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by jeff goldman on March 12, 2010
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 distribu...
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by jeff goldman on February 12, 2010
Kazaa, now a legit $20-a-month music service, was recently flagged as adware by Symantec's security software.
"This prompted Brilliant Digital Entertainment, the company that operates Kazaa,...
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by jeff goldman on July 9, 2009
The Pirate Bay has gone legit.
"Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is to be turned into a legal business after being bought by a Swedish software company... Global Gaming Factory acquired...
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by jeff goldman on July 9, 2009
Kazaa has announced the imminent launch of a new service offering access to HD quality movies on the Palm Pre.
"The new service will allow Pre users to upload and share standard and HD videos to ...
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by jeff goldman on June 3, 2009
Ten years ago this week, college student Shawn fanning released the first version of Napster — and the music industry has never been the same.
"Without the original Napster, we'd be f...
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by jeff goldman on April 10, 2009
Just a couple of months after it announced a key deal with Warner Music Group, the free, ad-supported P2P music service Qtrax has officially relaunched in the United States.
"Over 95% of all digi...
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by jeff goldman on March 21, 2009
The ad-supported music service spiralfrog shut down this week, quietly and without warning...
"A source close to the company told CNET News that SpiralFrog has ceased operations and assets have b...
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by jeff goldman on February 16, 2009
The free, ad-supported P2P music service Qtrax this week announced a deal with Warner Music Group that puts it (finally) in position to launch.
"A year ago, the company misfired on its initial la...
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by jeff goldman on December 18, 2008
Joost this week announced that it's dropping its desktop P2P client, redirecting users to access videos via its Web site instead.
"As of December 19, Joost's Windows and Mac software clie...
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by jeff goldman on December 11, 2008
BitTorrent and Oversi have announced plans to work together on an integrated solution to optimize P2P traffic across ISP networks.
"The companies partnered to enable the BitTorrent client applica...
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by jeff goldman on November 22, 2008
The Web 2.0 filesharing service GigaTribe this week announced the launch of its service in the United States.
As Startup Meme's Sardar Mohkim Khan notes, the service's key strength lies in the...
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by jeff goldman on November 12, 2008
BitTorrent last week fired about half of its employees, and replaced its CEO, Doug Walker, with former CTO Eric Klinker.
"A person with knowledge of BitTorrent's plans also said the company w...
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by Jordan Grodecki on September 22, 2008
Napster, despite being a now paid download service, still holds a place dear in a lot of our hearts; it was the one that really made p2p big, and it has been a shame in past months to see it despera...
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by Jordan Grodecki on July 17, 2008
In a completely unexpected move, the EU has bowed to the record companies demands and has extended copyright to last a total of 95 years before the original work becomes public domain. This means th...
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by Jordan Grodecki on June 30, 2008
rhapsody, a child of the horrible, horrible Real Networks, has created something that is really, really rather good! A DRM-Free legal music service which offers 256kbps songs for...get this 99c each...
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by Jordan Grodecki on May 28, 2008
Moxie Communications is an Internet service provider in Canada who happens to host a multitude of the big torrent trackers; What.CD, SumoTracker, BTMon, FullDls, but unlike most ISPs who will scream w...
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by Jordan Grodecki on April 22, 2008
With the help of an opt in plugin for the Azureus BitTorrent client, we have found out which ISPs really throttle and shape peoples traffic, no matter of what their public policy is.
The plugin mea...
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by Jordan Grodecki on March 19, 2008
A report in the Financial Times has suggested that Apple are in talks with all the big record labels with the aim to setup distribution packages where you pay a fixed fee per month or the like, to d...
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by Jordan Grodecki on January 17, 2008
Subscribers to US based DVD rental service Netflix have had the oppertunity to watch online, streamed content, such as tv shows and some movies, for a limited number of hours, generally corrospondin...
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by Jordan Grodecki on January 14, 2008
The fantastic internet radio reccomendation player...thing, that is Pandora, has announced that it will be ceasing to operate in the United Kingdom due to the lack of a decent way of paying the roya...
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by Jordan Grodecki on December 28, 2007
A "media tracking company" which goes by the name of BigChampagne has come out with a remarkable and slightly unbelievable statistic. They claim that over one third of people (36.4% if you...
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by Jordan Grodecki on December 19, 2007
Okay, okay, it's not that they just use iTunes, it's that they actually BUY things from it! Who would've thought it? People buying things from one of the original online music shops, on ...
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by Marc on September 7, 2007
NBC Universal is removing its popular video seriess from iTunes in a bid to weaken Apple's dominant position. The entertainment industry has been fighting back by supporting other online services....
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by Marc on September 5, 2007
A number of ISPs have been accused of restricting the bandwidth of their subscribers who use P2P software. We covered Verizon, which said it doesn't so but will. Another ISP often mentioned is Com...
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by Marc on August 30, 2007
DigitalContainers Inc. was awarded Patent 7,251,832 for a "Secure Streaming Container." The patent facilitates secure playback of any kind of digital media.
The company has been an active ...
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by Marc on August 28, 2007
The Netgear Digital Entertainer HD won the 'Kickass' product award by Maximum PC and will be featured in an upcoming issue. The Digital Entertainer HD is a souped-up Tivo DVR. It's an inte...
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by Marc on August 27, 2007
Vuze, the HD P2PTV service from Azureus, announced it reached 7 million users in only 6 months of service.
Vuze's primary programming partners is the BBC, which added the TV series The Office. T...
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by Marc on August 27, 2007
Limewire, the current leading P2P developer, is developing an online music store. Paid music files will be available via links in their P2P software and later included in P2P results. Music will be av...
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by Marc on August 27, 2007
GROOVE MOBILE MOVES $6 MILLION
Boston-area based Groove Mobile landed $6 million in a new round of funding from ORIX Venture Finance, for a total of $32 million raised. Previous investors included Eg...
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by Marc on August 20, 2007
METACAFE BREWS $30 MILLION
Video site Metacafe raised $30 million in a third round of funding. The company has brought in a total $50 million in capital. Metacafe is a top ten video destination with ...
