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File-sharing networks go into battle
News In a sign that file-sharing communities may start to turn on each other, Altnet said Thursday that rival networks may be violating its patent for digital tags and it plans to bring to them in line. Kazaa is one of the most popular file-sharing...
[June 6, 2003, 8:31]
File sharing nightmare
Member Review Well, the one most crippling thing its done is to disable our file sharing, two boxes running W2K. Yes, there are settings apparently to permit and block Windows file sharing, give access to 'trusted' computers, etc.
[June 18, 2004, 9:03]
File Sharing
Blog Recently, I have read a number of items about file sharing, both here and elsewhere. When I became aware of file sharing of copyright material, before even the wide spread adoption of broadband, I could not understand why this could not be stopped.
[June 26, 2008, 9:30]
File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse
News A pair of popular file-sharing programs have become privacy time bombs, according to computer experts. Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of "spyware" bundled with Grokster and Limewire, two popular file-swapping downloads.
[January 3, 2002, 9:37]
File sharing legal - Canada
Talkback I say newly released cd prices should go back down to 14 dollars if the music industry really wants to deter kids from file sharing. Hi, I think its great that a nation finally stands up for the rights of copyright holders.
[April 1, 2004, 23:39]
File Sharing
Blog Comment Of the 118 comments to the item, I did not find a single one that agreed that file sharing of music, video and DVDs is actually wrong and to be deprecated. Of course, the time to have put a stop to illegal file sharing was many years ago when file...
[July 2, 2008, 20:05]
Free-Riding, Fairness, and Firewalls in P2P File-Sharing
White Papers Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks depend on peers uploading data to each other. This paper proves that it is impossible to prevent free-riding when more than half of the peers are firewalled, and the paper will provide bounds on the sharing ratios...
[November 5, 2008, 0:01]
EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead
News Such a law would force ISPs to warn, then disconnect, those customers they think have been sharing copyrighted material online. A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes...
[July 8, 2008, 16:43]
Firms facing file-sharing probes
Talkback now that they are scaning networks for file sharing activities so they soon scan messangers or maybe they will put a Net-policeman behind you even at home,where are we going
[March 30, 2005, 17:09]
A File Discovery Control Scheme for P2P File Sharing Applications in Wireless Mobile Environments
White Papers Thus, how to improve the resource discovery and retrieval for P2P file sharing applications in wireless mobile networks becomes a critical issue. Peers' movements in wireless mobile network change the routing path which affects the file retrieval...
[August 13, 2007, 15:14]
Privacy-Invasive Software in File-Sharing Tools
White Papers In an experiment presented in this paper, five file-sharing tools are investigated and found that they all contained ad-/spyware programs, and, that these hidden components communicated with several servers on the Internet.
[April 14, 2006, 0:00]
ITunes file-sharing makes a comeback
News The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by Apple's lawyers earlier this month.
[January 28, 2003, 12:41]
ISPs face renewed threat of file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online illegal downloading and file-sharing of music and films. ISPA said it is committed to finding a "practical" solution to address intellectual rights holders...
[June 19, 2008, 8:55]
Secure Internet File-Sharing With PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript
White Papers This paper presents the authors optimized PHP program as a practical example for file sharing on Internet. It demonstrates how to integrate open source libraries and frameworks, use a database abstraction layer, and decouple application logic from...
[December 22, 2008, 0:00]
Government hints at ISP file-sharing crackdown
News The UK government may crack down on ISPs over illegal file-sharing, a senior government official has suggested. Many peer-to-peer (P2P) services are available which allow users to share any kind of file, and many of those are copyrighted material.
[October 25, 2007, 12:39]
Napster court case throttles file sharing
News The number of people actively sharing files over the Internet using peer-to-peer systems has almost halved since Napster -- one of the most popular file-sharing services -- was taken to court. As well as the overall drop in people using peer-to...
[October 29, 2001, 14:04]
Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition review
Reviews Downloading and installing Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition takes only a few minutes. Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition is generous with its features, offering more than you might expect from a file-sharing tool.
[February 23, 2005, 11:45]
EU backs ISPs over file-sharing
News The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, which relates to a battle between the Spanish internet service provider (ISP) Telefonica and the Spanish music rights organisation Promusicae, is a blow to a content industry that has long depicted file...
[January 30, 2008, 13:55]
BigSpeed File Sharing SDK
Downloads BigSpeed File Sharing SDK includes two ActiveX controls (client and server) that dramatically simplify and accelerate the development of private file sharing solutions over the Internet. The application can seek, read, an write bytes to the stream...
[October 30, 2008, 8:01]
Will restricting file-sharing slow innovation?
Talkback This article written on file sharing is very well articulated and shows both sides of the argument clearly. I am 100% opposed to file sharing and illegal copyright infringement. File sharing and illegal copyright infringement should be shut down...
[March 2, 2005, 13:53]
