Peer-to-peer (P2P) software is an escalating technology: Kazaa Media Desktop is currently the most popular download on CNET Download.com. It's been ranked on the Most Popular chart for 57 weeks and ...

Over the last few years, the popularity of peer-to-peer filesharing has exploded, leaving widespread filesharing lawsuits and traffic management policies in its wake. But the same features that allow ...

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Company will reveal test results indicating it could reduce the impact of peer-to-peer traffic on its network by more than 50 percent by "intelligently" routing such traffic. Marguerite Reardon ...

P2P file sharing offers the possibility of dramatically increased download speeds by avoiding the problems associated with a single (overloaded) server. But even P2P downloads can bog down when files ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services, which connect individual users for simultaneous uploads and downloads directly rather than through a central server, are reported to account for as much as 70 ...

Linux software seller Lindows.com announced it plans to distribute its LindowsLive operating system for free via peer-to-peer networks. LindowsLive allows people to run a Linux-based operating system ...

Harry Fuller escaped from television work to be executive editor at CNET News.com. File sharing may soon move at a faster pace. Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon and Purdue say they've conquered ...

Previously at GIGAZINEDownloading files using P2P software etc may be illegalI told you that it was officially decided today at last. Apart from P2P software,YouTube ...

Tokyo University research associate Isamu Kaneko, creator of popular Japanese file-sharing program WinMX, yesterday (Sept. 1) pleaded not guilty to charges of copyright violation in Kyoto District… By ...

Engineeers have discovered a way for peer-to-peer (P2P) users to efficiently identify nearby P2P clients in order to reduce costly cross-network traffic without sacrificing performance for the user.