CloudLoad is a new way for file and content distributors to distribute their files to users over the Internet – reliably, cost-efficient, securely and fast. Any company paying lots of money to hosting providers, Internet Service Providers or Content Distribution Networks for distribution of large volumes of files should look into using CloudLoad. more -mojo

From News.com: “On Friday, Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., sent a letter to executives of the recording industry’s trade association, asking whether anti-piracy technology on CDs might override consumers’ abilities to copy albums they have purchased for personal use.”

I was just trying out the new Imesh 3.0 and it tried to connect to the kazaa network (screen shot below) Screen Shot

USA TODAY Money section Friday, January 4, 2002. Written by Byron Acohido. Tech giant takes up arms against popular, free system. Observers say this plan could ultimately backfire. SEATTLE — Microsoft is escalating its war against Linux, the free operating system begun as a hobby of internet “dabblers” but increasingly the darling of bankers, retailers [...]

An article from wireless.newsfactor.com hosted on Yahoo had an article involving satellite radio. Satellite radio is a technologically improved version of the traditional AM and FM bands of radio broadcasting. The services that offer it claim it has better sound quality, nationwide reception capability, and over 60 commercial-free radio stations. The only catch is that [...]

This article at Wired.com tells all about the recent spyware/trojan situation. It also posts a link to a trojan removal application which is now being offered by Grokster to remove any trace of the Dlder trojan from your system. I recommend that anyone who has/had Bearshare, Limewire, Grokster, or Kazaa installed on their system run [...]

File Spree has finally fixed the Windows Invalid Error set off at the end of an upload. Also, the user count is growing steadily. Although it is still in need of more users, and servers, the program is growing. So far there is an average of 2 or 3 servers online, and an alright number [...]

A new Version of Imesh is out! The client is much more stable, with search results returning much faster than previous versions. Some new features include file information, including bitrate (finally!!) and network upgrades that allow more distant iMesh users to interact, helping the population to surge upwards. check it hereZeropaid note: this was quoted [...]

The worm has turned. The Flower Kings, a european prog rock group has officially encouraged its fans to tape live shows and trade them via CDR and through their tree at yahoo. They have posted a list of rules in which violators will lose their taping rights. This policy covers audio not video. While it [...]

I was looking at all of the programs here on Zeropaid when I stumbled upon Napster. This was the first program that I and many other used to get songs for thre very first time. The reason it caught my attention was that it wasn’t in last place. In fact it had a decent rating. [...]

The Freenet P2P project is seeking people who can translate their website into other languages. The languages for which translations currently exist or are in-progress are listed here. More information from Freenet or email them at [email protected]

The crew at vorbis.com are celebrating the new year by making available the long awaited RC3 release of the Vorbis codec. It is presently out in Linux/Unix and Windows versions. A Mac version is due out soon.

Here is the link to the article. Written by Steve. Shelagh sent me an email, an email about a Trojan named “DLDER.EXE” that Norton had detected. Upon researching it, I found that it is ostensibly only “spyware”, but it’s bad enough that F-Secure, Norton and AVP all list it as a “Trojan“. It makes hidden [...]