TiVo Inc. shares jumped more than 17 percent on Wednesday, fueled by speculation that Apple Computer Inc. might make a try to buy the digital video recorder maker, analysts said. “What we hear on the street is that Apple is interested in their business and that they are a takeout target,” said analyst Steven Kroll [...]

Publisher: LimeWireHomepage: LimeWireLicense: AdwareScreenshotWindows DownloadMac OSX DownloadLinux Download Publisher’s Description:LimeWire enables individuals to search for and share computer files with anyone on the Internet.It is compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol and can connect with anyone else running Gnutella-compatible software. Changes in 4.6.0:Reduced message propogation delay to 0ms.Cleaned up borders around selections on lists and [...]

MFC_MUTE is a Windows only MUTE Network P2P client designed to protect your identity and privacy by using a Virtual IP address plus routing packets through other nodes. It also encrypts connections to other nodes to prevent easy ISP or router sniffing that may be used to block it’s use. MFC_MUTE is free to use [...]

Hmmm… Trudeau and the laughable kooks at Doonesbury are taking a look at file-sharing this week

The courts said the FCC should not decide how devices work The US broadcast regulator has been told by appeal judges it has “crossed the line” with an anti-piracy tag which stops programmes being copied. The “broadcast flag” is a small bit of data attached to US digital broadcasts. It tells devices that receive digital [...]

“The writing is on the wall for the future of P2P in the legislative process if not in the courts. Sooner or later everyone will have to accept that fact.” Wayne Rosso Have you heard of Mashboxx yet? If not a good place to start might be to read this story at Slyck.com about Mashboxx. [...]

A Russian digital-music site offering high-quality song downloads for just pennies apiece is the target of a criminal copyright investigation by the local police, recording industry groups said Tuesday. AllofMP3.com has been operating for several years, asking consumers to pay just 2 cents per megabyte of downloads–usually between 4 cents and 10 cents per song. [...]

In 2002, a young software programmer in Seattle named Bram Cohen solved a vexing Internet problem: how to get large computer files such as home movies or audio recordings of music concerts to travel rapidly across cyberspace. Among the benefits of the invention, called BitTorrent, was that millions of users could quickly see lengthy amateur [...]

Search engine firm Google has released a trial tool which is concerning some net users because it directs people to pre-selected commercial websites. The AutoLink feature comes with Google’s latest toolbar and provides links in a webpage to Amazon.com if it finds a book’s ISBN number on the site. It also links to Google’s map [...]

T-Mobile’s American arm has launched an investigation into how Paris Hilton’s address book made its way from her Sidekick PDA/phone onto the web. The mobile-phone firm’s computer forensics team is on the case, and is considering all possibilities: “This includes the possibility that someone had access to one of Ms. Hilton’s devices and/or knew her [...]

A key sequence in “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” requires the player to steal a police SWAT team tank, machine gun rival gang members and incinerate employees of a rival crack dealer–all acts covered by the “Mature” rating prominently displayed on each copy of the video game. That rating, however, hasn’t stopped countless underage players [...]

Ok, for all you people that just LOVE to upload photos of yourself on the internet, come on over to FacesOfFileSharing.com where you can upload you favorite photos for the p2p world to see. We have many different categories to publish your photos into, even cool categories like ‘Technology Candy‘. Hundreds of members have been enjoying [...]

In early 2003, the members of several file-sharing news sites, ZeroPaid, Slyck and P2PForums, were greeted by an interesting press release. The press release was issued by an unknown organization dubbed “EarthStation5.com.” The client was released to the public a few months later in June. Amid much fan fair, the name “EarthStation 5” quickly spread [...]

From what is known, the industry has started a war against consumers by filing lawsuits against those who offer too many files or items of content. They can be songs, movies, or even programs. However, are the file-sharing developers to blame for copyright infringement, or the consumers? Even today, the Supreme Court of the United [...]

Within the next two weeks Apple will announce an updated iPod mini with a color screen and higher capacity hard drive, Think Secret has learned. Highly reliable sources have confirmed that the next iPod mini will gain a full-color active-matrix TFT screen while the form factor will remain largely unchanged. The color screen will be [...]

About six million people in the UK now have a fast, always-on net connection via cable or phone lines. And many of them use their Net connections to download not movies or music, but US TV. At least, that’s what web tracking company Envisional says. “Pirated copies of almost every first-run tv show from any [...]

In a letter sent to Ganes by Microsoft’s lawyer it says that unless Ganes agree to pay 500,000 NIS (~ $115,000), stop sending spam and publicly apologize for his actions they will sue him for 50 Million dollars. In response Ganes filed a complaint to the Israeli police against Microsoft for extortion. Ganes told NRG, [...]

IBM’s affection for the open-source community and Linux continues to grow. Recently they allowed the community access to numerous IBM software patents with goals of quality improvement.Another move, this time a financial-based decision, indicated the support IBM has for the open-source movement, this time, specifically targeting Linux. According to VNUNet.com, IBM has pledged $100 million [...]

The poster had to be too good to be true. As part of his campaign for SGA vice president, Kevin Rosenbaum plastered posters around campus that stated that he “Brought Free Music Downloading to Emory. Starting Fall 2005. Either Napster or iTunes.” The idea of downloading free music without the potential of being slapped on [...]

  But that’s a slightly worried grin on the face of the photo industry as it holds its annual convention, PMA2005, this weekend in Orlando. After several years of fast-speed growth, the Photo Marketing Association International (PMAI) trade group projects that digital camera sales will rise 13% this year. The PMAI says 52% of households [...]