Xolox Hit by DOS Attack
The service provider of Xolox is reporting that they are under a massive denial of service attack. Xolox are reported to have said that the attack was Pretty malicious, but we hope it to be resolved soon. Read more here. Xolox still can be downloaded directly from download.com here.
Xolox is not the first file sharing [...]
Apple Juice 0.23 Released
Another newish p2p program for you to check out called Apple Juice. It has some similar features to edonkey such as the ability to the ability to create a download-upload ratio.
You can download Apple Juice here.
New Version of Frost
Frost, the file-sharing client for freenet, got some nice improvements: Message boards with more traffic are now updated more often, and a new search tab (with file type selector) has been added. Also, a new help function should help Frost beginners to get a clue. You can download Frost here.
KaZaA Wins Webby Award
The sixth annual webby awards have taken place with Sharman Networks (owners of KaZaA) getting the prize for Net’s best broadband offering: People’s Choice. The general public disagreed with the judges who gave their best broadband offering to Guggenheim.com.
Read about the awards here or for a full list of winners go here [...]
File Spree v1.2.4 BETA Released
The new File Spree beta has been released with a ton of fixes and additions. The element which most people have been waiting for is the file hashing. It also comes packed with URL support for those who wish to start portals using the program. The program takes a little longer to [...]
Audiogalaxy Developer Speaks Out
As you’ve probably already heard, Audiogalaxy decided to settle out of court with the RIAA for a lot of money and now is blocking All songs. Well, here’s an interesting story (thanx Unitethecows) about the developer of Audiogalaxy and his take on this whole RIAA thing. Read the story here
Shareaza 1.0.2 Released
Shareaza has released an update which includes “Limit searches to certain file types, faster uploads, better QRP compatibility, auto-connect, more intuitive results display”.
Check out Shareaza here
Interactive Game Highlights Privacy
EFF Presents The Carabella Game: The Quest for Tunes
This interactive video game highlights the ways that consumers’ privacy and fair use rights are being whittled away by digital rights management technologies, online spyware and data profiling services.
You will experience and learn about:
being tracked and monitored online and how to surf anonymously to avoid these [...]
StreamCast Hires New Attorney
Streamcast Networks (Morpheus) along with Grokster Ltd and KaZaA BV (for now) are being jointly sued by the RIAA. Streamcast Networks ran into trouble last month when their attorney, who had a history of successfully fighting the record industry on technology issues, quit last month after StreamCast said it couldn’t afford his legal bills [...]
XoloX releases 1.19 to public
Download XoloX 1.19 Here
Features
Browser ControlsEasily navigate the XoloX web pages and explore the web more enjoyably within XoloX with new browser controls. Discover
the new Streaming Media: A Direct link to content partner for streaming media
Improved StabilityStart up bug of Xolox has been fixed to
minimize errors. Various [...]
