Lynn presentation leaks onto Net
The controversial presentation by researcher Michael Lynn regarding exploitation of known holes in Cisco’s router software has leaked onto the Internet.
Copies of the 1.9MB PDF file have popped up on a number of websites, risking the kind of widespread and global dissemination that Cisco had sought to avoid.
This week, Cisco first pressured Lynn’s [...]
LimeWire 4.9
In the face of rumors saying LimeWire is closing down, they are announcing the release of LimeWire 4.9:
New York (July 29, 2005) Lime Wire LLC (www.limewire.com), the leading
designer and developer of advanced P2P software, announced today the
release of LimeWire 4.9. This latest version of LimeWire continues Lime
Wire’s tradition of leaving its competition lime-green with envy [...]
Top Canadian court turns down bid for extra tax on IPods, MP3 players
Toronto — The fight over a levy on IPods and other digital music devices ended Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear any further arguments on the matter.
That means there will be no levy applied to digital audio recorders such as Apple’s popular IPod and IPod Shuffle as well as other [...]
Shrinking P2P Coming Soon?
Written By: Bryan M. (Moneoa)
When it was announced last week at the PlayStation Meeting 2005 it caused a buzz.
Along with fixing some video playback problems and adding new functions to the unit itself the firmware would also install sony’s official browser in the eager hands of Japanese owners of the popular new handheld, giving the [...]
Windows Vista P2P Compatibility Tests
poster by Julian @ FileSharingBlog.com
As a professional computer programmer I get access to certain resources before most others. In this case it would be Microsoft™ Windows™ Vista™ aka “Longhorn”. Vista™ Beta 1 was released yesterday to MSDN subscribers in the form of a 2.42 GB iso image. I started downloading around 2PM EST, started installing [...]
Is LimeWire closing down?
p2pnet.net News- Open source p2p application LimeWire is undergoing changes which suggest owner Mark Gorton is on the verge of taking it offline, at the same time stopping sales and distribution.
LimeWire was download.com’s most popular independent Windows file-sharing application in January, and was still Number One today (July 27) with Morpheus and Warez P2P immediately [...]
Congress threatens P2P networks on porn
WASHINGTON–Congress remains reluctant to rewrite copyright law in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on file-swapping–but Internet pornography on peer-to-peer networks is likely to be a legislative target this fall.
At a hearing convened Thursday by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said that she and a bipartisan group [...]
Press Release: NEWS on The P2P Revolution Radio
Okay here is the latest episode featuring me and Jorge. The big news is I have launched the Radio Haven Live Radio Network. We have scheduled a couple good live shows and have alot of prerecorded stuff ready.
THE SHOW IS NOW AVAILBLE ON STREAMING AUDIO
WWW.RADIOHAVEN.NET (SORRY WINAMP USERS ONLY FOR NOW) SHOW WILL [...]
Hollywood sock-puppet senator faces tech insurgency
US senator Orrin Hatch, scourge of file sharers could be out of a job in 2006 if fellow Republican Steve Urquhart gets his way. Urquhart, House of Representative member and party whip form the land of Utah, has announced he is running against Hatch as GOP candidate in 2006, and wants internet users to boost [...]
Illegal downloaders are also biggest spenders: research
A British organization has discovered that illegal music downloaders spend much more on paid music downloads than strictly legal file-sharers do.
The Leading Question, a digital music consumer research firm, says music pirates spent four-and-a-half times more for legal music downloads than average fans.
"Music fans who break piracy laws are highly valuable customers," said [...]
