DICE is a hybrid server that offers simultaneous connectivity from IRC clients and opennap clients. DICE version 0.2 was released (12/21/2002) What’s new: + Removed dependency to MS SQL Server Apparently setup getting easier. Its platform is Windows2000/XP, if you own high-bandwidth line you can begin an opennap server with it and can get decent [...]

TALLINN, Estonia — Their office is spartan, with only five computers in various states of repair and nary a decoration on the wall. Few outside this Baltic capital would even recognize their names, though many of the world’s largest recording and movie studios are well aware of their accomplishment. Jaan Tallinn, Ahti Heinla and Priit [...]

New: Small files given upload priority Q is now unlimited Title format changed to Downspeed / Upspeed Button flicker removed Views are less flickery Log.txt implemented Can close the app from the console Send Message windows now on taskbar Copy Link to clipboard now supports multiple selections Option not to show your shared files Fixed: [...]

100% Spyware and adware FREE, 100% respectful of your privacy. *File type and rich search with adult and dangerous file filter *Multiple source download *On-the-fly share for fast download of large files *Built-in audio/video player with playlist *Easy browseable library with friendly web-browse interface *Works with any type on file (movies,music,games,documents,images…) *Built-in webserver with DNS [...]

In a follow-up to this story. 321 Studios, whom had asked a Federal Court back in April to rule on the legitamacy of it’s DVD duplication software, has been hit by a legal suit by 7 studios. On Thursday, seven major movie studios filed a countersuit in federal court in San Francisco, claiming that 321 [...]

In disturbing news this week Cablevision’s high speed broadband unit OptimumOnline has sent letters to subscribers warning that uploading to P2P networks won’t be tolerated because it allows users to “access the files on your hard drive”. No kidding. They went so far as to provide a list of non tolerated P2P’s, although no doubt [...]

Slyck has a great interview with the boys at Shareaza. Slyck.com: The Gnutella network has been around for a considerable amount of time. Although potential was always there, it’s never fully realized this potential. What in your opinion, are the problems facing Gnutella today? Shareaza: I think the potential everyone sees in the Gnutella network [...]

The DeCSS case is still not over, but we now know that the state is asking for 90 days on probation. The DA insists that Johansen did not release DeCSS to create a Linux DVD player but to rival with other competing groups (possibly DoD though I didn’t see that name mentioned). Also, for the [...]

eMule Plus started out as an eye-candy modification of eMule, the hot new open-source eDonkey client. With a dedicated team of coders, beta testers, and translators, it has since evolved into the most feature-rich, stable, and thoroughly tested eMule mod with dozens of features unavailable in the official builds, all the while retaining its slick [...]

In a Wired article today there is a story surrounding a report by a expert formerly of the State and Commerce Departments. …To all those Chicken Littles clucking frantically about the imminent threat of a terrorist attack on U.S. computer networks, a new report says: Knock it off. Online attacks are merely “weapons of mass [...]

Bugfixes: Fixed a bug that prevent source sharing from working until you had at least one complete part of the file Fixed bug that caused column order to be loaded incorrectly Fixed bug that could cause crash if invalid table values were manually written to the ini Fixed bug that prevented source sharing packets from [...]

“Tesla: Advanced Communication is a third-generation decentralized peer-to-peer (p2p) communication system with which you can share files and chat with other Tesla users. Tesla is not just only a full file search program like Kazaa, Napster, or Morpheus. It also includes an ICQ style instant messaging interface and an IRC style channel chat system where [...]

A new version of Limewire is out,no longer beta 2.8.4 LimeWire’s Special Features Ease of use – just install, run, and search Ability to search by artist, title, genre, or other metainformation Elegant multiple search interface “Swarm” downloads from multiple hosts helps you get files faster Unique “ultrapeer” technology reduces bandwidth requirements for most users [...]

From BBC NEWS Net snooping laws in the UK are a mess, a government committee set up to look at the controversial legislation has been told. The inquiry, led by the House of Common’s All Party Internet Group, has heard evidence from industry, law enforcers and the Home Office over the last two weeks. The [...]

By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, News.com December 18, 2002, 5:12 PM PT A security firm on Wednesday warned that people using Windows XP or popular music player WinAmp could fall prey to a vulnerability, enabling a modified music file to take control of a person’s PC. Flaws in both pieces of software could introduce malicious [...]

FileShare 1.1 has been released from the Blue Box Network. The client is very good and is quickly growing. Give it a try and you can help it grow. Don’t be turned off by not so large user base…you can still find lots of hard to find software and new games and movies. Important Links [...]

The searchengine Acoon.de provides now as the first engine on the whole internet the search for http-urls AND edonkey-links. Here is a link to a search done on LOTR at http://www.acoon.de. As it is reported, google will counter with adding sha1-functionality for non-html-filextensions (pdf, ppt, exl, doc, mp3, avi, mpeg etc.).

From News.com WASHINGTON–A congressman who is trying to defang a controversial copyright law said Tuesday that he’s not deterred by an acquittal in the first criminal prosecution brought under it. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., who in October proposed rescinding part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), said the law remains a problem even though [...]

From Internet News San Francisco-based Listen.com, which operates the Rhapsody online music service, put a nice little holiday deal in its Christmas stocking, inking a pact with Sprint that will bring music to the ears of its FastConnect DSL customers as well as some PCS Vision subscribers. Such deals are becoming more and more common [...]

NEW EMULE Tools for Donkey Overnet and Emule: Donkey Merger – Merges two partial downloads into one. Donkey Slicer – Slices a complete file into multiple partial downloads. Donkey Shell – Displays summary information for .met files in the Windows Shell. Especially the donkey slicer allows you to insert a movie into the network, without [...]