Came across this cool article about a guy who invented the technology enabling a car to be powered by simple tap water. Looks to be the real deal, his site even has a video endorsement from Arthur C. Clarke, who no doubt knows fiction when he sees it. Here’s his diagram below. (click on picture [...]

According to the RIAA’s own figures, the math is catastrophic! In January 2006, there were approximately 2370 music torrents posted. By estimating that each music file is 5 megs, we can estimate the number of infringements as the number of downloads multiplied by the estimated number of songs. I ran my program, and when I [...]

Yesterday, much like many of you out there no doubt, I got my hands on a beta copy of the new Windows Media Player 11. Though no big Microsoft fan, for reasons far too endless to note, I have to say that I am by in large impressed with this new version. From visual appeal [...]

As many of you may well know, I was recently appointed as the Program Administrator for Zeropaid and I’ve been working nearly non-stop over the past few weeks giving the software section a good thorough cleaning. I’m going to give you all some links to the new programs and the many new sections, over 10 [...]

Aimini P2P software v1.8.0.1 released For Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP Version: 1.8.0.1 Released: May 5, 2006 File size: 2.41 MB aimini P2P sharing software, building your own P2P world! http://www.aimini.com/ A fascinating P2P software, it lets people communicate and collaborate over the Internet and corporate intranets, holding real-time communicatings where they can see, hear, and exchange information [...]

Natural allies in the music industry – record labels and a leading satellite service – are on opposing sides in a federal lawsuit over how consumers may legally record songs using next-generation radio devices. The recording industry accuses XM Satellite Radio of “massive wholesale infringement” because of a $400 iPod-like device that allows XM customers [...]

There is a new trojan circulating that deletes files that it suspects have been downloaded via P2P networks. The trojan unknowingly infects a user’s computer and begins deleting files. The trojan, called Erazer-A, targets the default download directories used by numerous P2P programs. The trojan works by searching for the default download directories that download [...]

Police officers in Norfolk, Virginia, raided a record store called Dappa Don Clothing Company in March, confiscating several thousand dollars’ worth of mixtapes and charging the store’s owner with illegally “selling certain recorded devices.” The raid was the latest in a nationwide crackdown on retailers who sell mixtapes – collections of hip-hop songs that DJ’s [...]

Is the era of the old fashioned telephone dead? Say it isn’t so. I’m not talking about cell phones either, I’m talking about a dramatic development from those crazy cats at Skype. It was just reported from a good friend of mine, Chris, AKA “dubstylee,” that outgoing calls from Skype will be free until the [...]

Skype today announced that all US and Canadian-based Skype customers can now make free SkypeOut™ calls to traditional landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada. Previously, Skype users in both countries were required to pay for Skype calls from their PCs to traditional telephones. Free SkypeOut calls to the US or Canada will [...]

In a surprise announcement, the controversial owner of popular blog P2Pnet, Jon Newton, has today announced that he is being sued for libel, threatening the future of his site.

Is today the day that allofmp3.com went under? I recently have been checking out allofmp3 and have been enjoying the service. So it was my surprise that this weekend I have been trying to use the service and have it give me the proverbial “Having issue with our accounting service, try again later” type of [...]

Many of you have no doubt wondered what the RSS Feed Scanner plugin for Azureus is all about, but perhaps have either been intimidated by its seeming complexity or simply unwilling to take the time to read its lengthy instructions. Well, as luck would have it, I’ve taken the brunt of it for you and [...]

The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY. The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary [...]

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today announced a groundbreaking agreement with BitTorrent Inc. to leverage the company’s peer-assisted delivery system for the electronic sell through of motion picture and television content in the United States. With this announcement, Warner Bros. becomes the first major studio to provide legal video content via the BitTorrent publishing platform. [...]

Today’s topic is the sense of entitlement that some people feel towards their favorite music. It seems that with the spread of P2P and other easy-access mechanisms, fans of music from all genres feel as though they are owed the world. All kinds of rationalizations are used to justify this sentiment, most commonly “Sour grapes” [...]

How undercover FBI agents nab the bootleggers who threaten the movie biz Under the predawn sky on June 29, 2005, federal agents armed with arrest warrants and Glock handguns banged on the door of the house at 38244 Hastings St. in Fremont, Calif. “FBI!” they shouted. Their target was a heavyset 24-year-old biker named Chirayu [...]

Apple Computer’s long and winding court battle with Beatles music label Apple Corps came to a close Monday after a U.K. judge ruled that the PC maker’s iTunes online store doesn’t infringe on trademarks held by the label. Deciding in favor of the tech company, London High Court Justice Edward Mann said the launch of [...]

Warner Music Group reported on Friday soaring digital music sales, even as the company continues to lose money and faces numerous lawsuits related to alleged price fixing of music downloads. In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warner Music said the company has been named in 14 class-action lawsuits, most of which allege [...]

Flea of the Chili peppers has come out with the bands thoughts on the leaking of their new album Stadium Arcadium. While not as aggresive about their copyrights like lets say Metallica, Flea was quoted as saying “if you down load it now off one of these file sharing sites you will be getting a [...]