Shareaza Security Update is a small add-on for Shareaza Security Core that adds Content Filters that Block Bogus and Virus Content and Blocks IP Ranges that Spam Fake Files… NEWS: New BAD HOSTS are Sending out Corrupt Chunks to Corrupt Downloads on G2 Network Shareaza Security Update Now Block them so no more Corrupt Downloads…. [...]

I got an interesting email this morning from an anonymous user who claimed he has successfully hacked the Apple iTMS server. Here is the email, check it out. After a few days of intense protocol sniffing and reverse engineering, I’ve figured out how to interact with Apple’s iTMS server. Decrypting Apple’s responses (which are encrypted with [...]

Changes in the new version (.53) Many internal changes to share code with kdrive Much improved plugin SDK Fixed looping download Upload ratio changed. Now your upload must be set to at least 20KB/s to get unlimited download. You can now fix the number of upload slots instead of letting it dynamically determine. Creates less [...]

Steganos GmbH, a leading provider of security and privacy software for consumers and small to medium-sized businesses, today announced the debut of Steganos Secure FileSharing 6 in the U.S. market. Designed for users of popular file-sharing programs like Kazaa and iMesh, the software enables users to directly download and encrypt in real-time up to 32 [...]

Russell Sprague, 51, faces up to three years in prison for creating pirate copies of films including Kill Bill: Vol 1 and Seabiscuit. Assistant US attorney Chris Johnson postponed sentencing, saying he needs more time to calculate studio losses. But most of those attending the meeting in Los Angeles agreed the recent implementation of watermarking [...]

Los Angeles police have made the first arrests under a new law targeting pirates who use camcorders in cinemas. Ruben Centero Moreno, 34, was arrested after the projectionist used night vision goggles to spot video cameras. And Min Jae Joun, 28, was arrested on suspicion of recording a screening of The Passion of the Christ [...]

Los Angeles police have made the first arrests under a new law targeting pirates who use camcorders in cinemas. Ruben Centero Moreno, 34, was arrested after the projectionist used night vision goggles to spot video cameras. And Min Jae Joun, 28, was arrested on suspicion of recording a screening of The Passion of the Christ [...]

On April 20, 2004, CERTA, the recently-formed Coalition of Entertainment Retail Trade Associations, representing the leading providers of movies and music, will be on Capitol Hill to meet with Members of Congress. For their first joint activity, participating CERTA representatives will discuss with Members how congressional support can help efforts to combat entertainment piracy. At [...]

ShareReactor (SR) was once the unchallenged king of ED2K link sites. However, Swiss authorities have made this no longer true. Slyck would like to bring you ten of the best alternatives for Sharereactor.com now it has faded away to but a fair memory. There are without a doubt many great sites missing from this “Top [...]

“VIA has released the source code to their Padlock SL product, based on the Nullsoft WASTE code previously pulled by AOL. Padlock SL offers encrypted chat, instant messaging and file sharing over a private peer-to-peer network. Unlike WASTE, which is still under active development, the VIA client offers a graphical interface for both Windows and [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nextel Communications Inc. on Wednesday said it had begun selling an advanced wireless broadband service in North Carolina, offering download speeds comparable to home broadband lines. The surprise move by the sixth-largest U.S. wireless company to open an internal test to consumers comes as several wireless companies probe the market for high-speed data, [...]

ShareReactor (SR) was once the unchallenged king of ED2K link sites. However, Swiss authorities have made this no longer true. Slyck would like to bring you ten of the best alternatives for Sharereactor.com now it has faded away to but a fair memory. There are without a doubt many great sites missing from this “Top [...]

By John Leyden Spring is a time for growth. And Microsoft has taken this maxim to heart by releasing an unprecedented number of security fixes on the same day. Yesterday it released four security patches to protect Windows users against 20 security vulnerabilities. Eight vulns are critical. The most serious is a critical vulnerability in [...]

By Virginia Zignego Badger Herald MADISON, Wis. – Two universities are making it harder for students to download copyrighted music. Central Washington University and another university, which requested to remain nameless, have installed a filter that prevents users on the university’s network filter from downloading copyrighted songs. The universities are the first to thwart attempts [...]

Federal regulators are close to accusing Time Warner Inc. of faulty accounting for $400 million in revenue it booked in 2001, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The company declined to comment on the report in The Washington Post and said only that it was continuing its efforts to cooperate with the investigations by the Securities and [...]

Loudeye is providing a broader catalog of songs for companies looking to set up online music stores. The Seattle-based provider of digital media services announced on Tuesday a program called IndieSource that’s designed to help companies building online song stores get easier access to music from small labels. IndieSource will let the independent labels license [...]

Remember how online music stores were going to route around the music industry? The pigopolists have barely got their feet under the table and already demanding more. The Wall Street Journal reports that the major five labels think that 99 cents per song is too cheap, and are discussing a price hike that would increase [...]

Bradley Buckles, the new head of anti-piracy for the Recording Industry Association of America, hasn’t been to a concert since attending a Who show more than twenty years ago. The former director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a lifetime law-enforcement officer with a reputation for steely toughness. But despite [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has jumped on to the RIAA bandwagon by creating the so-called “Intellectual Property Task Force.” Faced with increasingly sophisticated methods of piracy, the task force was created to help deal with the horrors of intellectual property theft. The business of intellectual property theft, more commonly known as piracy, has taken [...]

“Far Cry” is a challenging, gorgeous new video game that should please first-person shooter fans — provided you have a powerful computer and a stomach for cliched science fiction.  This time, it’s sailor Jack Carver who gets caught in a conspiracy involving genetically altered soldiers gone haywire, megalomaniacal corporate bosses and shady government operatives. I’ve [...]