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According to the Freenet website, “Next Generation Routing” – Freenet’s
fundamental new way to locate and retrieve information – is now considered
“stable” and may be downloaded from their website.
This represents a major change to the way Freenet searches for data, while
still preserving the underlying principles of its operation. For example,
Freenet now considers actual network latency [...]

From Billboard.com: Rap music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ Sean John clothing line is under scrutiny from a workers’ rights group for allegedly using laborers from a Honduran sweatshop. The director of the anti-sweatshop National Labor Committee, Charles Kernaghan, plans to release a report today (Oct. 28) detailing poor working conditions at the Southeast Textiles [...]

Fixes:

Availability more reliable
Publishing your location more often
Lower network overhead
Fixed never completing bug
Added ‘banner’ command so you can see the banner id of ads that are throwing popups.
Safe Mode. Press F8 on client startup to allow the app to reset to minimal settings if you can’t start up
Upload Slot management better [...]

Ease of use – just install, run, and search Ability to search by artist, title, genre, or other metainformation Elegant multiple search tabbed interface “Swarm” downloads from multiple hosts helps you get files faster Unique “ultrapeer” technology reduces bandwidth requirements for most users Integrated file library with built-in audio player Integrated chat Browse host feature–even [...]

* —- IMPORTANT —-
Security update, upgrade unless you want to risk losing files anywhere
on your hd (this is for all versions prior to this one) (thanks fusbar for bringing
it to my attention)
—- IMPORTANT —-
* Some code cleanup
* Added vertical tiling of windows
* Nick [...]

Two students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system for sharing music within their campus community that they say can avoid the copyright battles that have pitted the music industry against many customers. The students, Keith Winstein and Josh Mandel, drew the idea for their campus-wide network from a blend of libraries [...]

2get is an opennap client supporting basic opennap features such as multiple server connection, WinMX queueing, download resumption, and client-to-client direct browsing. It is currently available in English, French, Italian, and Japanese.Changes:fix: serious long ip converter bug! no longer 2get connects invalid ip peers. *every* 2get user should update to this version.fix: file transfer performancefix: server [...]

Changelog:
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- Oct 23th, 2003 -
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bluecow: Fixed multi threading problem with a completing file which was concurrently uploaded.
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- Oct 22th, 2003 -
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Ornis: added ability to import partial downloads from Overnet/eDonkey when having used the “old style” format
bluecow: Fixed potential exploit due to memory corruption in webserver [...]

TorrentAid – Tools for Decentralised Torrents!The popular BitTorrent download system is an excellent way to distribute large files that are in high demand quickly and efficiently. However its reliance on a “tracker server” makes it part of an older class of peer-to-peer systems which depend on central components, vulnerable to attack or overloading.TorrentAid is a [...]

The U.S. Department of Defense will give radio frequency identification technology a massive boost with a new policy requiring its suppliers to use RFID chips.
The RFID policy, announced Thursday, is the latest step toward wider adoption of the controversial technology, which civil liberties groups fear could lead to unprecedented surveillance of consumers. Advocates say RFID [...]