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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 .

  • Developers peer into future

    It is still very early days for Sun Microsystems' Jxta peer-to-peer technology, but experts say firms should evaluate it if they are interested in the benefits of file sharing.

  • Collaboration security: The right approach

    Determining the appropriate file-sharing security solution is directly tied to an enterprise’s needs, technology hooks, and file-sharing policy. How do you figure out which one will fulfil your company's needs.

  • Enterprise solutions for securing collaboration

    Since there’s little chance of stopping file sharing these days, what’s a feasible solution to securing enterprise data?

  • Morpheus denies security breach

    StreamCast Networks, the company that created Morpheus, has categorically denied there is a ‘dangerous’ hole in the software program.

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  • 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.

  • IM: beyond text messaging

    Instant messaging is often characterised as a frivolous application used mostly by home users. But its business use has increased dramatically in the past year, thanks to a plethora of IM features beyond text messaging.

  • IT a blessing and curse: ex-MI5 boss

    Former MI5 boss Stella Rimmington talks about data security, tracking mobile phones and getting 'the tap on the shoulder'.

  • The spyware inferno

    Venture capitalist Sharon Wienbar explains why discussions about the software ultimately end up resembling Dante's nine circles of Hell.

  • NetSky variant a greater threat than thought

    Security company Symantec raised its severity rating of the latest incarnation of the NetSky worm.

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Reviews (64)

  • 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.

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

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

  • MS Palladium: A must or a menace?

    Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.

  • Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

    We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?

  • Google Docs

    Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.

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