Apparently, there are four songs on Creed’s new album that beep when ripped to a hard drive (4, 5, 7, & 10). Does anyone know how to successfully edit these songs? Is software available to do a proper conversion or take the corrupted bytes out? If I have a legitimate album, does this mean I [...]

Limewire has released another bug-fix release. Bug fixes include: The Windows version will properly install all of the necessary components when a restart is required at the end of the install. A bug with previous versions where users would always appear as chattable regardless of whether or not they had disabled chatability has been fixed. [...]

In this cnet.com article explains how two new music devices the Apple iPod and the Compaq iPaq won’t be able to play music from the uncoming PressPlay and Music.net subscription services. The article said “Consumer electronics companies that once paid some lip service to helping fight digital music piracy are now releasing products that will [...]

In this ZDNet article is explains how popular search engines like Google and Altavista are being used to find illegal things like passwords, credit card numbers, and even warez. Although this is nothing new as in its been going on for years. Considering P2P programs are very similar to Search engines and none of the [...]

In a joint announcement today Sand Disk and Toshiba introduced a 1Gbit NAND flash memory chip that will significantly increase the present capacity of flash media used in MP3 portables and digital cameras. Two chips can be fit inside a single memory card to produce up to a two gig card.

Check out the sneak launch of a www.bokks.net. The site is obviously under construction (not all links worked) but the pre-order worked, so now I am the first to get a Bokks in February=). I mailed them about DivX compatibility and they said a converter will be available for the product. P2P and a Bokks [...]

After eons of waiting and anticipation. Freepeers Inc. has released a limited beta of the upcoming v3.0 to a limited number of members. This comes at a time with fasttrack in demise, bearshare is starting to look like the best alternative. It is said that the beta has solved all problems dealing with the Defender [...]

It appears that gnutella.com is finally becoming a gnutella site, or so it appears to be. Previously gnutella.com was owned by Tom Pepper of Nullsoft which left the site dormant for years, but recent changes to the site lead us to think that the site will become a general gnutella site or maybe even a [...]

The RIAA is ruining the rights of the people again. First trying to get their own special law passed with the new anti-terriost bill which would allow them to hack into anyones computer at any given time without legal troubles. The idea was quickly thrown out by congress but they apparently do not really care. [...]

The Windows Gnutella Client Gnucleus is now available in Version 1.5 – LAN version created specifically for internal LANs! – New method for replying to pongs to conserve bandwidth! – Min friends pref no longer used since network stats are unreliable! – Integrated web server (unused but there) – Timer and mem leak problems fixed! [...]

A new Version of Phex has been released: – Improved configuration of your download. – Completly rewritten automatic search framework. – Gnutella Protocol v0.6 support. – Automatic check for new Phex versions. There is also a new homepage: http://phex.kouk.de/

A News.com report says “The National Music Publisher’s Association (NMPA), which represents the owners of most songs published in the United States, said its suit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, charges file-swapping services MusicCity, Grokster and Empowerment with copyright infringement. Interesting how no one has touched a gnutella client yet. Maybe because the protocol [...]

I found this article on dslreports.com that says a man was able to fit 20 dvd’s on one cd-r without any loss of quality. Now the article wasn’t written in english but a couple people have translated this. Imagine the possibilities if this is true. This is the dslreports.com article and forum. This is the [...]

With the recent release of Harry Potter to the movie theaters, it has subsequently shown up on some of the most notible file-sharing systems such as BearShare and Limewire. People have been flocking to download these bootlegs, which has caused a bottle-neck and most hosts are usually busy… So most likely you won’t be able [...]

News.com report says “Complaints about anti-copying technology on Natalie Imbruglia’s latest CD have forced her record label to issue replacements for angry consumers–another setback for the music industry’s stuttering campaign against record piracy.” *cheer* *cheer*

Vivendi Universal announced in a press release today that it is consolidating its Web properties into a single entity to be called Vivendi Universal Net USA Group. The new division will report to the company’s Paris-based Internet division Vivendi Universal Net and includes; MP3.com, EMusic.com, Get Music.com, RollingStone.com, InsideSessions.com, and several game, education, and entertainment [...]

This is an update (yes I know it’s 19 days old) from the Limewire.org site which basically gives there status on the Limewire client and it’s future features. I don’t particularly like ad/spyware, but you have to admit, Limewire’s structure is paying off. That’s the advantage of having a popular open source client. They are [...]

BearShare is the new RAVE! It will obviously gain many users soon. It is the best alternative to fasttrack. Gnutella is huge and has every file you can think of! BearShare is the best program to access this wealth of files. Things are even getting better as we speak! Vinnie is currently working on major [...]

Lime Wire LLC proudly announces the release of LimeWire 1.8b. Version 1.8b is a bugfix release with the following fixes: System tray now works on Win98 No longer returns any erroneous results to rich queries Schema can’t cause wrong value to be displayed in first column Chat menu is not always enabled for unchattable hosts [...]

According to this story,in December