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GoalBit: P2P Streaming Goes Open Source
Bandwidth-conscious broadcasters have a new way to distribute their live video streams. A group of Uruguay-based P2P researchers recently released the first English-language version of their open-source P2P streaming application, GoalBit. The application, which is based on a BitTorrent-like architecture, aims to compete with P2P streaming services like PPLive and PPStream by giving anyone looking to distribute their own live video programming a way to do so.
Continue reading »Does broadband need its own government "nutrition label"?
The government mandates a “Nutrition Facts” label on all packaged food sold in the US. Since 1958, it has required a ” Monroney sticker ” on the window of each new car. Even home appliances come with a yellow “EnergyGuide” tag showing the device’s estimated yearly energy use and cost to operate.
Continue reading »Company clones Twitter girls! True!
p2pnet can now reveal exclusively that a company touting home labour and, from the look of it, online pimping as well, is cloning spam grifter girls and then sending them out to work Twitter marks. “wow! found a date @xxx;) about 17 hours ago from web,” says Kerry Carney (left), going on: school today…boooooooo has had fun before. This isn’t it..
Continue reading »Federal courts now offer hearings online as MP3 files
US federal courts are in the midst of a fascinating pilot program that could eventually bring MP3 digital audio recordings of court proceedings in a Montana federal building to an investigative journalist working in Boca Raton. The courts already run the PACER system, which offers Public Access to Court Electronic Records. Theses are generally PDF copies of all documents (except those under seal) filed in federal courts across the country.
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