P2P File Sharing Resources on ZDNet

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Unauthorized applications: Taking back control: Employees installing and using unauthorized applications like Instant Messaging, VoIP, games and peer-to-peer file-sharing applications cause many businesses serious concern. This paper looks at why it is important to control such applications, discusses the various approaches, and highlights how integrating this functionality into malware protection is the simplest and most...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Sophos Plc., Malware, Peer To Peer (P2P), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security; White papers 2008-01-01
Integard (exe): Integard is an internet content filter that blocks inappropriate content, monitors chat, and supports multiple user profiles. It has configurable sensitivity, time and data limits, user-defined allowed and blocked lists and protects personal information. Integard blocks peer to peer file-sharing programs, and supports remote administration using a browser. It also...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Integard, Peer To Peer (P2P), Remote Administration, Internet; Software downloads 2007-11-07
Torrent Swapper: Torrent Swapper is an open sourced sociable peer to peer file-sharing client based on the Bittorrent protocol that is ideal for high-speed distribution of large files that has a basic understanding of human friendships, of user tastes in content, and of Internet connectivity between users. Torrent Swapper supports simultaneous downloads,...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Torrent Swapper, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; Software downloads 2007-03-14
A Modeling Framework to Understand the Tussle Between ISPs and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Users: Recent measurement studies have shown that traffic generated by Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing applications has started to dominate the bandwidth consumption on Internet access links. The prevailing use of P2P applications carries with it significant implications for Internet Service Providers (ISPs): on the one hand increased levels of P2P traffic...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Modeling, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Business Services; White papers 2007-02-26
BufferZone Security for P2P File Sharing (msi): BufferZone Security for P2P File Sharing lets you share and run files of any type using your favorite P2P software with complete safety. BufferZone Security for P2P is a solution that fully protects your PC against viruses, spyware and other threats by means of virtualization, while sharing programs and downloading...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; Software downloads 2006-10-26

Competitive and Considerate Congestion Control for Bulk-Data Transfers: The current Internet features traffic from diverse applications; ranging from delay-sensitive web browsing to delay-insensitive data file transfers. This motivates service differentiation, yet router-centric solutions. The current practice relies on a limited service differentiation at network edges. End-hosts often implement such emulators of low priority service to differentiate low and...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, Congestion, Service Differentiation, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; White papers 2006-02-01
Those Aren't Just Files You're Swapping - The Dangers of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Employees are using company resources to access peer-to-peer (P2P) applications on company time and exposing organizations to serious and potentially catastrophic risks. Swapped files from P2P networks may contain viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. And, since P2P is primarily used to exchange pirated audio, video, and software files or...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Websense Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; White papers 2005-05-25
A File Discovery Control Scheme for P2P File Sharing Applications in Wireless Mobile Environments: The mobility characteristic brings new challenges for research of P2P computing over the wireless mobile networking environment. Peers' movements in wireless mobile network change the routing path which affects the file retrieval performance. Thus, how to improve the resource discovery and retrieval for P2P file sharing applications in wireless mobile...; Tags: Mobile Network, Mobile, Network, P2P File Sharing, P2P, Peers, Wireless Mobile Network, Peer To Peer (P2P), Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2004-11-16
Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Over Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Current peer-to-peer file-sharing systems mostly work on wired networks. Mobile ad hoc network is characterized as multi-hop wireless communications between mobile devices. In this paper, five routing approaches with different complexity are proposed to enable peer-to-peer file-sharing over mobile ad hoc networks. The complexity of the proposed approaches is evaluated...; Tags: Mobile, Network, P2P File Sharing, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing; White papers 2004-10-12
Combating Online Software Piracy in an Era of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Inexpensive broadband Internet access combined with a perception of anonymity and file sharing applications that make downloading software as easy as doing a search on Google has resulted in a dramatic increase in piracy. Many consumers opt for free, illegal downloads over legally-purchased products. The two largest networks, Fast Track...; Tags: Software, P2P File Sharing, P2P, BayTSP, File-sharing, Piracy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet; White papers 2004-08-17
The Regulation of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks: Legal Convergence V. Perception Divergence: The purpose of this paper is to ask this question: despite the admittedly draconian legal measures enacted both in the EU and the USA, seeking to regulate illegal conduct on P2P networks, and regardless of the lawsuits brought by the entertainment industry in various countries in the world, millions of...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Regulation, File-sharing, Convergence, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; White papers 2004-06-15
8e6 Technologies' R3000 Gets Top Marks From East Antrim for Blocking Costly P2P File Sharing: EAIFHE's (East Antrim Institute for Further and Higher Education) aim is to help all students obtain the qualifications needed for either career or further and higher education progression or just for hobby and leisure enjoyment. With 800 PC's and over 12,000 students at three campuses, East Antrim faces daily threats...; Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, 8e6 Technologies, EAIFHE, Peer To Peer (P2P), Cyberthreats, Professional Development, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Career; Case studies

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Blaupunkt New Orleans MP58: The New Orleans MP58 shows that Blaupunkt customers get what they pay for. In contrast with the Brisbane SD48 that we reviewed recently, the New Orleans MP58is a stylish head unit with a well-thought-out interface for letting drivers search their MP3 files with ease. It may not have the...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, New Orleans MP58, Blaupunkt, disc, display; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Philips DCP851 portable DVD player w/ iPod dock: While the DCP750 and DCP850 weren't the first portable DVD players to include built-in iPod docks, the Philips brand ensured that they made a bigger splash than earlier models from the likes of iLuv. For 2008, Philips has overhauled the design, opting for a tablet configuration instead of the standard...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Media players, DVD player, Philips DCP851, Apple iPod, Philips Electronics N.V., DVD; Product reviews 2008-05-09
First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta: First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 betaOLD NEWS: Don't expect OpenOffice to develop more perfect compatibilityI gave up on OpenOffice a long long time ago and I'm not surprised that the compatibility is still pitiful. OpenOffice's Presentation could never handle PowerPoint files properly. OpenOffice's Writer could handle simple documents,...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Why do Macs need so much fixing?: Last weekend, in the course of a column about Steve Ballmer, my colleague Larry Dignan tossed an offhand shout-out in my general direction: When Ed Bott has a series on how to fix–or at least cope with Vista–you know this OS isn't so hot. Why should this thing need...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Avoid accidental copies in Windows: Ever use Ctrl+click to select files, make one wrong click and end up with a load of duplicate files on your screen? For power users like you and me, it happens all the time. Today's batch of guidance aims to fix that. The problem,...; Tags: Pixel, File, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Network Magic simplifies tasks for home users: Network Magic simplifies tasks for home usersEvil early onI used to configure networks for people years ago when Network Magic was included in the AOL Installation. Inevitably. I'd have systems sharing files and printers without a problem, install the latest version of AOL for them (for AOL users only,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Network Magic, network; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere: Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphereLots of profit......jobs and innovation in jeopardy? Too bad we didn't jeopardize Sub-Prime lending when we had a chance. Same kind of profit potential here for the telcos IMO.Drop ComcastThere are lots of ISP's out there.AT&T Yahoo comes to mind.Could Comcast's big usership...; Tags: INTERNET, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp., Comcast-charged atmosphere, Net Neutrality, net neutrality bill; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta: Since I'm testing the viability of running Ubuntu on a number of platforms, and paving the way to shift from Internet Explorer to Firefox 3.0, I might as well take a look at the viability of abandoning Microsoft Office and making the leap to OpenOffice.org. Now, I'm...; Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Document, Launch, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Beta, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-09