peer file sharing industry is quite important these days as ISPs, copyright holders and users are continuously talking about it. While consumers simply love P2P file sharing, copyright holders has strongly criticized it because it is rumored that the largest amount of pirated content is distributed by this method. Some ISPs encountered difficulties due to users' exaggerated appetite for P2P downloads and, even if ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top 10 Popular Pirated Movies of 2007 |  | It's well known the fact that the underground market has grown a lot, especially when talking about P2P downloads where the BitTorrent industry was often brought in the spotlights due to legal fights with copyright holders. However, it's obvious that some people choose to download pirated movies, music and games even with poor quality, functions and features. That's why the folks at Wired, in collaboration with Big ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2008, 05:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| P2P Filesharers Paid for Their ‘Work’ |  | Crazy as it may sound, apparently file sharing only leads to increased music sales according to some studies being quoted on the Open Rights Group discussion list earlier this month. Don’t be raising an eyebrow, there’s some more explaining involved before the idea starts taking realistic weight. There’s a discovery element involved with file sharing and downloading. Say you wanted a specific track, but only full albums are avail ... [read more >>] | | 27 February 2008, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Limits to Be Reached on Christmas |  | Christmas is almost here and most users go online for shopping, looking for gifts for their family and friends. Moreover, Christmas automatically means holiday and free time for people all around the world. But let's admit, many of you will spend an important part of your holiday online, downloading movies and games, just to relax and enjoy the Christmas spirit. The only problem is that some of the users have that limited d ... [read more >>] | | 13 December 2007, 05:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 LimeWire in order to harm the file sharing program. Today, Alex Veiga of Associated Press informed that US District Judge ... [read more >>] | | 04 December 2007, 15:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Users Addicted To Games And Movies Downloads |  | Teacher: "Tell me, Jonathan, what do you like to do when you're connected to the web?" Student:"Well, I visit websites, I chat with my friends through Yahoo Messenger, I check my email and I download games and movies." Teacher: "Games and movies? How do you manage to download such large files?" Student: "It's simple, Teach! Just use a P2P file sharing application!" This is how a c ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 09:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Takes Peer-to-Peer to the Next Level with a New Synchronization Platform |  | Microsoft is working on taking peer-to-peer file sharing technology to the next level. An integer part of the P2P evolution is the release of a fist community technology preview of Microsoft Sync Framework. The Framework is designed to offer both technologies and tools designed to deliver roaming, sharing, and offline data access capabilities. The first CTP of Microsoft Sync Framework has been made available for download with a range of ad ... [read more >>] | | 05 November 2007, 07:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| P2P Has Just Become Illegal |  | Sharing is deemed to be equal to distribution when it comes to copyrighted files. This is very exact actually – why would you want to share something, if you didn't want other people to get it from you? No, you don't actually force people to download it and neither do distributors, so sharing copyrighted files is not right.
In any case, these are not just my ramblings, as a judge from the US sided with the RIAA (Reco ... [read more >>] | | 03 September 2007, 10:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| BitTorrent Represents the Internet |  | BitTorrent is still the most popular Internet protocol and especially in Germany where it owns an impressive percentage of users. According to Ipoque, the peer-to-peer network traffic represents 30 percent of the total Internet traffic recorded every day and 70 percent of the night traffic. BitTorrent is the most popular protocol with 53.13 percent while eDonkey comes on the second place with 43.09 percent. The research conducted ... [read more >>] | | 03 September 2007, 08:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Free Peer-to-Peer Download Manager for Vista and XP - Tied to VS2008 Beta 2 |  | A peer-to-peer client is the last thing you would expect from the Redmond company. And yet, Microsoft Secure Content Downloader is an example of peer-assisted technology available for free. Offered as a July 2007 Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Secure Content Downloader is designed to be a limited peer-assisted downloader. ‘Limited’ because the program is both time-bombed, and also restricted to downloading only select Mi ... [read more >>] | | 27 July 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| All The Wireless Sound You Can Hear: Casuh Joyfon |  | Now, just how many times have you gotten angry with wireless headphones that would not work with your existing wireless module? Each manufacturer tends to go "proprietary" so you buy their gear each time you decide to switch; namely, you simply can't use a Sony wireless module with Nokia wireless headphones. Or can you?
Casuh is a Korea-based company whose efforts to bring all wireless standards and connections ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2007, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leopard and Windows Vista Pirated Available for Download on Peer-to-Peer Networks |  | While Windows Vista is an old "friend" of peer-to-peer networks, Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system is a new "feline" in the jungle of illegal file sharing networks. The beta version made available by the Cupertino-based company at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2007 in San Francisco, was leaked onto a popular torrent tracker and is available for download. On a single particular website, ... [read more >>] | | 22 June 2007, 13:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vodafone to Introduce New Pricing Model for Data |  | Mobile operator Vodafone has recently announced its plans to introduce a new pricing model for data that will be put into application starting with the 1st of June.
Reportedly, customers that will use less than 0.5 MB per day will be charged a penny for every 5kb used (wh ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2007, 05:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Trojan Horse Builds Peer-to-Peer Botnets – the Evolution |  | Trojan.Peacomm is a Trojan horse designed to build peer-to-peer botnets out of compromised machines. Security company Symantec has tracked the evolution of the Trojan and concluded that the initial outbreak of the Trojan.Peacomm detected in January 2007 and labeled as the storm-worm war was only the seed of what is still to come. The fact of the matter is that Trojan.Peacomm has continually evolved since January and Symantec con ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2007, 11:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Home Server Beta 2 Available via Peer-to-Peer Networks |  | When it leaks, it doesn't always pour. This is the conclusion that can be drawn after a beta build of Windows Home Server was leaked to the web by one of the participants in the testing process. Microsoft has subsequently identified the tester that made the code public and took the necessary measures, but denied the fact that the person was a MVP.
However, Windows Home Server is already available for download on peer-to- ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2007, 11:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Atlantic Records Sues 7-year Old Girl |  | Well, RIAA haven't quite paid attention to all recommendations people all over the web kept on giving them, especially that of suing dead people or Jesus. Instead, they found again another hobby of theirs: suing children! Now, filing a case against some rebel millionaire child is one thing, but they can' ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2007, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Toilet Paper Fetish |  | I guess everyone who is connected to the music and IT worlds has knowledge (if not even extensive knowledge) about the DRM wars and how much does RIAA suck. I mean, let's face it: I simply can't believe that RIAA is loved throughout the world and especially the US. It's like loving a person who is constantly stalking you, causing you only troubles, ripping you off, disturbing your life and overall, practically not giving a f ... [read more >>] | | 09 March 2007, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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