The latest version of KaZaA has provided further proof that it’s creators are totally money driven e-prostitutes. With the new version implementing shameless attempts to further the company’s profit, such as irremovable spyware and a cheap European rip-off of cdnow that is the same in every way except for one; you guessed it, higher prices! [...]

Frost is a filesharing/BBS program written to work exclusively on Freenet. Its written in java so it works on both windows and linux, and because of it using Freenet, it is totally anonymous.

AsiaYeah Web-based Gnutella Search Engine now allows users to look at the search results of other AsiaYeah Gnutella users. Only search queries with results will be shown. The information is real-time.The feature is available at http://www.asiayeah.com/spyFile_e.html.

The Fasttrack network’s heart and soul application has just launched a new update version. New features include the KaZaA shopping center, and a new homepage. I’m afraid that this is starting to look more and more like what we witnessed in Napster just 1 year ago. Also, I don’t know for sure but I think [...]

Finally, Gnutella.com has opened it’s doors to the filesharing public. The file sharing community continues to grow, and stand defiant. You can see it for yourself here.

A News.com report says “RealNetworks launched its much-anticipated subscription service for online music Tuesday, offering a major test of consumer demand for paid content on the Web.” This marks the first of many launches to come, all based on 2 subscription services: MusicNet and PressPlay.“My prediction? My prediction is pain.” – Mr. T

Here is a new toy for file traders. Archos announced a 10GB portable unit will be released next month that is an MP3 player/recorder, an MPEG movie player/recorder, a still and video camera and more. The secret is an expansion port that already has modules for FireWire and a Jukebox Video Recorder that turns the [...]

Early this weekend, Winamp.com released their second beta version of, new and improved Winamp 3, officially beginning the battle between Winamp 3 and Winamp 2.xx begins. Winamp 3 has a database integrated into the player which can sort all the music on your hard drive into categories, years, or even by your comments in the [...]

Since we are all saying our sad farewells to the FastTrack clients…I’d like to recommend a new client that is supposedly fully distributed…Blubster. I gave it a try and I am amazed…you get connected to the network faster than with Gnutella clients and the download speeds are Napster-esque…if a few hundred more people were to [...]

The Register is reporting that KaZaA has told the Dutch court that ordered it to stop infringing file transfers that it’s impossible for it to do so. The article also has contains a bit of information about Xolox’s shut down.

Amid the emotions and disbelief that have accompanied the news that Xolox was to be discontinued for the apparent reason of wanting to avoid lawsuits, it was widely believed that although development had stopped, the application was set to continue running in the wild for people to use. This, however, does not seem to appear [...]