file-sharing, P2P and security news on CNET

September 20, 2007 Messages portray a company overwhelmed by file-swapping community and skepticism from entertainment executives.MediaDefender is wake-up call for entertainment sector TAGS: antipiracy, file-sharing, music industry, P2P file sharing, entertainment, Napster Inc., file-swapping, P2P, e-mail, Sony Corp., security

August 10, 2004 Peer-to-peer advocates say the technology is about more than just swapping copyrighted music and video. Really. TAGS: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Update, P2P, file-sharing, Induce Act, file-sharing network, violation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, security, video

July 29, 2005 Popular title is one of 400 games donned as disguise by Hagard worm on peer-to-peer networks. It also tries to spread by IM. TAGS: worm, Grand Theft Auto, IM, Graham Cluley, file-sharing, remote access, Sophos Plc., P2P, Web server, virus, security, Microsoft Corp., games, server, PC

July 27, 2004 Blog is posting what are purported to be soldiers' pictures and documents, all allegedly downloaded from file-sharing networks. TAGS: Conrad Burns, Gnutella, military, Iraq, file-sharing, P2P, transportation, e-commerce, document, office, letter, blog, picture, security

March 10, 2004 Napster says its Super Peer system, based on IBM's blade server architecture, will help bandwidth-hungry organizations, like universities and ISPs, conserve network assets. TAGS: Napster Inc., blade server, university, blade, bandwidth, IBM Corp., file-sharing, digital media, network security, file-swapping, Internet Service Provider, student, P2P, server, security

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