Kids Can, and Always Will Find Free Porn!
In a recent CNN.com news article, they explain how file-sharing programs are being used by teens to access and download pornography over the web. After Napsters downfall, people have been downloading MusicCity’s Morpheus where “porn” is easy to get a hold off! What do you think about the current state of file sharing? Should [...]
Release of XoloX – A New Gnutella Client
XoloX is proud to announce the most advanced and easiest peer-to-peer filesharing application currently available. As of today version 1.07 of XoloX is released. The aim of XoloX is to combine Napster’s ease-of-use with the reliability of download managers like Go!zilla. This allows even inexperienced computer-users to exchange their creations (mp3’s, movies, applications, etc.) in [...]
Outrage Spreads Over ‘Scumware’
An interesting article, especially for those using KaZaa. From the article: “If you haven’t caught up with this topic yet, prepare to be horrified. When I checked CNet’s Download.com this week, eZula’s KaZaa had been downloaded 7.4 million times. Many of the 7.4 million people who downloaded KaZaa – a Napster-like file-sharing tool – apparently [...]
The Internet Backlash
Check out this report on the evolution of the internet, from free-wheeling anarchy to a safe business environment and back again. The author goes on very eloquently about large corporations and their involvement in the internet. “Comparable to the indices of banned books created by the Catholic church in an attempt to maintain its monopoly, [...]
Survey: Net Users Not Ready to Pay for Music
Well, duh. Whay pay when you can be Zeropaid? A report on News.com says “Consumers have not accepted purchasing and downloading music via the Web and are not likely to change with the new services being developed by the recording industry.” Now, remember, when these new services come out, what are you gonna do? Pay [...]
BadBlue 1.5 adds IRC sharing
BadBlue is a small-footprint Win32 web server that supports peer-to-peer file sharing. The new version can use private or public IRC servers (which you can define) to identify friendly peers. With its powerful web serving features, BadBlue is perfect for web development and deployment with its full-featured support of tools like CGI, ISAPI and [...]
Hive An Enterprise P2P Platform Based on JXTA
Alberg Software Inc announces the launch of HIVE® 1.0 Beta. An Enterprise P2P platform for developing new, collaborative applications based on the JXTA P2P platform. It also has a suite of tools and components to complete the process of Enterprise Business Management. What sets HIVE apart, and makes them interesting from a distributed standpoint, is [...]
Campus Music Trades Continue
Wired.com reports good news for college students: “College students intent on sharing music and movie files over the Internet are in for a surprise when they return to school — they’ll have fewer restrictions on their swapping.” Fun fun so in between getting seriously drunk and abusing sorority girls, college kids can download music!
Bearshare Competition?
Just found a interesting Gnutella client called XoloX that hopefully should give Bearshare, LimeWire and all the others something to think about. The most outstanding feature of this program is the ability to download a single file from multiple users at the same time aka KaZaA/Morpheus,a first for the Gnutella network.
Check it out here.
