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  • French record labels sue, um, SourceForge Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 6:33PM Open source haven thumped for harboring P2P app The French music industry is suing four US-based companies for distributing P2P applications that can potentially be used to illegally share music.…
  • GigaTribe brings private P2P sharing to U.S. Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 1:42PMWeb 2.0 file-sharing service is bringing free peer-to-peer private file sharing to the U.S.
  • French court green lights lawsuits against P2P vendors Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 1:28PM Limewire, Vuze, Shareaza, and Morpheus can all be sued on French soil, a court has ruled. Recent copyright law changes in France mean that creators and distributors of software "manifestly" designed to swap content illegally can be prosecuted, fined, and even tossed in jail. Read More...
  • French music industry wants P2P ban Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 4:03AMTHE FRENCH MUSIC industry has decided to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire and Morpheus.
  • The Value of Unlicensed Music "Shared" Worldwide on P2P Networks in 2007 was US$69 Billion, According to MultiMedia ... Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 12:02AM SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----The value of unlicensed music trafficked on P2P networks in 2007 was US$69 billion, according to new MultiMedia Intelligence research. This value should not be viewed as lost revenue, but rather the result of multiplying the number of unlicensed music tracks transferred over P2P networks globally by a fair market value per track.
  • Gym goes global Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 2:38AMMost youngsters, if any at all, had never heard of korfball, a popular sport in Holland, or tlatchtli from Mexico. But Hays fourth-graders had no problem understanding basketball and soccer.
  • LENDING: Fewer good borrowers use peer-to-peer sites Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 1:55AMKnowing your peers
  • Do your due diligence Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 1:54AMThe slumping economy has made peer-to-peer lending more attractive to borrowers and investors. Here are a few tips for both:
  • Help from friends Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 1:54AMGood credit and a stable job should have been enough for Matt Schilling to get a low interest rate on a bank loan to fix his Jeep. Despite the tough economy, the 27-year-old figured he would find an affordable note with ease. Schilling wanted to replace a blown engine.
  • French Record Labels Go After Limewire, SourceForge Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 1:17AMAn anonymous reader notes that TorrentFreak is reporting: "French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire, and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform SourceForge. ... Putting aside the discussion on the ...
  • Senator Plans To Enforce Net Neutrality with Law Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 3:34PM A lawmaker is bringing the issue of net neutrality back into the spotlight. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) plans to introduce a bill in January that would stop Internet service providers from blocking and managing certain Internet content.
  • Social Networking Sites Face a Revenue Reckoning, New Report Finds Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 2:20PMNEW YORK , Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As social networking sites mature, the need to establish consistent and reliable revenue streams will drive site operators to explore and develop a full range of options, including more sophisticated mobile computing and targeted advertising applications, according to the latest report published by Contentinople Insider ( www.contentinople.com/insider ), a ...
  • Half Life hacker refused FBI sting bait Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 6:48AM German cracker now faces US DDoS-for-hire charges Games developer Valve worked with the FBI to set up a sting operation to capture a suspected hacker soon after source code for Half Life 2 leaked onto P2P networks in 2003.…
  • Major ISPs to Roll Out P4P Over the Next Two Months Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 10:44PMSome of the largest ISPs in US, including phone and cable companies, plan on updating their networks over the next two months with a new technology that promises to accelerate P2P distribution. According to reports, recent trials have demonstrated 59% increase in download delivery speeds on average -- and up to 150% for the fastest class of users.
  • Obama: After the election Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 8:20AMWatershed electionBy Tomáš VachudaIt is said that this has been a historic election and a watershed event.
  • P2P: the BPI responds to DiS poll Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 7:46AMMatt Phillips, Director of Communications at the BPI (formerly the British Phonographic Industry) responds to the DrownedinSound debate about filesharing...
  • Free software gets an education Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 1:09PMCompanies, organisations and citizens spend billions a year on licensing fees for proprietary software. Could that money not be put to better use developing free software alternatives and local expertise?
  • NBCU, Sony Pictures Television Prep Encores For CES Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:21PMNew York—Content will once again marry technology at the International CES, with NBC Universal and Sony Pictures Television returning to the show next year with major presences, officials said Tuesday.
  • Tracking Ad Success in the New Era Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 9:12AMSANTA MONICA, Calif. — Few things thrill online advertisers more than metrics — those magic statistics that, at least in theory, enable them to know exactly who is viewing their ads and whether those viewers successfully made a purchase, clicked on the ad or signed up for a future mailing.
  • Free Software Gets An Education Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:23AMCompanies, organizations and citizens spend billions of dollars a year on licensing fees for proprietary software. Could that money not be put to better use developing free software alternatives and local expertise?
  • Software aids manual production of AXMEDIS objects. Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:05AMAxMediaTech-AXMEDIS Editor lets users create/manipulate AXMEDIS Object features and their different aspects. Capabilities cover Add, Remove, and Move functions for digital resources as well as internal metadata. Visual and behavioral editing lets user define content usage paradigm to present internal digital content, and other capabilities are included for specifying/testing protection ...
  • PixSense Wins Mobile Star Award in the Consumer Software Media Category Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:00AM SANTA CLARA, Calif.----PixSense Inc., a leading provider in multimedia and web convergence solutions, today announced that it has won a Silver Star Mobile Star Award™ from MobileVillage®, the 15-year leader in market development and news services about mobile technology.
  • PeerApp Raises US$ 8 Million in Series B Funding Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 8:20AM PeerApp Ltd., the leader in Intelligent Media Caching and bandwidth arbitrage solutions for Internet Service Providers, today announced that it has raised US$ 8 Million in Series B funding.
  • Arbor Networks Fourth Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report Shows Attacks on Networks Growing Larger and ... Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 8:00AM Malicious attacks on networks continued to grow at an alarming rate over the past year, according to a report issued today by Arbor Networks, a leading provider of secure service control solutions for global business networks.
  • Results of Second Round of P4P Field Trials with Pando Networks Yield Greater Improvement in Performance of Broadband ... Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 7:57AM AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon See Increased Delivery Speeds and Improved Network Efficiencies (PRWeb Nov 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1598974.htm
  • Results of Second Round of P4P Field Trials with Pando Networks Yield Greater Improvement in Performance of Broadband ... Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 6:00AM AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon See Increased Delivery Speeds and Improved Network Efficiencies
  • Daily/Weekly Email Digest Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 1:52AMThe Unique Promise of WDM-PON by Paul Morkel The drive toward carrier-class Ethernet rolls on, with the introduction of the External Network-to-Network Interface (E-NNI).
  • BitTorrent appoints new CEO, reduces staff levels Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 8:44AM BitTorrent Inc, the San Francisco company aiming to commercialize the popular peer-to-peer technology of the same name, has appointed a new CEO and made some employees redundant, whilst responding robustly to reports that it has axed 50% of its workforce. The company announced in a November 7th press release that they have appointed Eric Klinker as chief [...]
  • Brand Asset Digital to Bring New Jobs to Michigan Thru Acquisition of Heritage Tower; Building to be Renamed Brand ... Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 7:30AM Company to Bring High-Tech Jobs and Attract More Movie Business to the State (PRWeb Nov 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1595694.htm
  • Travel Industry Veteran John F. Davis III Named CEO at Hospitality "P2P" and Spend Management Innovator Birch Street ... Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 7:00AM NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. & DALLAS----Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of e-procurement and back office automation solutions, today announced it has further strengthened its presence in the travel technology arena by appointing John F.
  • CloudShield Technologies Announces Record Q3 Growth Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 7:00AM SUNNYVALE, Calif.----CloudShield Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of service management and infrastructure security solutions, today announced record Q3 growth. CloudShield achieved a more than 100% increase in bookings compared to Q3 of 2007.
  • Brand Asset Digital to Bring New Jobs to Michigan Thru Acquisition of Heritage Tower; Building to be Renamed Brand ... Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 6:05AM Company to Bring High-Tech Jobs and Attract More Movie Business to the State
  • Why Paid P2P Might Be Dead Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 7:46PM Before the current economic crisis landed with a thwack on our plate and ensured that few would escape the beast unscathed, I was really long on peer-to-peer. Totally bullish. And paid P2P - selling content on those peer-to-peer systems that content owners tried to sue out of existence - made sense. I thought, “eventually those Big Media dolts will come around and see the light.” I’m not so ...
  • BitTorrent In Complete Disarray: President and CEO Leave; 18 Employees Laid Off Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 6:02PM Goes to the point that P2P is not a business model in itself, and then, of course, bad management will even make it worse: BitTorrent, the San Francisco-based company that has been trying to develop an online video service and company around the open source P2P delivery technology, has been in deep trouble for a while now, and the issues came to fore this week, as the CEO and President of the ...
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  • Do your part for Heart & Stroke P2P campaign Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 11:17PMFebruary may seem far off, but it is at the forefront of Stephanie McAulay’s mind as she begins recruiting canvassers for the 2009 Person to Person (P2P) canvassing campaign.
  • The Pirate Bay ฉลองคนใช้งาน 20 ล้านคน Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 11:08PMSubmitted by pawinpawin on 7 November, 2008 - 12:01. tags: Submitted by infernohellion on 18 April, 2008 - 14:10. tags:
  • BitTorrent President Steps Down Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 2:22PMAshwin Navin moves on.
  • PartnerSpring Launches: Web 2.0 Collaboration Site Connects IT Professionals Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 1:38PM PartnerSpring, a web 2.0 channel collaboration community site, launches today. PartnerSpring breaks down traditional IT channel roadblocks, helping companies grow their businesses and channels.
  • The Pirate Bay goes for Guinness World Record Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 11:37AMLargest P2P network eva!
  • BancTec Executive Invited to Speak for 11th Straight Year at University of North Carolina Treasury Management Series Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 9:19AM BancTec, a global provider of advanced, high-volume document and payment processing solutions and services, announced that Paul Diegelman, divisional vice president of finance and accounting BPO, has been invited for the 11th straight year to serve as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina Treasury Management Series, to be held at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel ...
  • Why MySpace, MTV See Profits in Piracy Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 6:27AMYo ho! It appears that media companies have finally found a way to profit from digital pirates’ booty.
  • Choosing a home network server Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 5:24AMThere are many things to consider when adding a server to a network. Alan Stevens explains
  • Text size Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 5:18AMOne of the founding fathers of the world wide web has demanded a revised equality rule, which would allow similar users to gain equal internet capacity for what they pay for access.
  • DTH Archives Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 10:52PMThe student body president’s annual October Report was presented to Student Congress on Wednesday, two weeks later than expected.
  • Pirate pride in Sweden as Pirate Bay hits 22 million peers Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 9:13PM The Pirate Bay has seen explosive growth this year, it says, jumping from 12 million to 22 million active peers in only seven months. Read More...
  • BreakingPoint First Network Equipment Testing Solution to Generate Encrypted Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Application Traffic at ... Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 1:03PM The numbers are impressive when you look at peer-to-peer network traffic. Recent reports estimate that more than 100 million files are exchanged each day using P2P networks and global P2P network traffic totals 61% of all upstream network traffic and 22% of downstream bandwidth consumption.
  • This Report Examines How Internet Service Players are Leveraging the Internet Infrastructure to Deliver New Performing ... Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 10:55AMResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/89a260/evolution_of_web_a) has announced the addition of the "Evolution of Web Architecture" report to their offering.
  • This Report Examines How Internet Service Players are Leveraging the Internet Infrastructure to Deliver New Performing ... Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 6:20AM DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Evolution of Web Architecture" report to their offering.
  • DTH Archives Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 12:52AMStudents celebrate right after Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidential election. “This is the only riot I’ve been in on Franklin Street where people are chanting ‘USA’ and singing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’” said Frank Sturges, a senior philosophy and political science major. “It’s just beautiful.”