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  • ActiveX add-on makes file-swappers pay

    Kokopelli Networks thinks it has the solution to file-sharing copyrighted content, but it is still far from clear whether P2P networks will sign up, and whether users are willing to pay the price .

  • Writing file sharing's final chapter

    Computer scientist and entrepreneur Gene Kan draws lessons from the history of P2P to warn what often happens when people get overly excited about new technologies.

  • Net music in a post-Napster world

    With Napster and other online threats to major record labels on the ropes, the task of challenging the status quo at a major Net music gathering fell to one of the industry's biggest profit generators: singer Alanis Morissette.

  • Napster unveils payment cards

    The online music retailer has developed its own prepaid cards to target teens and others without credit cards.

  • Napster bites back

    New legal documents filed by song-swapping company Napster provide an uncharacteristic glimpse behind closed court doors, showing the company's bitterness at being forced to deliver its new product under such tight supervision.

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Features and Case Studies (6)

  • Time for a P2P file-sharing policy

    Whether you give your employees free rein when it comes to peer-to-peer applications or prohibit their use, it's important for you to take a position on the issue. Here's a policy that can give you some guidance.

  • The file-sharing dilemma

    M-Terra CTO Darrell Smith says that arguments in the peer-to-peer file-sharing space are still based on days gone by.

  • Avoiding P2P security nightmares

    Prevent P2P problems on your network by preparing for security threats from programs such as Napster and KaZaa.

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    Forget Internet2. The National LambdaRail is the most ambitious network research project going. But can it save the optical networking industry?

  • Peer to peer: Revolution recedes

    It took a boom and a bust to do it, but peer-to-peer technology is finding its post-Napster place in the world.

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Reviews (15)

  • There's a bear in there... and some warez as well

    In the shark-infested world of peer-to-peer file sharing BearShare is an unobtrusive delight, marred only by a low success rate in downloading files.

  • KaZaA 1.6: Sharing and caring, or leeching and lecherous?

    KaZaA's gotten a lot of bad press lately for ethically dubious software bundling schemes. Is the application behind the furore worth checking out?

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

    Despite the RIAA's efforts to shut down file-swapping services, these 10 apps carry Napster's torch.

  • KaZaa Media Desktop

    KaZaa borrows best-of-breed features from Napster and Gnutella, but it serves up ads if you're not careful. Does this all add up to heavenly downloads? We'll tell you.

  • Developer to revive iTunes file-sharing

    The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple Computer's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by the computer maker's lawyers earlier this month.

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