LimeWire has announced the addition of malware protection from AVG to its LimeWire Pro service.

"LimeWire's peer-to-peer file-sharing network is notorious as a malware ghetto, where distributed files that have legitimate-sounding names turn out to be Trojan horses hiding pernicious threats," writes CNET's Seth Rosenblatt. "In an effort to attract more users to the LimeWire premium upgrade and to protect those users better, the company signed a deal with AVG on Tuesday to extend download file scanning and blocking to LimeWire Pro users."

"The $34.95/year Pro service also adds many other perks, such as faster downloads, a video player, access to BitTorrent and Gnutella as well as tech support," writes PC Mag's Larry Seltzer. "Users will see a 'Protected by AVG' message whenever a downloaded file is scanned and cleaned. Users of the free LimeWire Basic software do not get the AVG protection."

More here from eSecurity Planet ... and more here from Smarthouse.

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According to a recent NPD Group survey, there was a 25 percent decline last year in illegal downloads in the U.S. from P2P sites.

"All the nasty malware and viruses that one can get at some P2P sites is the No. 1 reason why music fans say they helped themselves to fewer unauthorized songs," writes CNET News' Greg Sandoval. "Other reasons for the decline can be traced to the rise of ad-supported music services, such as Pandora, Spotify, and Vevo."

"With web integration such an important aspect of the Internet these days, having to run an independent program to download a song or two just seems clunky to a lot of people," writes Slyck's Thomas Mennecke. "Alternatively, streaming music sites have much to offer, without a lot of the headaches typically associated with P2P."

More here from AllAccess.com ... and more here from Exclaim News.

Open Media Network: Oh so Closed P2P File Sharing

The Open Media Network announced a Kontiki-powered P2P network for public TV and radio. Let's parse this. This CNET article touted the: TV-like program directory That's because unlike public P2P networks with billions of files this network will have so few files that they can be listed in directories. No need for search. ... Oh so Appealing. The best line in the article. A Kontiki rival, Red Swoosh, has also previously offered to let [...] Read More


Open MP3 Music Gets More Support P2P File Sharing

Music distributor PayPlay plans to offer its 600,00 song catalog in open MP3 format. The announcement was timed to support the "Day Against DRM". On a practical basis, the decision greatly expands the company's market to owners of iPods, as well as Mac, Linux, and other portable players that are incompatible with Windows Media DRM. PayPlay's MP3 songs are priced at 88 cents, while the Window DRM versions are 77 cents. [...] Read More


Sun Has an Open Source DReaM P2P File Sharing

Sun has a dream. It is expanding its open source initiatives from Java programming to media rights with Project DReaM at OpenMediaCommons.org. Their open source architecture is another solution in addition to meta-DRM to the balkanization of formats. Dream provide real interoperability. > Music and video can be played on any certified device or software. It won't be locked to one product, like iTunes files only playing on iPods. > Content providers can [...] Read More


Social Media And Analogies The Search Engine Weblog

Some things are better understood when analogy is applied. Same thing with the social media. Shana Albert has complied cool, deep, and absorbing analogies to explain different aspects of Social Media: Join the Conversation or Break Into the Conversation? - Sean at Grin & Grumble compares Social Media being a Pool and Bloggers being the different types of swimmers in the Pool of Social Media. The "symphony" of social media - Dee [...] Read More


BenQ, Buffalo, Mediabolic Demonstrate Network Media Players The Wired Home Weblog

. . .Compatible with Next-generation entertainment PCs At CES 2006 From the press release: The four new products, each of which also utilize a high-performance Nexperia PNX1502 media processor from Philips Semiconductors, are: BENQ DV3770 NETWORK LCD TV - a high-definition, 37-inch flat-panel television with a built-in network media player for accessing content stored elsewhere on the home network BENQ WM1100T NETWORK MEDIA PLAYER - a cost-effective entertainment center add-on that allows users to enjoy [...] Read More

What are predictive dialers and how are they put to use in the sales and call center industry?


Well, imagine you had call center staff of perhaps 30 to 50 agents just waiting to speak with prospects but you need a quicker easier way to get those calls in front of them.

Read more about predictive dialers and how they are used at Wikipedia.

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How would you use a predictive dialer to improve your sales and engage potential customers to bring them into the sales process? How could technology properly applied result in substantial growth for your business in a highly competitive market guided by a global perspective of commerce.

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