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2001: It's not too late to buy that last-minute present
News You can also, of course, check out ZDNet UK's software downloads section, but remember this is not an e-commerce site. Tucows.com has several UK mirror sites, making downloads faster, but the transaction system is US-based, so you will be paying in...
[December 25, 2001, 6:31]
Fixed BBC iPlayer hacked again
News Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer streamed TV service to prevent DRM-free file downloads, a London-based programmer has bypassed the new protection. Legitimate iPlayer downloads expire after a fixed time-period of 30 days on a PC.
[March 14, 2008, 16:00]
Outage points to depth of P2P arsenal
News Although Morpheus and rival Kazaa Media Desktop remain the file-swapping tools of choice, a raft of second-tier peer-to-peer products together drew more than 1 million downloads in the past week, according to CNET Download.com, a software...
[March 7, 2002, 9:11]
KPMG takes top spot in IT Anthems
News But despite KPMG's appearance at number one, the company's jingle about global strategy was not downloaded the most -- top spot in IT Anthems is decided by visitors' votes in an online poll, rather than by downloads.
[April 12, 2002, 17:17]
File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse
News Kazaa, for example, is one of the most popular pieces of software available through CNET Download.com, a site operated by ZDNet UK's parent company, with more than 1.3 million downloads in the last week of December alone.
[January 3, 2002, 9:37]
Firefox 1.0 release candidate launched
News It beat its initial download goal of one million downloads within six days, and passed the five million download mark last week. Firefox developers have not just had success in terms of downloads, but by the end of last week had managed to raise...
[October 28, 2004, 16:49]
New.net downloads reignite Kazaa controversy
News Kazaa's file-swapping software downloads are again in the spotlight following complaints regarding New.net software, which comes bundled with the popular P2P download. However, Hernand took pains to point out that affilitate members were expected...
[April 10, 2002, 9:58]
End of support for Windows 98 sparks IE 6 scare
News The end of support for Windows 98 sparked alarm among users of a UK online bank on Friday after it issued a notice saying that Microsoft was about to stop downloads of Internet Explorer 6 (IE 6) from its Web site.
[June 6, 2003, 15:43]
Firefox donations hit $250,000
News Initially it was aiming for 10 million downloads of Firefox 1.0 within 100 days, but has now slashed the time to 10 days, according to Hallowell. The original target of 10 million downloads in 100 days is too easy and I've got no doubt that we can...
[November 1, 2004, 10:09]
Mandrake defends user club
News Some members wrote to ZDNet UK or MandrakeSoft saying that it was unclear whether their membership should be thought of as a donation, or if they should expect benefits such as software downloads in return.
[April 5, 2002, 15:32]
Legitimate P2P to be unclogged
News High-definition movie files and large software downloads could find their way more quickly to the end user, thanks to a new platform which its manufacturer claims could revolutionise legitimate peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic.
[August 7, 2006, 11:45]
Fraud buck will stop with network operators
News Scams involving premium-rate services including rogue diallers — pieces of software that a user unknowingly downloads on to their computer that secretly reroute a modem connection via a premium-rate telephone number — are being perpetrated by...
[July 10, 2006, 17:00]
Real launching subscription game service
News The company hopes to prompt even more downloads with a new subscription service to be announced on Tuesday. Customers who pay a monthly fee of $6.95, or about £5 ($4.95, or about £3.50, for those already subscribing to the RealOne service) will be...
[July 1, 2002, 8:45]
AIM+ 'spyware' component to be removed
News The program has quite a following, with the latest version garnering 186,000 downloads in less than a month, according to Evans and Swiss' Web site. We haven't seen downloads slow because of this," he said.
[June 7, 2002, 13:44]
Sun woos fans for open-source Jxta
News Sun has already logged 50,000 downloads of the code and says it has seen considerable interest in helping move the Jxta service beyond Java technology. This kind of system, in which downloads or streams come from multiple sources, has already...
[June 7, 2001, 8:36]
ZDNet News presents Broadband Britain
News It offers a whole range of exciting new services, from personalised portals to DIY broadcasting, with video-on-demand, CD-quality music and downloads in seconds thrown in for good measure. Worry not, as ZDNet News brings you the definitive guide to...
[April 27, 2000, 14:53]
Firefox aims for 10 percent of Web surfers
News The move from IE to Firefox is also shown by the fact that half of Firefox downloads are from IE users, according to Decrem. He said this momentum can be seen in the increasing number of downloads for each version of Firefox: version 0.8 was...
[October 25, 2004, 14:10]
Need-to-know info for Win2K exams
News We've gathered several articles and downloads that provide advice specifically about Windows 2000 exams. In addition to articles on everything from Windows to email to fire walls, we offer IT industry analysis, downloads, management tips...
[March 17, 2003, 18:37]
Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0 review
Reviews Panda loads with Windows and runs in the background, monitoring downloads and files as they're opened. It automatically downloads viral signatures without your input, but always posts a screen detailing its activities.
[January 9, 2003, 9:06]
ZDNet site compromised?
Talkback [quote="bkline"]Here's the link: http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000376,39323404s,00.htm? r=2[/quote] Matt: You asked for this link so you could check it out. What were you able to find out? I've been holding off on installing the program to...
[August 24, 2007, 23:07]
