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• Egnyte looks to tap enterprise hybrid cloud market

  By Brandon Butler | 21 March, 2012 03:40

  There are two main types of cloud synchronization services available today, according to Terri McClure, a market analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group: consumer-focused ones, such as DropBox, and enterprise-focused ones such as Amazon Web Services and Rackspace. Egnyte, a hybrid cloud provider, is looking to bridge the advantages of each with a new offering it released today.

• Court orders LimeWire to cease file-sharing business

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 October, 2010 10:15

  In a major victory for the music industry, a New York federal judge has ordered embattled P2P software maker LimeWire to immediately and permanently stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software.

• US FTC drops P2P file sharing probe of LimeWire

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 August, 2010 04:39

  In a rare break for LimeWire, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week decided to drop its investigation into the embattled software company's controversial Peer-to-Peer file sharing software.

• Judge cuts file-sharing fine to $67,500

  By Nancy Gohring | 10 July, 2010 10:05

  Even after cutting a damages award in a file-sharing case to one-tenth the original sum, a judge said Friday the new fine was still excessive.

• ISOHunt torrent search engine hit with injunction

  By Jeremy Kirk | 25 May, 2010 21:27

  One of the most popular engines for searching for movies and music distributed via BitTorrent has been ordered to remove links to illegally shared content, marking a victory for the entertainment industry.

• Irish ISP launches pilot program aimed at file sharers

  By Jeremy Kirk | 24 May, 2010 22:53

  Irish ISP Eircom launched a three-month pilot program on Monday that will see those who repeatedly share files under copyright cut off from their Internet service.

• US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

  By Grant Gross | 20 May, 2010 05:12

  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

• Court says Lime Wire liable for infringement

  By Nancy Gohring | 13 May, 2010 09:47

  Lime Wire and its former CEO are liable for the copyright infringement executed by its users, a New York federal judge said on Tuesday.

• Next iPhone to offer HD video capture?

  By Ian Paul | 07 May, 2010 00:04

  New rumors are flying about the latest additions to iPhone OS 4.0, the latest iteration of the iPhone operating system scheduled for public release this summer. Based on the latest developer release, the upcoming OS will supposedly offer new features such as file sharing, orientation screen lock, new iPod controls, and a simplified method for killing apps running in the background.

• Music sharer asks for reduced fine, retrial

  By Nancy Gohring | 05 January, 2010 11:35

  The student ordered to pay US$675,000 for sharing music online has asked for a new trial and for a reduction in the amount of damages he must pay.

• Bill would restrict P2P use on US government networks

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 19 November, 2009 07:17

  House lawmakers introduced a bill that would restrict the use of peer-to-peer technology on government networks in response to several embarrassing data leaks.

• Pirate Bay appeals postponed until next year

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 October, 2009 07:05

  The appeals of those convicted in April in the high-profile Pirate Bay copyright violations trial won't be heard until next year, the court said on Monday.

• What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?

  By Eric Lai | 10 October, 2009 10:44

  Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites.

• Prospective buyer of The Pirate Bay finds new exchange

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 September, 2009 05:03

  The stock of prospective Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) will from Wednesday be traded on Mangoldlistan, a Swedish exchange run by a securities brokerage company. But GGF's new home, on an exchange that lists only seven companies, hasn't answered any of the questions about its proposed acquisition of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.

• ISP appeals verdict that temporarily closed Pirate Bay

  By Linus Larsson | 15 September, 2009 06:19

  Swedish ISP Black Internet has decided to appeal in the Stockholm district court the verdict that led to it closing file-sharing site The Pirate Bay's data connection.