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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
