BitTorrent is a protocol developed by Bram Cohen in 2001 that revolutionized file sharing on the internet. Unlike traditional methods where a central server handles the distribution of files, ...

Dean Hendrix, senior assistant librarian for the Health Sciences Library, leads workshops on the topic of peer-to-peer file sharing for the Teaching and Learning Center. Yes, in file-sharing ...

The controversy over P2P — or peer-to-peer network — file-sharing continues as the technology and entertainment industries are this week eying the U.S. Supreme Court for a pivotal decision that could ...

File-sharing through the dozens of software piracy mills on the Internet and well-known peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa, Morpheus, iMesh, eDonkey, Gnutella, LimeWire and Grokster accounts for ...

Why it matters: There are a lot of risks associated with peer-to-peer file sharing that justifiably concern US universities. These networks can lead to security issues, they consume a lot of bandwidth ...

Microsoft is working on its own file-sharing application, code-named Avalanche. Unveiled at a Microsoft open house by its United Kingdom researchers in Cambridge, the project is the company's own take ...

The first authorized peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing service for music has debuted in public beta form from iMesh, an existing P2P service. The company is working the music industry to offer ...