Neowin News Feed for: Peer-to-peer

Microsoft apparently canning P2P Win32 services on Windows 11 23H2, Windows 12

Sayan Sen — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 20:30:01 +0000

Microsoft may be planning to eliminate several peer-to-peer networking-related services in upcoming Windows 11 version 23H2 and Windows 12. Though it has likely not been finalized yet. Read more...

Rust-based malware used to hack both Windows and Linux servers

Sayan Sen — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:18:01 +0000

A Redis server malware, that has been built on Rust, is infecting servers based on both Windows as well as Linux. Dubbed the "P2PInfect", this worm is able to exploit the Lua vulnerability. Read more...

Google kicks off beta for peer-to-peer offline app installs

Usama Jawad — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:10:01 +0000

Google has announced a beta for its peer-to-peer offline app installation program, which verifies that an app that is being transferred to another offline device is secure, by checking its metadata. Read more...

BitTorrent officially confirms acquisition by TRON

Usama Jawad — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 06:50:01 +0000

More than a month after rumors of acquisition, decentralized computing firm BitTorrent has officially confirmed that it has been purchased by blockchain startup TRON for an undisclosed sum Read more...

BitTorrent has been sold to blockchain startup for an alleged $140 million

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:46:01 +0000

The renowned purveyor of peer-to-peer sharing software such as BitTorrent and μTorrent has been sold to blockchain entrepreneur Justin Sun's Tron, allegedly for a dazzling $140 million price. Read more...

Spotify once owned μTorrent, before it was sold to BitTorrent

Vishal Laul — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:50:01 +0000

In a tale of events, it turns out that Spotify briefly had the ownership of μTorrent, but the company didn't purchase that torrent client for its software - it did so for the person who created it. Read more...

Report: Skype's network now running on 10,000 Linux PCs

John Callaham — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:04:30 +0000

A new report, so far unconfirmed by Microsoft, claims that the Skype service is now run by 10,000 Linux PCs rather than over 40,000 peer-to-peer client servers run by outsiders. Read more...

How 136 file sharers became 7 million

Dave Legg — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:18:38 +0000

Can we trust official governmental figures on file sharing? According to an enquiry by the BBC, the answer to this question is no. A recent governmental report puts the number of UK file sharers at... Read more...

States Threaten Peer-to-Peer Sites

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:28:08 +0000

Several states are cracking down on peer-to-peer sites as hotbeds of illegal file-trading. Attorneys general from 47 U.S. states and territories have sent a letter out to P-to-P software vendors, saying they must re-engineer their... Read more...

Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Software Development Kit

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 24 Jul 2003 06:48:44 +0000

This download includes the Microsoft Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Software Development Kit (SDK), including major components such as: Peer-to-Peer Application Programming Interface (API), Peer-to-Peer headers & libraries, sample applications, source code, and documentation for each of... Read more...

Microsoft Windows XP Peer-To-Peer Beta

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:31:36 +0000

Dear Microsoft Beta Tester, Welcome to the beta release of Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Update. We will be providing support for the beta program through newsgroups and BetaPlace. BetaPlace is Microsofts... Read more...

Broadband supplier puts limits on peer-to-peer services

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:48:52 +0000

READERS USING CABLEVISION'S "Optimum" broadband connections have received a message in a bottle from the firm warning them that using a list of peer-to-peer file services could mean the firm might restrict access to its... Read more...

Morpheus Updates Peer-to-Peer Client

Darren Bolton — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 09:58:24 +0000

Release 1.9 adds chat client, e-commerce functions, and even long-distance service. Saying that it is taking longer than anticipated to roll out its newfangled Morpheus 2.0 peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file swapping software, StreamCast... Read more...