“We would love to have a Linux version. In the past the needed effort, costs and skills where a too big obstacle.”

P2P:- There’s a new P2P file sharing application online. No, it’s not yet another trashy attempt by Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG to pass off one of the formally independent sites they’ve … via P2pnet.net

If the Mac vs. PC crowd didn’t have enough fodder to throw at each other, the stakes have just been raised. via Slyck.com File-Sharing News And Infor…

Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 18 Dec 2007 10:33 PM PST P2P video platform Vuze , formerly known as Azureus, has raised a big $20 million third round led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from previous … via PaidContent.org

“We believe that given the ‘he said, she said’ different view of the facts that terminating sanctions are disproportional.”

In a potentially severe blow to fans of peer-to-peer networks, a federal judge has ruled against the BitTorrent indexing service TorrentSpy.com on grounds that its operators engaged in “willful” deletion of … via CNET News.com

ON Oct. 4, a jury in Duluth, Minn., found a single mother of two liable for $222,000 in penalties for sharing 24 songs on the KaZaA peer-to-peer network. via Pasadena Star-News

“He can, ‘brush aside the momentary embarrassment of the delays and instead work toward a genuine copyright balance by reaching out to all Canadians,’ says Geist, adding: “

P2P:- I’m a great fan of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, his incisive intelligence and his ability to cut through the rhetoric directly to the core of matters of importance to Canadians, the most recent … via P2pnet.net

Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing , pp. 766-775. dmeister’s tags for this article Abstract Most of current structured P2P systems exploit Distributed Hash Table to archive an administration-free, fault tolerant … via CiteULike

Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 4:13pm. Some time around May 2007, Comcast installed new software or equipment on its networks that began selectively interfering with some of Comcast’s customers’ … via NetworkWorld

UK Linux and Mac fanboys can afford to turn a lighter shade of puce today, as the BBC has opened the shutters on the Flash-based version of iPlayer, its seven day TV catch-up service. via Channel Register

“Not having a central controller makes it very difficult to find the originating machine”

Businesses, governments and internet service providers face dangerous new network disruption and malware attacks from botnets based on peer-to-peer technology instead of the more common hierarchical structure. via Computer Weekly

“Huch Medien GmbH has filed for expedited proceedings at the first-instance District Court of Frankfurt to force Arcor to block Google.de and Google.com in order to prevent pornographic texts from being displayed without age confirmation”

Freedom:- Google is being accused of an infamy often disingenuously levelled at P2P f ile sharing applications by the vested interest corporate entertainment industry: that it’s exposing children to online … via P2pnet.net

P2P computing is an attractive model for information sharing between ad hoc groups of users because of its low cost of entry and explicit model for resource scaling. via CiteULike

It’s your compact disc. You bought it. But the Recording Industry Association of America possibly the most abusive and greedy corporate consortium on the continent, wants total control over what you do with … via Northwest Progressive Institute

“With this joint solution, content providers and aggregators can now ensure effective, fast, high-quality delivery of their content across the entire distribution chain”

Pando Networks, Inc. and PeerApp Ltd. today announced a partnership that enables Internet Service Providers to accelerate delivery of video and other digital media published by Pando’s peer-assisted content … via Light Reading

Security predictions released today by Arbor Networks reveals that the iPhone will be a major target for cybercriminals in 2008. via Total Telecom