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More about Free All Media Downloading Service
A few months ago we reported that Free All Media (only for US users) had released of a new service that offers ad-supported, DRM-free music. Considering the service is currently in beta testing, the user interface and all provided features are expected to change dramatically, before being publicly launched. If you are a resident of the U.S.
Continue reading »DOE grants $80 million to biofuel research
On Wednesday, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that $80 million of stimulus money will be invested in advanced biofuels and fueling infrastructure. The funds will be divided between a few different projects and consortia with the intent of developing a more sustainable transportation system. Of the $80 million, $44 million will go to the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts.
Continue reading »Blank TV screens instead of programs?
p2pnet news view Politics | TV:- In the weeks leading to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearing on broadcasting licences, Canadians were inundated with splashy advertising campaigns claiming that new fees for local signals were either a TV tax or would save local television. With all of the major broadcasters and cable companies appearing before the commission, the fee-for-carriage (or value-for-signal) issue unsurprisingly took centre stage at last week’s hearing. Yet those convinced that the broadcaster plan was limited to a new fee were in for a rude awakening.
Continue reading »File Hosting Services Vs. BitTorent: Which One Will Rule File Sharing?
The fight is on: file-hosting sites vs P2P networks While earlier this year we reported about the level of uncertainty when it comes to sites like RapidShare with respect to the protection they offer to their users, their popularity hasn’t suffered since then – on the contrary, with torrent sites being intensively targeted, RapidShare, Megaupload, and Hotfile enjoyed a massive growth in number of those looking to download pirated movies, music, games, apps or other (not that they, themselves, have been safe from legal trouble). This popularity is obvious if you consider the Alexa ranking for RapidShare – 17. Moreover, German networking vendor Ipoque point it as being accountable for 5% of all Internet traffic globally! Now, that’s huge! Also, the site told The New York Times a few months back that it hosted 10 petabytes of data and up to 3 million downloaders at a time.
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