RealOne 2.0, in case anyone cares. I stopped using their software after the first version of RealOne Player. Anyway, I think some people liked it. From Cnet’s Download.com: “The free RealOne Player includes a media player, a music jukebox, and a built-in media browser to play a wide variety of streaming media formats on the [...]

The future of file sharing portal Slyck.com has been put into doubt following the ‘departure’ of it’s news writer Tom. Tom has written most/all of the articles that have appeared on Slyck.com. The quality and frequency of the articles posted on that site have made Slyck join Zeropaid and others as one of the more [...]

Sharp, the largest maker of LCD panels, has announced that it developed a flat panel that can view in 3D mode. The flat panel has an option to view in either 2D or 3D. The biggest challenge for the makers of the panel was to have the mode switched from 2D to 3D without having [...]

Perato said “20% of your consumers provide 80% of your revenue”. In reality its often 10% provide 60%. So basically who cares if 80% or even 90% of your consumers refuse to pay – they are not the brand bonded consumers that keep your company alive, year after year. So why are most labels so [...]

The BPI are the British equilivant of the RIAA. They have been involved in a dispute with Internet Café EasyInternetCafe for the last few months. The BPI have asked for royalty payments from EasyInternetCafe allowing people to burn CD’s in their Café’s. The Case has now reached court. The BPI have asked for a “gagging [...]

“The National Science Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined forces to develop a secure, decentralized internet infrastructure to tackle concerns about web vulnerabilities. Researchers have dubbed the distributed, self-healing system the Infrastructure for Resilient Internet Systems, or Iris.” Read the article here from vnunet.com.

Media companies are putting too much emphasis on the battle to protect content, rather than focusing on new ways to drive revenues and beat the pirates to the consumer pocket, says a new report from KPMG Read the full story

Early Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held a meeting on House Resolution 5211. You all know this bill as “the Berman bill”. As you probably also already know, this bill allows media companies to “use limited self-help measures” (read: hack into P2P networks) to prevent unlawful piracy [...]

The mainstream media has finally clued into what Buyersport, LimeShop, SaveNow and other spyware/stealware programs are up to: Re-directing affiliate commissions into the pockets of Morpheus, LimeWire and KaZaA. This still-legal but highly unethical practice is exposed in today’s

I was probably the most excited when hearing about the release FINALLY of Blubster 2.0. It is, without a doubt, my most anticipated release of a file-sharing client – EVER. So what do I think of it after finally seeing the light of day for it’s release…..? Hmm, I’m not so sure…. It didn’t’t start [...]

Got unauthorized MP3s? Record labels are launching a multimillion-dollar public interest-style ad campaign to make sure you don’t. Full Article According to the coalitions web site more than 2.6 billion files are illegally downloaded each month and “contrary to what some people would tell you, it’s having a very real and harmful impact on countless [...]

The pay version of Kazaa is now out. Basically, this new version does not have any advertisements and allows you to do the “more results” function 15 times. It is in a way like the old Kazaa lite with Diet Kazaa. “Advertisement Free With Kazaa Plus, the banners, pop-ups and promotional software which support the [...]

I’d just like to let you guys know a new version of FileShare has been released. This version now has advanced security functions, even better connection engine, and a growing community. Feel free to download FileShare, we’ll be there! From the official website: Connecting, storing, and downloading new servers to connect to is easy with [...]

Playstation 2, just recently being able to connect to the internet, is now additionally thinking of having its game console to record T.V. shows. Fukunaga, spokesman for Sony, said Sony may offer tuner kits that would contain hardware to receive broadcasting signals, hard disks and software to run recording devices. It may also have built [...]

After an intense week of emails, Zeropaid now has a core group of Columnists contributing to the site. Columnists will cover various topics throughout the technology spectrum, providing informative insight to the file sharing underground. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for exciting new editors from the nets best file sharing site. Columnists: Please submit [...]

WASHINGTON–Supporters of a proposed law that would permit copyright holders to assail peer-to-peer networks angrily defended it on Thursday, saying it had been mischaracterized by opponents.

In a move that resembles the propoganda of WWII posters, “Britney Spears is among the pop stars fronting a new advertising campaign aimed at warning people against online piracy. Rapper Nelly and hip-hop star Missy Elliott will also be featured in the campaign, which will be screened on TV in the United States over the [...]

The Italian ISP Tiscali agreed to advertise its broadband services through Kazaa. “The agreement could make the recording industry’s attempts to shutter Kazaa that much more difficult because individual countries are responsible for regulating the Internet within their borders. Stronger ties between ISPs and file-trading companies could bolster Kazaa’s defenses” Read full article here

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This post appeared in the dietk.com forums: ok, a few people were asking about this, so i’ve posted the latest version for beta testers, however, its not ready for everyone yet (no installer).. for bugs reports, post in the bug section.. Send me a PM if you would like to beta test this new version. [...]