Search results for p2p
New software allows ISPs and P2P users to get along without getting too cozy
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 02, 2008 |
4 / 5 (7) |
4
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services, which connect individual users for simultaneous uploads and downloads directly rather than through a central server, are reported to account for as much as 70 percent of Internet ...
Peer-to-peer heart monitoring
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The possibility of remote monitoring for chronically ill patients will soon become a reality. Now, researchers in South Africa and Australia have devised a decentralized system to avoid medical data overload. They describe ...
Computer scientists devise a 'P4P' system for efficient Internet usage
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 27, 2008 |
4.5 / 5 (19) |
0
A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers can work ...
Keeping up with your peers, securely
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels of ad hoc co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure applications is a challenge. ...
Not Much Anonymity for Unprotected File-Sharers: Researchers Examine P2P Networks
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2007 |
4.3 / 5 (61) |
3
The same technology that allows easy sharing of music, movies and other content across a network also allows government and media companies easy access to who is illegally downloading that content.
New system will help computer users avoid illegal file-sharing
Oct 29, 2007 |
2 / 5 (2) |
0
The University of Michigan will launch a new educational service to help students avoid unintentionally infringing copyright law.
NJ man is first to be charged with Web name theft
Aug 03, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief.
Man Pleads Guilty in P2P Piracy Probe
Apr 19, 2007 |
3.4 / 5 (5) |
0
A Georgia man is the fifth defendant to go down in connection with a piracy ring that used BitTorrent technology to illegally distribute movies, software and games.
Software improves p2p privacy by hiding in the crowd
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have identified a new "guilt-by-association" threat to privacy in peer-to-peer (P2P) systems that would enable an eavesdropper ...
Computer scientists develop P2P system that promises faster music, movie downloads
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 10, 2007 |
4.3 / 5 (24) |
0
A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist says transferring large data files, such as movies and music, over the Internet could be sped up significantly if peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services were configured to ...
P2P traffic control
Jan 07, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
2
Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by researchers in California, ...
The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 19, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (18) |
3
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate.
Harnessing network anarchy for the common good
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 31, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (7) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anarchy may be the bane of political conservatives, but on the internet it is the essence of the information superhighway.
Report: Mashboxx eyes Grokster's carcass
Nov 08, 2005 |
not rated yet |
0
Tech analysts are waiting to see who, if anyone, scoops up what's left of Grokster after the file-sharing network closed down Monday.
P2P comes to the aid of audiovisual search (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Current methods of searching audiovisual content can be a hit-and-miss affair. Manually tagging online media content is time consuming, and costly. But new 'query by example' methods, built on peer-to-peer ...
