This column has covered a few Internet privacy solutions. See "iPhantom Delivers Maxiumum Internet and P2P Privacy." Jim Razpoza of eWeek (pictured here) gives an update on the Tor project....

Occasionally we like to share a little Friday fun with our readers so they can enjoy the weekend. Check our past Fun entries, especially Weird Al Yankovic's song and video "Don't...

Hewlett-Packard's Patricia Dunn. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) The saga of the HP Board of Directors investigating the leak of a rogue board member is almost over. The State of California is...

Metalink from Anthony Bryan bridges web and P2P downloads. It takes P2P magnet links to the next level. Magnet links originally specified Guntella P2P downloads, but have been extended to include Fast...

NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, recently held its big trade show at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL near Orlando. Todd Beals had excellent coverage - NARM Show DAY...

I was gentle with the Amazon UnBox yesterday a few days ago (Amazon Dives Into Busy Download Video Market), my only snarky comment on the silly name. I received a few emails baiting me by asking what...

The Center for Democracy and Technology released the paper "Evaluating DRM: Building a Marketplace for the Convergent World". It strikes a smart middle ground by not evaluating DRM against...

Photo from CNET CNET posted an interview with Mark Cuban, founder of HDNET and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Mark spoke on the future of digital entertainment and HD video. His cogent observations...

We've written before about the P2P Gaming area with BetBug and GameAccount. Similar to poker, players bet directly against one another in P2P Gaming. The gaming service operator does not take the...

February 8, 2005. 10 months after the alleged infringement. Verizon, the ISP, responds to a subpoena from RIAA. Verizon received 95 requests and is only able to resolve 61 of them. Unfortunately for...

Startup Spiral Frog has announced a deal with Universal Music to distribute ad-supported music. Terms were not announced. Files would be distributed in protected WMA format and so not be compatible...

Be careful, ye scurvy movie and music pirates. Culver City, California may have a free municipal WiFi network. But it's locked down to prevent copyrighted content transfers. Audible Magic's...

South Korean P2P service Soribada was forced to close its free P2P service. It re-opened as an authorized subscription service in July with signed contracts with 350 music rights holders. At its peak...

Japanese ISP Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) will roll out a P2P service to reduce network traffic, such as that from video web sites. The P2P software will be based on Winny P2P software also...

"Gotcha! ... Or At Least Someone" It begins April 1, 2004. The MediaSentry P2P monitoring service detects and logs unauthorized activity on the Kazaa/Fast Track P2P network at IP address...

Coca-Cola's Stageside now features Jay-Z after its previous Promotion of Ne-Yo, which recorded 3.3 million downloads. Stageside is an innovative program that promotes the entertainment with both...

Software developer POGO has launched P2P file sharing for Java and WAP-enabled GPRS and 3g mobile phones. The software can be used to share ringtones, music, games, videos and themes. There is no...

"The New Tastemakers" from the New York Times isn't new. Peer recommendations started with the rise of the Internet over ten years ago with various music recommendation and playlist...

In the latest challenge to iTunes and the major labels, MySpace launched its own music store. The site claims over three million listings for bands from performers own pages to fan pages to artist...