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P2P music sharing needs regulation to work
News Government legislation and a reliable royalty system must be implemented for peer-to-peer music file sharing networks to work in Asia, say industry watchers.
Tags: Peer to peer, Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Regulation, BayTSP, P2P, Japan, research director, digital-rights management, network
Survival tips for mobile broadband providers
News As these providers grapple with phenomenal network growth, they can better manage escalating costs by not repeating mistakes of fixed services peers, says analyst.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, P2P, Cost, Broadband, tariff, Frost & Sullivan
Developing peer-to-peer applications with Jabber
Techguide Find out how to make use of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol to P2P-enable your applications.
Tags: Java, Software engineering/development, Peer to peer, TCP, Jabber, Connection, F/OSS, P2P, Password, Service Parameter
Pirate Bay closure sparks rise in P2P sites
News Closure of Pirate Bay led to temporary 300 percent increase in the number of file-sharing Web sites, says McAfee.
Tags: Peer to peer, Piracy, Open Source, Site, BitTorrent, P2P, security company, McAfee Inc., File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
UK govt proposes disconnecting file-sharers
News Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's department for business, innovation and skills.
Tags: Data Management, Web sites, Spokesperson, Accommodation, P2P, Internet Connection, Government, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider, Internet
Pirate Bay bidder loses chairman
News Magnus Bergman has filed documents to end his affiliation with Global Gaming Factory X, the company attempting to acquire The Pirate Bay.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Digital media, P2P, financial health, Stock, liquidity, Digital media, stock exchange, chairman
P2P bill could regulate Web browsers, FTP clients
News Legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to regulate peer-to-peer networks goes a bit further than its sponsors may have intended.
Tags: Peer to peer, Web browsers, Legal, Web Browser, P2P, computer, software, IM, network, East Coast
Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
News Conficker is updating itself on infected computers via peer-to-peer and is programmed to stop running on May 3, Trend Micro researchers say.
Tags: PC security, Network security, CNN, Security, Worm, David Perry, Trend Micro Inc., host machine, removable storage, P2P
E-mail bigger strain on mobile networks than P2P
News Bell Labs has found that while Web surfing and P2P account for much of the data volume in 3G networks, mobile e-mail is a bigger resource hog.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile, Smart Phone, Wireless, Wireless Network, P2P, 3G Network
Intellectual property: Do you have a leak?
Techguide Is your organization's intellectual property floating around the Internet? Not sure? Here are some ways to check.
Tags: Security, Operations, Twitter, RSS, Google Inc., Michael Kassner, Small And Medium Business, P2P, intellectual property, e-mail
Apple, Google consider app-sharing tools
News Smartphone software makers weigh features that will make it easier to share downloadable apps, upending the way we acquire and use wireless games and tools
Tags: Applications and tools, App servers, Mobile applications, Smart phones, Software, Mobile/Wireless, Web services, Apple Inc., App, Mobile
Looking inside the Storm worm botnet
News Venerable botnet encrypts its command codes using the current date.
Tags: Security, Network security, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Authentication and encryption, Command, Worm, Encryption, SecureWorks Inc., P2P
Opposition mounts against P2P disconnection plan
News Proposals in the United Kingdom to disconnect the broadband service of suspected illegal file-sharers have come under fresh attack from ISPs, rights groups, and creative artists' groups.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Proposal, Consultation, Signatory, P2P, British Telecommunications, file-sharing, Internet Service Provider, lobbyist
Will ISPs survive the video onslaught?
News You want video, and video eats up a whole lot of bandwidth. Your Internet provider would do well to pay heed to the ways of P2P-savvy folks like BitTorrent.
Tags: Video, Mobile platforms/communications, Business broadband, Personal broadband, P2P, phone, software, hard drive, network, VoIP
Maintaining an online presence in Jabber
Techguide Follow these steps to maintain a presence in the Jabber online community, such as retrieving a list of friends from the roster.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, List, Jabber, Roster, Conference, Presence, code snippet, P2P, Password, Service
