Blubsters Users Left Waiting
Zeropaid users already know that if a P2P developer promises a date for a program then the likelihood is that it wont be ready on time.
Continuing this trend is Blubster. Pablo, the author of Blubster was quoted ” hey guys/gals, Blubster 2.0 is finished 100%! We just need to finish some deals in the financial [...]
Smarte Solutions working on SmarteCD copy-protection
“…Privately held Smarte Solutions is working with software publishers to incorporate its SmarteCD technology into their wares. Unlike existing copy-protection schemes, which prevent CD burners from copying a disk, SmarteCD allows the user to burn a copy of the disc, explained company President Bala Vishwanath. The software can be installed from the bootleg disc and [...]
Enigmah-X and its Xbox mod chip go out of business
“One of the companies making Xbox “mod chips”–add-on components that modify the game machine so it can run illegally copied discs and homemade software–has gone out of business, possibly because of legal pressure from Microsoft. The information site for Enigmah-X, the second Xbox mod chip to go into commercial circulation, was replaced late Tuesday with [...]
QeerPeer Version 0.5 released
QeerPeer is a brand new Gnutella servant with robust swarm-downloading and a slick GUI. It’s free of advertising and spyware.
Want album covers for your MP3 collection?
There is a new program out there called “Album Cover Grabber”. It is basically a bot that grabs album covers off the internet(www.allmusic.com in particular). In order for it to work, it expects your music collection to be in a certain format. Your root music directory should contain artist directories, and underneath [...]
Microsoft to combine Xbox and UltimateTV
With the Xbox costing Microsoft “$750 million in the current fiscal year ending June 30 and another $1.1 billion in the next fiscal year” in its competition with Sony’s Play Station and Nintendo’s Gamecube, Microsoft plans to combine Xbox with its UltimateTV digital video recording console. Both would still be available separately, but for about [...]
U.S. Rep. Howard Berman: Let studios hack P2P sites
I say, let the games begin!
“…Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., whose district includes Hollywood territory, said Tuesday that copyright owners needed new legal protections to combat online piracy. Some of the labels’ and studios’ high-tech techniques for stopping online file traders might be illegal under anti-hacking laws, Berman said. ‘While P2P (peer-to-peer) technology is free to [...]
U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns: Piracy hurts everyone both online and offline
U.S. Representative Edolphus Towns, a Democrat from New York, has launched a vitriolic verbal attack on the P2P industry and file-sharers in the USA. File-sharers are apparently undermining parents’ ability to teach their children moral values and the “dignity of labor” and the value of “an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay,” as [...]
More Trouble with Napster Sale
Bertelsmann have given another $5.1 million loan to Napster to see it through. But the loan may not be enough as there have been further delays to its bankruptcy hearing. The Judge in the case said that he would require at least 60 days before a sale hearing can take place. Representatives for Bertelsmann said [...]
KaZaA Lite Download Locations
Since Kazaalite.com is currently down, here is a page with links to kazaa lite downloads: http://65.242.161.15/~bmelder/klite/.
Note: PLEASE USE THE ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS ONLY!!! THIS ACCOUNT ONLY HAS 1GB transfer, SO DO NOT USE THE DOWNLOAD FROM 65.242.161.15 !! Thanks.
