http://www.itworld.com/p2p xx http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/81080/wi-fi-alliance-announces-wi-fi-direct-spec The WiFi Alliance, that governing body that argues for years about, eventually ratifies, and certifies official WiFi specification, is about to make the peer-to-peer connected world a bit easier. It has just announced that is nearing completion of a new "WiFi Direct" specification for peer-to-peer communications. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/81080/wi-fi-alliance-announces-wi-fi-direct-spec#comments Mobile & wireless Networking Opinion p2p wifi Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:53:04 -0400 ITworld staff 81080 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/81019/opera-delivers-unite-beta-touts-browser-p2p Opera Software today released the beta of Opera Unite, a platform for authoring peer-to-peer (P2P) and Web server-based applications that it believes will reinvent the Web. http://www.itworld.com/internet/81019/opera-delivers-unite-beta-touts-browser-p2p#comments Internet Security Software News opera Opera Unite p2p Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:23:17 -0400 ITworld staff 81019 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/80530/whats-replacing-p2p-bittorrent-pirate-hangouts Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites. http://www.itworld.com/internet/80530/whats-replacing-p2p-bittorrent-pirate-hangouts#comments Internet Legal News p2p Software Piracy Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:40:28 -0400 ITworld staff 80530 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/80183/opinion-p2p-law-would-do-nothing-make-congress-feel-good In response to some incidents in which peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing caused sensitive information to show up on computers that it shouldn't be on, Congress reasonably decided to hold hearings in anticipation of actions it might take that would prevent future compromises. Unfortunately, one of the actions that Congress has taken is to consider passage of the most useless law imaginable. http://www.itworld.com/security/80183/opinion-p2p-law-would-do-nothing-make-congress-feel-good#comments Government Security Opinion legislation p2p privacy issues Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:46:47 -0400 ITworld staff 80183 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/79901/house-bill-seeking-government-p2p-ban-gets-boost Tiversa has submitted 200 more examples of secret government documents it accessed via peer-to-peer networks used by government workers. http://www.itworld.com/government/79901/house-bill-seeking-government-p2p-ban-gets-boost#comments Government Security News p2p Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:14:32 -0400 ITworld staff 79901 at http://www.itworld.com