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uTorrent Is the Most Popular BitTorrent Client

Written by IT News on 10:27 AM

By: Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor

In peer-to-peer file-sharing, industry is very important these days, as providers, copyright owners and users constantly talking about it. While consumers simply love P2P file sharing, copyright holders strongly criticized it because it is rumored that the highest number of piracy extends to the content of this method. Some ISPs have encountered difficulties because of the users' appetite for exaggerated P2P downloads, and even if some of them are believed to outlaw P2P tools, they actually decide that attract consumers, and, obviously, the money.

Getting back to the users, it is clear that P2P means something to them. But it will be interesting to know, the most popular P2P applications on the Internet and how many are you? Well, the people at the Digital Media Desktop made a report to analyze the evolution of the most important P2P clients, regardless of which network they are working.

The study was done on computers 1661688 approximately one year, and found that LimeWire is the most popular P2P client sites, which are installed on at least 34.10 percent of computers in September 2006 and 36.40 per cent in September 2007.

However, the most interesting duel is BitTorrent competition, which won uTorrent computers with 3.00 per cent in September 2006 and 11.30 per cent in September 2007. As you can see, uTorrent had impressive growth in popularity, although BitTorrent already has been more popular than he. BiTorrent was set at 5.20 percent of the system in September 2006 (more than uTorrent), and only 4.60 per cent in September 2007.

KaZaa, one of the applications that have been very popular in the past, has gradually decreased its success rate from 4.50 percent of the system in September 2006 to a mere 1.50 per cent in September 2007.

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Written by IT News on 9:40 AM

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Toshiba Unveils Five New Satellite Notebooks

Written by IT News on 9:13 AM

By: Bogdan Botezatu, Hardware Editor

Toshiba officially introduced five new models of laptops on the Satellite Pro family. New portable computing solutions come with a 13.3-inch, 14.1-inch, 15.4-inch and 17 - inch displays, paired with Intel's Core 2 Duo processors.

According to the company, new products, in an ever-widening Satellite Pro family targeted primarily at business users who are constantly on the move, as well as mobile professionals and students. The wide range of sizes facilitates the user to display the right to choose the model for maximum mobility and computing power they need.

Advanced Satellite Pro family of notebooks Toshiba demonstrated commitment to its customers, "said Jeff Barney, vice president of marketing, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc" Listening to the voice of the customer, and their requests for more affordable computing options in the line of Satellite Pro, Toshiba delivers five new Satellite Pro notebook models to meet the needs of clients, "he continued.

All the new models come with a satellite DVD SuperMulti drive, the display widescreen TruBrite (which varies from one model to another), as well as wireless LAN.

The lowest end offering is 15.4 - inch diagonal widescreen Satellite Pro L300 model is built on a platform with Centrino Intel Core 2 Duo processor. In L300D colleague comes with similar specifications, except for the fact that AMD powered by a dual-core chip. Both laptops are sold with a pre-installed version of Windows Vista or Windows XP Professional

At the Satellite Pro M300 laptop is in the right form factor for maximum mobility, and yet in a position to provide business-class features. In M300 can be for $ 991 and includes 802.11 a / g / n Wireless and 1.3 megapixel camera with built-in microphone.

The highest-end offering is the L350 notebook, which has a 17 - inch LCD screen capable deliver XGA + screen. In the notebook comes with a 10 - key numeric pad, integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi, 160GB hard drive and a built-in web camera with a microphone. It is also the most expensive model in the line - and it is for $ 1099.

Download EF Commander 6.53

Written by IT News on 9:06 AM

Full file manager for Windows desktop

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• Easy to use - The modern interface helps you to have full control over your files and folders.
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• 32 bit multi-threading, parallel file operations - All long operations are run with multi-tasking.
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• Supported formats: 7-Zip, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, CPIO, GZIP, IMG, ISO (ISO9660), LHA, RAR, RPM, SFX, SQX, TAR, TBZ, TGZ, ZIP, ZOO

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License: Trial , 35 $ to buy
Size / OS: 5.51 MB, Windows All
Last Updated: April 2nd, 2008, 08:01 GMT
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Written by IT News on 8:07 AM

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P2P clients

Written by IT News on 11:13 AM

In peer-to-peer file-sharing, industry is very important these days, as providers, copyright owners and users constantly talking about it. While consumers simply love P2P file sharing, copyright holders strongly criticized it because it is rumored that the highest number of piracy extends to the content of this method. Some ISPs have encountered difficulties because of the users' appetite for exaggerated P2P downloads, and even if some of them are believed to outlaw P2P tools, they actually decide that attract consumers, and, obviously, the money.

Getting back to the users, it is clear that P2P means something to them. But it will be interesting to know, the most popular P2P applications on the Internet and how many are you? Well, the people at the Digital Media Desktop made a report to analyze the evolution of the most important P2P clients, regardless of which network they are working.

The study was done on computers 1661688 approximately one year, and found that LimeWire is the most popular P2P client sites, which are installed on at least 34.10 percent of computers in September 2006 and 36.40 per cent in September 2007.

However, the most interesting duel is BitTorrent competition, which won uTorrent computers with 3.00 per cent in September 2006 and 11.30 per cent in September 2007. As you can see, uTorrent had impressive growth in popularity, although BitTorrent already has been more popular than he. BiTorrent was set at 5.20 percent of the system in September 2006 (more than uTorrent), and only 4.60 per cent in September 2007.

KaZaa, one of the applications that have been very popular in the past, has gradually decreased its success rate from 4.50 percent of the system in September 2006 to a mere 1.50 per cent in September 2007.

450 Million Windows Computers Under Attack

Written by IT News on 10:35 AM

By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor

Windows, without a doubt, the most attacked platform in the world, is an integral detail related to its ubiquity. Because it is able to centralize data from such a large number of end users, Microsoft is able compiled perhaps the most comprehensive perspective on the threats to the environment associated with all software vulnerabilities, exploits on, malicious code and potentially unwanted software. Infosecurity Europe 2008 was the stage when the Redmond company's four volumes of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, using data collected by the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool from more than 450 million Windows computers worldwide.

"In SIR gives us the opportunity to share with our customers and partners in the industry that we are witnessing in the threat landscape, so that we can all help to ensure users are better protected, and to work towards a more trusting Internet," explained Vinny Gullotto, general manager of Microsoft Malicious Protection Center programs. "This latest volume supports our position that the current threat is still motivated by monetary gain, and it also gives us a firm view of the vulnerability and use trends."

Microsoft found that in the second half of last year, the level of vulnerability disclosure declined by about 5%. However, despite this aspect, the company found that 32.2% of public security vulnerabilities were sent to the wild using publicly available code to use.

"Those trends observed during the second half of 2007, in accordance with the observed shift of malware phenomenon in the amateur tool used in professional criminals and criminal organizations that generate revenue," Microsoft stated in the report.

In Redmond company added that the same trend that affects the development of malicious code, and the impact of spam. With more than 90% of all mail sent in the period from July to December 2007 in Spam, there is more emphasis on the spread of malicious software and phishing attempts.

"These figures also show a 300 percent increase in the number of files and Trojan droppers - malicious code used for the installation of files on users' systems - illustrating that the category of malicious software continues to grow in popularity among the attackers. The report also shows 66.7 percent growth in the number of potentially detect unwanted software - programs that may impact users' privacy or security steps people may not want to - the period between 1 July and 31 December, a total of 129.5 million units of potentially unwanted software found on the system's users, "Microsoft said .