U.S.-based Motorola unveiled a range of new handsets on Monday that will be built around its popular RAZR model, and showed a long-awaited music phone with Apple’s iTunes music player software. The popular RAZR ultra-thin flip phone which was launched last year will be joined by three more high-tech models, dubbed the RAZR black, the [...]

Greatly expanding on Wednesday’s report that the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) and the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) were stepping up their efforts fighting piracy from China, another report has been filed naming over 60 more countries involved in this practice. The report was filed to the U.S. government under the “Special 301″ [...]

With the take down of Loki Torrents recently, and all the various articles spawned from it, one might forget that P2P exists beyond Bit Torrent. Before Bit Torrent made swarming downloads all the rage, there was another file sharing application that had already been doing this for some time. The ED2K network accessible threw the [...]

Publisher:  eMule-ProjectHomepage:  eMuleLicense:  FreewareScreenshotDownload 0.45b Publisher’s Description:eMule is a filesharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000 network, but offers more features than the standard eDonkey client, because it’s opensource but under the restrictions of the GPL License. Version 0.44d solves a problem with the new icons for Windows 98 users. Changes in 0.45b:.: Fixed [...]

“By Court Order [Edward Webber, former LokiTorrent owner] must provide the MPAA with access to and copies of all logs and server data related to his illegal BitTorrent activities, which will provide a roadmap to others who have used LokiTorrent to engage in illegal activities.” The MPAA’s press release is chilling. Not only has the [...]

Sharelive is one of many sites that provide users with the hash of file avalible of file sharing networks. User’s file sharing clients then search for a file with the matching hash and download it via their preferred network. While anyone who understands technology can understand that this practice, while perhaps not Kosher, does not [...]

The BitTorrent community has taken yet another hit today with the closure of well-respected site “Tv-Swarm”, a torrent site and tracker providing high quality TV captures, going offline due to recent legal events with other sites.Tv-Swarm formed after a split at another popular torrent site and instantly gained a steady following of TV lovers.After being [...]

The government on Friday proposed a new copyright law to make it illegal for Norwegians to copy songs from their own CDs onto MP3 players, but legal to do so for making a CD duplicate. The proposal, intended to bring Norway’s law in line with European Union rules, drew immediate praise from the music and [...]

Publisher:  Lime Wire LLCHomepage:   LimeWireLicense:  AdwareScreenshot 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 4.4.4:- Fixed to not cut off the bottom of LimeWire when using an 800×600 [...]

A Dallas federal court has ordered file-swapping site LokiTorrent.com to shut down and provide Hollywood lawyers with access to its full server logs, including data that could expose hundreds of thousands of people to copyright lawsuits. The Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it had won a quick court victory against LokiTorrent, and [...]

Publisher:  StreamCast NetworksHomepage:  MorpheusLicense:  Adware Publisher’s Description:Morpheus searches the major file-sharing networks and simultaneously connects with millions of users of Gnutella, eDonkey, LimeWire, Grokster, G2, NEOnet and BitTorrent. Unlike other clients that offer limited BitTorrent search capability, Morpheus search results show live information from trackers, including seeder and leecher counts.Morpheus, ruled legal by U.S. Federal [...]

Published: February 11, 2005 05:08 GMTIf you downloaded any Hollywood movie, mp3 music, software, game, or TV show from Lokitorrent recently you might be getting a letter form the MPAA or one of their sister organizations. Lokitorrents privacy policy just went out the window, your secure information is now public. What will the MPAA do with the logs [...]

In a case that will send a buzz through the P2P world Lokitorrent the indexing site that had stood up against the machinations of the MPAA has fallen, a message on the site reads as follows: There are websites that provide legal downloads, This is not one of them.  This website has been permanently shut [...]

WASTE v1.5 beta 3 Now Available The WASTE Project Team would like to annouce the immediate release of WASTE v1.5 beta 3! This new release features a brand new installer, a mini version for those with a low bandwidth connection (excludes documentation), and the first release of WASTE in other languages. The German version has [...]

Hollywood’s attempts to stamp out DVD copying are circumvented by the proliferation of DVD-duplication tools. Illegal DVD-ripping software is flourishing, despite well-publicized wins by DVD piracy foes and laws against copying Hollywood movies. BlazinDVD of Jamaica, New York, is one of a dozen U.S. firms that PC World found on the Internet selling such software. [...]

A recent congressional report saying that new taxes could be levied on all Internet and data connections is pitting two influential groups of Republicans against each other. Sixteen members of Congress have slammed a suggestion from Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation that a tax originally created to pay for the Spanish-American War could be extended [...]

The vulnerability affects an antivirus library used by the majority of Symantec’s antivirus and antispam products, including Norton SystemWorks 2004 and Symantec Mail Security for Exchange, the security provider said on Tuesday. The software is aimed at a range of systems, from consumer desktops to large corporate mail servers, meaning the flaw could be used [...]

In a live demonstration that will take place later this evening, two companies with an eye on making file-sharing profitable will explain how their products makes this possible. The two companies, Clickshare and DigitalContainers are the two entities behind today’s demonstration titled “Making Money via P2P – Ten Companies in Two Hours.” Clickshare and DigitalContainer [...]

With the fall of Suprnova and the rise of Exeem, there were several bothersome events. While p2p development still lives on the fringes of legitimacy, it has to be extra careful in managing its growth. Exeem and Lokitorrent are getting a few lessons in business, especially with regard to marketing. The first thing that struck [...]

Publisher:  eMule ProjectHomepage:  eMuleLicense:  FreewareScreenshotDownload Publisher’s Description:eMule is a filesharing client based on the eDonkey2000 protocol. This means you are able to connect to official eDoneky2000 clients and visa-versa. Changes in 0.45a:Ornis: little updates in the web interface to category items, remember last used category in session, display first results on new search)Ornis: statistic graphs: [...]