Data collected from a six-month study of Internet traffic shows that the exchange of films and software is booming, and that the vast majority of peer-to-peer traffic is made up of files larger than 100MB.
Napster, one of original and best-known music sharing brands, has become a thorn in the side of its parent Bertelsmann because of its AU$400 million legal bill.
Some Australians are turning to P2P file-sharing networks in order to watch new episodes of their favourite American television shows.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) has attracted a lot of interest in recent months. But do the benefits outweigh the potential problems?
A hotly-contested wrangle in Congress over how to outlaw file-swapping networks just took a new twist.
Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?
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.
Prevent P2P problems on your network by preparing for security threats from programs such as Napster and KaZaa.
M-Terra CTO Darrell Smith says that arguments in the peer-to-peer file-sharing space are still based on days gone by.
IT managers who want to block staff use of instant messaging or peer-to-peer networks have a new ally in SurfControl.
It took a boom and a bust to do it, but peer-to-peer technology is finding its post-Napster place in the world.
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-to-peer computing is hot, but what are we going to share now that we can't share music for free?
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.
Microsoft introduced additions to Windows XP designed to make the operating system better tuned for peer-to-peer applications.
Microsoft is beefing up the peer-to-peer capabilities for its Windows XP operating system.
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