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Jun 27 2002

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 [...]

Jun 27 2002

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 [...]

Jun 26 2002

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 [...]

Jun 26 2002

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.

Jun 26 2002

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 [...]

Jun 26 2002

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 [...]

Jun 26 2002

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 [...]

Jun 26 2002

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 [...]

Jun 25 2002

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 [...]

Jun 25 2002

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.

Giganews Newsgroups

  • john o: would appreciate an invite to iptorrents as demonoid is still down. if i am lucky then Thank U. ...
  • Lethal: 1337x.org is owned by a two faced, retarded, 55 year old child molester named "Mustangx". He will promise you ...
  • malcolm hume: The times are getting shorter though, used to be forever before a video release and now it's a couple of months. So...
  • malcolm hume: The whole release schedule thing is annoying, but it helps them pay for the movies and minimize the risk. Most of the m...
  • malcolm hume: They're not trying to stop piracy altogether. They know there's a few people who will go to the trouble to do ...
  • malcolm hume: The other thing is, the basic system we have is Capitalist. Trying to change that by making artists conform to a seperat...
  • malcolm hume: Well, the first one is mob rule and I think if we go down that road we'll have a lot more probelms than not being a...
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