Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Napster Co-Founder Sells: Shawn Fanning, who developed the peer-to-peer...

24 May 2013

Shawn Fanning, who developed the peer-to-peer file sharing platform Napster, has unloaded his penthouse at the Infinity. Fanning bought the 3-bed, 2.5-bath abode back in 2009 for $2M. In February he put it on the market asking $3.269M, and it...

How one highly determined IT pro hit the limit of his unlimited FiOS plan

24 May 2013

Simpsons fans will likely recall the classic episode in which Homer Simpson gets tossed out of an “all-you-can-eat” seafood restaurant after he devours not only its entire supply of shrimp but two of its decorative plastic lobsters. Ars Technica reports that an IT professional in California did something similar with his unlimited FiOS plan after he used up a whopping 77TB of data over the span ...

Pirate Cinema converts file-sharing into art

22 May 2013

The Pirate Cinema transforms peer-to-peer file sharing into an artform. The project by artists Nicolas Maigret and Brendan Howell is currently playing as part of Canada's Sight + Sound festival and takes the form of a control room connected to three oversized screens which reflect P2P exchanges occurring globally. By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Olivia Solon Continue reading...