The creator of eDonkey released the first beta version of his new software that is being dubbed VarVar. From Website Its underlying design, has already laid the way to a new kind of Internet service and infrastructure the PEER WEB. This refers to a network of common users who can not only retrieve information (e.g. [...]

For those that have been following XoloX‘s progress and wondering whatever happened to their May-Day release. The reason may exist here,or here if you know Dutch. Is XoloX yet again running scared from the Dutch version of the RIAA?(Buma/Stemra)

The latest anti-Spyware tool, galaxySpy Pro for Windows automatically blocks over 12,000 known advertising, market research, profiling, tracking & offensive content domains. It’s a different approach to Ad-Aware which simply removes Adware/Spyware components. You can see blocked requests as well as all normal web traffic as it passes through! Download a non-expiring trial version here. [...]

I guess most of us don’t really care whether or not the big shots of the music industry present losses or not. Still, according to this article on cnn.com, EMI will slash 1’800 jobs due to the massive losses last year (Link). Many of you probably think now that this isn’t much of a surprise [...]

http://www.udanex.com Spartacus is a Java based groupware file sharing software. It is designed for small to medium size networks, such as a circle of friends, or an office. Here is a summary of features: – ability to transfer any file type – ability to search file attributes (such as title, author,…) for MP3, MS DOC/RTF [...]

“Paid content will invade the Kazaa file-swapping network Monday in a major commercial test of a service that until now has lured millions of people with free music, video and other digital files.” This is the “first application of Altnet, a service from Kazaa partner Brilliant Digital Entertainment.” Of course, “Some Kazaa users reacted with [...]

A hacked version of Songspy has been released by Dr.Damn. You can find it Here

In July, Altnet will begin to ask KaZaA users to voluntarily lend their spare disk space, and install a second piece of software to run the Altnet sharing network. Music and other files from participating content providers will then be saved on the volunteer computers. The system will allow listeners to get a requested file [...]

“Open-source software could find itself locked out of a whole industry if the entertainment giants get their way on copyright protection.” Click here for any interesting Linux and open-source perspective at Business Week Online that starts off with, “Forget about Bill Gates, folks. The biggest enemy of free software may be Senator Ernest F. Hollings.”

“In another setback for free speech advocates, hacker magazine 2600 has lost its bid for an appeal of a ruling banning it from posting code that can be used to crack DVD copy protections. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals refused 2600′s request to reconsider a ruling that prohibits the publication from posting or linking [...]

You go to your e-mail inbox. It says 12 new messages. You get excited thinking that you got your new job or your auction bid was confirmed. You click the button to enter it and what do you see, “FREE PORN INSTANT ACCESS!!” or ” Human Growth Hormone Supplementation – Save 50% Now”. You are [...]

There is a new Gnucleus Beta (1.7.9.1). What’s so significant about this one? John Marshall has rewritten the Gnucleus Superpeer technology to work with Limewire‘s Ultrapeer system. Also, some issues with firewalled downloads have been resolved. Gnucleus is shaping up to be the leader in filesharing. Upgrade now! **to upgrade: download the latest Gnucleus release [...]

A worm is using the FastTrack P2P network to spread itself. The Virus reads the system registry for information on the FastTrack client and creates the %WinDir%TempSys32 directory catalogue that registers as the directory accessible to all FastTrack network users. It fills this directory with copies of itself listed under numerous various names from a [...]

Sorry about the regional nature of this story but UK/European readers might be interested to know this… The BBC, one of the UK’s main TV companies, is to screen a prime time documentary into the future of p2p programs. The Programme will be screened on BBC2 as part of “The Money Programme” . The producer [...]

The release of Eminem’s album was put forward due to it’s wide availability on p2p networks. An official statement reads Due to rampant illegal bootlegging and internet piracy the release date of ‘The Eminem Show’ has been pushed up to May 28. Record industry bosses have been looking at various ways at stopping releases hitting [...]

An intresting article on Winamp was posted yesterday that you can defeat copy protection with a felt tip pen.Check it out here.

File Spree v1.1 has been released. Here is a list of fixes/features: + My Files Search Feature + Mp3/Wav/Mid Player + Better Connection Stability + Ping Fix + Fixed Transfer Crash Bug* + Forced IP Resolving + Fixed Host Resolving (Resolved the IP, and saved it in the resolved form) + Faster Searching (Improved Protocol) [...]

“ALEXANDRIA (AP) — A co-leader of what federal authorities say was one of the largest software piracy rings on the Internet was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Friday. John Sankus Jr., 28, of Philadelphia, was the leader of DrinkOrDie, a piracy ring that authorities believe cost the sofware industry billions of dollars in [...]

German media conglomerate Bertelsmann has agreed to acquire Napster in a deal that will keep the controversial file-sharing service alive for the near future. Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers and Shawn Fanning, Napster’s creator, will remain with the company. On Tuesday Hilbers announced his resignation after Napster’s board of directors rejected a deal to be acquired [...]

Finally there is a replacement for the ancient eDonkey command line client and the buggy Java GUI. MLDonkey and the brand new Client CocoDonkey give Mac users full access to the eDonkey network. As development is progressing we might soon see an implementation that is at least on par with Windows. But only for OS [...]