KCeasy 0.14-rc2
KCeasy is a windows front end for the giFT filesharing system. Plugins allow giFT to support different kinds of filesharing networks.KCeasy currently supports the following networks:* Gnutella (Shareaza, Gnucleus, LimeWire, Bearshare, XoloX)* OpenFT (A new network developed by the giFT project)And of course KCeasy is completely spyware free and Open Source.I recommend everyone upgrade to [...]
Napster, Virgin Radio to Chart UK Music Downloads
LONDON (Reuters) – Virgin Radio and online music service Napster, combining one of the oldest music mediums with the newest, have teamed up to create the first UK radio program counting down the week’s most downloaded songs.
Starting on Aug. 29, the Napster Online Music Chart will feature songs that are downloaded or streamed on the [...]
‘Doom 3′ Game Unlikely for Xbox This Year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Xbox version of “Doom 3,” the long-awaited PC video game recently released to wide acclaim, is not likely to be released in 2004 dealing a blow to enthusiastic game players who are anxiously awaiting it.
id Software Chief Executive Todd Hollenshead told Reuters on Friday that his company is still working [...]
Apple to Recall 28,000 Laptop Batteries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to recall about 28,000 batteries used in its 15-inch PowerBook G4 laptop computers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
The batteries, made by LG Chem Ltd. (051910.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) of South Korea, could overheat and pose a fire hazard, the [...]
Piolet 1.8.3 Public Beta
The new Piolet has been waited on looked forward to at least as much as the new WinMX. Finally there is a beta avalible to the public for testing.Change Log:Prettier & more configurable interface, XP themes compatible.New internal player with superior sound quality and accessories (visualizations and equalizer) and now “Undockable”, take it out and [...]
Judges rule file-sharing software legal
A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial court decision that said file-sharing software programs such as Grokster or Morpheus are legal.
Following the lead of a lower court decision last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles said on Thursday that peer-to-peer software developers were not liable for any copyright infringement committed [...]
IPod Music Player Winning Over Japan Fans
By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
TOKYO – When Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE – news) (news – web sites). President Kunitake Ando showed off the new Walkman meant to counter the assault by Apple’s iPod portable music player, he held the prized gadget at the gala event upside down.
That may have been a bad [...]
312, Inc., Launches LeanOnMe
Orlando, Fla. August 18, 2004 – 312, Inc., a software development and Web services company, today announced the release of LeanOnMe, a platform independent backup and remote access solution. LeanOnMe harnesses the power of peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to provide secure off-site backup and enables the user to access his or her own information [...]
Anonymous ANT P2P 0.2.0
This version has significant improvements in how you connect to the network and find other peers. It also checks for new updates automaticaly and installs them every time you start the program.
Only click on this link once and install on desktop when the installer asks you. Download here:
http://www.myjavaserver.com/~gwren/Ants/antsp2p.jnlp
To learn more about this [...]
RealNetworks attacks iTunes head on
INFAMOUS SOFTWARE COMPANY RealNetworks sells music of all sorts through its RealPlayer Music Store. RealNetworks’ creation has never really bothered Apple’s mp3-selling monster iTunes – which has a 70% share of the music-download market – but that may be set to change.
RealNetworks is dropping the price of e-songs to 49 cents, and just $4.99 [...]
