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Microsoft to launch peer-to-peer software
News The new software, threedegrees, creates a peer-to-peer social group where young people can chat, share photos, listen to music and meet friends. Concurrent with the beta, Microsoft also plans to release the Windows Peer-to-Peer Update for Windows XP.
[February 18, 2003, 8:18]
Groove updates peer-to-peer software
News Peer-to-peer software specialist Groove Networks on Monday will release a new version of its collaboration and instant messaging software. Ozzie unveiled the first version of the Groove software in Ocotober 2000, combining communication functions...
[April 11, 2002, 9:12]
Sun aims at peer-to-peer search with acquisition
News Sun chief scientist, Bill Joy, said last month that Sun plans its own set of peer-to-peer services and wants the open-source software in place to make them possible. Sun Microsystems gave a first indication, last Tuesday, of plans for its new peer...
[March 7, 2001, 9:42]
2001: Peer-to-peer technology grows up
News In February Intel released its Peer-to-Peer Trusted Library -- software that allows developers to create secure P2P applications. It's now over two years since a few underground song-swapping services put peer-to-peer technology firmly at the...
[December 28, 2001, 6:31]
Researchers to build peer-to-peer storage monsters
News Napster and other peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software are built on a similar premise but with one key difference, he added. Only its file store is peer-to-peer," he said. Maybe like a couple of the futuristic distributed-file-system projects...
[January 10, 2001, 8:26]
Vista revs up peer-to-peer engine
News The feature requires the laptops to have built-in Wi-Fi (nearly all notebooks do these days), but does not require Internet access, since the technology uses peer-to-peer connections. The issue also exists in XP, where peer-to-peer options offer...
[May 31, 2006, 8:55]
Gnutella pioneer Gene Kan dies
News Kan, 25, rose to prominence online as one of the most articulate spokesmen for the Gnutella file-swapping community at the height of the Internet's love affair with peer-to-peer software. InfraSearch later was acquired by Sun Microsystems as one of...
[July 9, 2002, 8:28]
Mermaid News Reporter XP32BitSP2
Downloads Mermaid News Reporter is a Peer to Peer Software . The software is completely free, non-expiring, and fully functional supported by an ad banner at the top. You can create your own private network on the LAN/Internet and broadcast news to the world...
[March 3, 2008, 10:31]
Sun shines on Jxta
News Sun Microsystems is planning to incorporate software developed through its peer-to-peer computing initiative, Project Jxta, into its commercial software products. Verizon Communications is one company that decided to go with Jxta instead of with...
[January 29, 2004, 11:50]
Sharman clamps down on Kazaa Lite K++
News Sharman Networks -- owner of popular peer-to-peer software Kazaa -- has succeeded in eliminating a hacked version of its software. Kazaa became the most downloaded peer-to-peer software earlier this year, and has been engaged in running legal...
[December 8, 2003, 9:30]
Kazaa exec declares child porn unstoppable
News Philip Morle, Sharman Networks' chief technology officer, told the Federal Court in Sydney yesterday, during the trial of the peer-to-peer software provider over alleged copyright-infringing behaviour, he did not believe Sharman could actually...
[December 10, 2004, 7:50]
Skype bundled with Kazaa 3.0
News Peer-to-peer software distributor Sharman Networks has launched Kazaa v3.0, which allows users to make free online calls to anywhere in the world. With the recent US Federal Appeals Court decision affirming that peer-to-peer software is legal, we...
[November 24, 2004, 10:10]
Kazaa's spying potential revealed
News A witness in the ongoing civil trial against peer-to-peer software provider Sharman Networks has added weight to testimony last week that logs can be maintained to trace users who are exchanging unlicensed music online using the Kazaa software.
[December 7, 2004, 9:40]
.Net gets P2P boost
News Microsoft's acquisition of XDegrees, a small company known for its secure peer-to-peer technology, could help bolster the software giant's .Net Web services plan, according to analysts. While security was not a primary concern for mainstream peer...
[September 16, 2002, 11:28]
Morpheus infiltrates other P2P networks
News New file-swapping applications are bridging formerly separate networks, promising to improve the efficiency of peer-to-peer searches and sharpen competition among rival software developers. According to NPD, both the number of households observed...
[January 19, 2004, 9:45]
Kazaa loses court battle
News An Australian court on Monday ruled makers of peer-to-peer software Kazaa had authorised users to infringe on music copyrights and directed them to modify the application to reduce the practice. Sharman argued that it was unable to filter copyright...
[September 5, 2005, 15:55]
Microsoft tunes P2P for Windows
News The software giant on Wednesday unveiled a beta, or testing version, of the Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Software Development Kit. The programming tools are designed to let software providers or corporate developers more easily build peer-to-peer...
[February 27, 2003, 7:39]
Business Software Alliance tackles online scams
News The Business Software Alliance continues to battle distribution of counterfeit software on peer-to-peer and auction sites. The trade group served more than 48,000 'takedown' notices related to BitTorrent files in the first half of this year and...
[October 6, 2008, 14:57]
Peer-to-peer networks carry surprising cargo
News Advocates of file sharing are distributing the latest Windows update in an effort to show that peer-to-peer networks could play a legitimate role in the distribution of commercial software. Peer-to-peer advocacy group Downhill Battle has made a...
[August 11, 2004, 9:00]
Sun: P2P works for business
News Sun Microsystems, aiming to demonstrate that its open-source peer-to-peer software is gaining ground, on Tuesday announced a new version and highlighted how customers are using it. Originally introduced by Sun chief scientist Bill Joy, Jxta is the...
[March 5, 2003, 10:50]
