PARIS (Reuters) – Apple Computer has unveiled its new iMac desktop computer design, which integrates all disk drives and processors into a flat display less than two inches thick. “Now we have the world’s thinnest desktop computer,” Phil Schiller, head of worldwide product marketing, said in a keynote presentation at the annual Apple Expo here [...]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Selling songs over the Internet in Western Europe will explode to a 3.5 billion euros a year market by 2009, a new survey found on Tuesday. “The paid-for music downloading market in Western Europe has been languishing behind the United States — until now. The market will finally take off in 2004,” [...]

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.’s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet. With Thursday’s planned debut, the software maker will become the latest competitor in a market experts say is still in its [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Rio® is marking the availability of one of its newest and hottest players, the Rio Carbon 5GB(1) MP3 player, with 500 limited edition units. These players feature 20 free downloads and three free months from Napster®(2), a customized laser engraved stainless-steel back, along with a collectors’ edition external [...]

***Originally submitted to New Releases by Christoph*** Shareaza is a peer-to-peer client for Windows that allows you to download any file-type found on several popular P2P networks. Shareaza is FREE & contains NO Spyware or third-party products. Notes:This is the 2.0.3.0 beta of Sharaza. It also has several new skins and translation improvements. Changes:BT icon [...]

NEOnet – the first public Beta of an entirely new P2P technology with unprecedented search accuracy and download results exclusively available through Morpheus.Morpheus 4.2 includes the first public beta of NEOnet, an entirely new generation of P2P using DHT technology. Unlike other P2P Networks, files found on Neo Network download fast and easy even if [...]

French authorities have launched an investigation of EMI France and music retailer Fnac over anticopying technology included on CDs that allegedly renders them unplayable on some systems. A magistrate judge on July 31 ordered the investigation following a review of consumer complaints by a local division of the Bureau of Competition’s antifraud unit (DDCCRF). The [...]

The LimeWire 4.1.5 beta has been released. Pro users can download it from their personal download page. The free version is available at the LimeWire Beta Page. LimeWire 4.1.5 adds the ability for Linux users using Java 1.5 (now in beta) to use the GTK look and feel.Windows users may notice that the “LimeWireWin.exe” installers [...]

P2PForums.com News:- Peer-to-peer file sharing has grown emensely since it’s debut in the days of Napster. Media coverage of the new craze which seems to attract endless amounts of potential sharers is at an all time high, which in turn of course draws in people much newer to computing technology. Unfortunately, this has also attracted [...]

The US DoJ (Department of Justice) today launched an assault on P2P file traders, using search warrants to investigate five homes and the offices of one ISP (Internet Service Provider). This is the first time the DoJ has applied such drastic measures against file swappers, and the move comes just one week after a California [...]

This is major release over prior versions. This version is not a patch file like the prior MFC versions. This is the entire program delivered within an installer. The best feature is that it comes with a SeedNode Updater and a Webhost Cache Updater. Three icons will be placed automatically on your desktop, the two [...]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – While politicians and lawyers argue the legalities of peer-to-peer technology, several highly respected musicians are getting on with the business of using it to reach their audience. Most recently Sananda Maitreya, the artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby (news), has made three songs from his “Angels and Vampires” project [...]

WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police have broken up a gang of more than 100 hackers who sold pirated music and films, using academic computer systems around the world to store their wares, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday.  “They broke into the biggest systems they could find and set up ‘warehouses’ to store pirated games, [...]

A combination of authorized music services and lawsuits is helping to control illegal file swapping on campuses, a joint entertainment industry-university group said Tuesday. In the last year, more than 20 schools have signed up for deeply discounted access to music services such as Napster, MusicNet and RealNetworks’ Rhapsody, the Joint Committee of the Higher [...]

Electronics manufacturers and some Internet providers are mounting a counterattack to a copyright bill that is intended to ban peer-to-peer networks and could imperil devices like Apple Computer’s iPod as well. That measure, called the Induce Act, has been widely panned by the technology industry. Now some groups, including SBC Communications, Verizon Communications and the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America said Monday that it has sued two chipmakers for selling DVD chips to companies that are flouting copy-protection rules. The lawsuit is the second to target DVD hardware makers and is part of a new campaign by the trade association to crack down on the spread of disc players [...]

A top Justice Department official on Monday took a swipe at one of the recording industry’s favorite ideas: a law encouraging federal prosecutors to sue copyright infringers. R. Hewitt Pate, assistant attorney general for antitrust, expressed skepticism toward a bill called the Pirate Act that the Senate overwhelmingly approved in June. It’s designed to curb [...]

UK singles’ sales have risen for the first time in five years, music industry figures show. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) recorded a 6.4% rise in singles sales and 3.7% rise in album sales. Sales across all music formats had a total value of £230m from April to June in the UK, compared to total [...]

WASHINGTON – A woman in Milwaukee and her ex-boyfriend are under orders to pay thousands to the recording industry. A man in California refinanced his home to pay an $11,000 settlement. A year after it began, the industry’s legal campaign against Internet music piracy is inching through the federal courts, producing some unexpected twists. “I’m [...]

Dust off that old Piolet client, as a new round of betas has hit the scene. Official Piolet Beta page. Much like WinMX’s disappearing/reappearing act, Piolet has gone a considerable amount of time without much public activity. Fortunately, Pablo Soto, the lead programmer of Piolet, has remained active with some limited distribution of his client. [...]