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  | Comcast PSP-Blocking Class Action Lawsuit Results in $16 Settlement [Comcast Cares] Found at 7/11/2010 via gizmodo.com
Were you a Comcast subscriber between April 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008? Did you use Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, or Gnutella? Yes? Then it's payday for you, to the tune of $16, as the now infamous PSP class action lawsuit against Comcast has resulted in a previous mentioned $16 million settlement fund. You have until August 29, 2010 to file a claim. [ Ars Technica ] More » More...
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| Claim your $16! Comcast P2P settlement now final Found at 7/8/2010 via arstechnica.com
Despite a campaign to derail the settlement, a long-running class-action lawsuit against Comcast and its P2P-blocking ways has ended. If you were a Comcast subscriber between April 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008, and you used the Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, or Gnutella P2P networks, congratulations?you've just won $16 in the litigation lottery. A California resident filed Hart v ... More...
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| ESA: Mod Chips Still Biggest Global Piracy Concern Found at 2/19/2010 via www.gamasutra.com
Look at about 200 popular games on leading peer-to-peer platforms like BitTorrent and Gnutella, and see over 9.78 million successful illegal downloads in just one month, says the Entertainment Software Aassociation. Alongside that estimate of December 2009's illegal download numbers, mod chips and game copiers are still the largest obstacle in the war on game piracy, finds the ESA in a new study ... More...
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| $16 million settlement over Comcast's P2P throttling nets the affected $16 Found at 12/25/2009 via www.engadget.com
More than two years after information about Comcast's data delaying techniques came to light, a class action lawsuit over the issue has come to a close with a settlement of $16 million and no statement of wrongdoing from the cable giant. That means Comcast continues to tout its newer bandwidth management protocols and those of you that used Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack or Gnutella betwen ... More...
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| Cocognut free release confirmed Found at 10/3/2009 via www.drobe.co.uk
Marc Warne has confirmed that his peer to peer filesharing software will be freely released later this week. The commercial RISC OS Gnutella network client, Cocognut , will be "available to all, with technical support and good karma provided to those who decide to donate money", according to Marc. More...
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| LimeWire 5 Found at 2/19/2009 via www.cnet.com.au
An update to the popular Gnutella file-sharing client for Windows, Mac and Linux incorporates a shiny new interface and direct sharing with your Google contacts. More...
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| Limewire introduces private file-sharing Found at 12/12/2008 via www.geek.com
The new version of Limewire, the popular file-sharing application, allows users to share files privately with their friends; a move which should confound organizations and individuals wishing to monitor the content people share over P2P networks. Limewire v5 also features a simpler user interface, providing easy access to the Gnutella P2P network, and can function as [...] More...
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| Judge forces U of Oregon to cough up student data to RIAA Found at 9/30/2008 via arstechnica.com
A federal judge has turned aside the Oregon State Attorney General's effort to halt the RIAA's attempt at discovering the identities of 17 students accused of sharing music over Gnutella. Read More... More...
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| List of BitTorrent Clients Available in Ubuntu Linux Found at 8/14/2008 via www.linuxtoday.com
[ Thanks to dave for this link. ] "FrostWire "FrostWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing program for the Gnutella and BitTorrent protocols. FrostWire is written in Java, and is a fork of LimeWire, another popular Gnutella client. More...
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| FCC Chariman Hints at Order Against Comcast Found at 7/11/2008 via 
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin sent a signal today that the FCC may issue an order against Comcast in the wake of the scandal over their use of packet forgery to interfere with BitTorrent, Gnutella, and other Internet protocols. More...
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| Cabos Does Lightweight Peer-to-Peer [Featured Download] Found at 7/8/2008 via lifehacker.com
Windows/Mac only: Free, open-source application Cabos is a peer-to-peer file sharing application with an emphasis on minimalism. That means that unlike other popular P2P apps that run on the Gnutella... More...
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| Linux clients for three top P2P networks Found at 3/20/2008 via www.linux.com
You can find Linux clients for several file-sharing networks. Taking into account how many clients are available for each, the current top three peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are eDonkey2000, FastTrack (derived from Kazaa), and Gnutella. Here are some desktop applications that allow you to become a full-fledged file sharer. More...
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| Limewire music store now open in beta Found at 3/18/2008 via www.betanews.com
Limewire , formerly a popular Gnutella-based P2P file-sharing service, has opened the beta of its DRM-free download store. More...
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| Limewire music store now open in beta Found at 3/18/2008 via www.addict3d.org
Limewire, formerly a popular Gnutella-based P2P file-sharing service, has opened the beta of its DRM-free download store. More...
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| Our P2P Investigation Turns Up Business Data Galore Found at 3/16/2008 via www.informationweek.com
We search the Gnutella network and find hordes of personal and business information that could ruin more than a few lives and give lots of companies PR nightmares. More...
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