Distributed Computing & P2P

Magazine articles on distributed computing: peer-to-peer, grid computing, distributed information systems.

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InternetNews January 25, 2005 Roy Mark	Hollywood: P2P is Not About Technology In a Supreme Court filing, the entertainment industry makes its case to hold Grokster liable for infringement.
InternetNews January 24, 2005 Paul Shread	IT Heavies Throw Weight Behind Globus Some of the top tech names are launching a new industry group dedicated to commercial use of the open-source Globus Toolkit, the de facto standard for grid computing.
InternetNews January 19, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Scores First Criminal P2P Convictions The U.S. Department of Justice bagged its first-ever criminal convictions for peer-to-peer copyright theft Tuesday when two men arrested in last summer's Operation Digital Gridlock pleaded guilty.
Wired January 2005 Jeff Howe	The Shadow Internet They start with a single stolen file and pump out bootleg games and movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are terrorizing the entertainment business.
InternetNews December 30, 2004 Jim Wagner	BitTorrent Operator Bites Back at MPAA LokiTorrent, a Web site that tracks and indexes BitTorrent files, says it's setting up a legal defense fund to fight a lawsuit filed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Wired January 2005 Clive Thompson	The BitTorrent Effect Movie studios hate it. File-swappers love it. Bram Cohen's blazing-fast P2P software has turned the Internet into a universal TiVo. For free video-on-demand, just click here.
PC Magazine January 18, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	The Biggest Grid Yet The World Community Grid seeks to link 10 million or more volunteer computers together through freely downloadable peer-to-peer networking software.
Insurance & Technology December 20, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	Mother of Invention Need for computing 'horsepower' leads Hartford Life to implement freeware grid computing solution.
InternetNews December 15, 2004 Clint Boulton	Oracle Applies Grid Technology to Storage Oracle dips into the storage pool, tailoring its Database 10g for disk arrays from several vendors.
PC World January 2005 Mary Landesman	Peer-to-Peer for Grown-Ups Laplink's subscription-based ShareDirect service permits safe file sharing outside secure networks.
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