Exeem arrives

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P2P News and information

Check this site out: http://www.slyck.com/index.php Lots of good news and guides on there.

Sharelive and Torrentlinks

Heres a site with links to other Torrentsites: http://www.torrentlinks.net Just found this site too for Torrents. Looks ...er... interesting. http://www.sharelive.com/

Suprnova Mirror Site

Ned Kelly has found a link to a Suprnova Mirror site "bi-torrent.com" that is still up and running. Its all very basic text only stuff - but it has all the main categories there - but the "Recent Torrents" part has stopped at 19/12/04. Check it here I am on the lookout for some sort of website or application that shows recent torrents that have been announced to various trackers. If you know of one, then post a comment below! Oh. and happy xmas.

The New Nova?

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SuprNova Alternatives

Well. It appears that the world has ended. For Bittorrent as we know it at least. Suprnova.org has been closed - until further notice due to pressure from the MIAA (Music Industry and Artists of America). There are other Bittorrent sites being closed down too - it looks like its gonna get serious. People around the web are suggesting that Suprnova.org will probably re-launch at some point - but in what guise they do not know. I have just found a forum post that mentions other Torrent sites which do not require registration to get to: BeatKing Music Forums -> SuprNova Alternatives So, for now - you will have to use these alternatives.

WAREZ, Another P2P Program

warez pronounced "weirz". A term used by software pirates use to describe a cracked game or application that is made available to the Internet. This is a pretty common term across the internet to describe any matter of illiegal material, programs, films, porn and MP3s. So what would you expect to find when visiting http://www.warez.com? A site full of porno popups and links to never ending "we are the best warez site - vote for us here" type pages? Suprisingly not. What you will find is a link to a smart new P2P program called "Warez" that looks and operates very similar to Kazaa and is apparently growing in popularity at a great rate. I did a quick test this morning (before setting off late to work again) and i was pleasantly suprised to find that it is quite quick to download stuff from! I managed to get a fistful (or should that be sackfull) of Christmas MP3s for our up-coming xmas drinks party within 10 mins or so. After each download has finished a small window pops up a-la MSN Messenger notifications to say that the file has been "delivered" to you. A nice touch - which i have not seen before. I hope i can turn the option off though as it may get a little annoying. There was only 1 million users connected at the time which you may think is not too bad - but i have seen Kazaa reporting over 7 million users connected when it was at its pinnacle. And as the Warez client can be downloaded from the mighty www.download.com i expect that more people will jump on board. I found the file searches fast which are only marred by the fact that there are not too many people connected at present which means not many results. I will still have a use for Kazaa/Soulseek/Bittorrent when an obscure track is needed but Warez looks like a promising start! Let me know if you try it and what your thoughts are.

Soulseek - another P2P program

I have just started using a new music download service called Soulseek. It is similar to kazaalite but the real benefit is that it allows you to right click on a file and download the "containing folder" - which means that you get the whole album - instead of 1 track. You can also right click and browse the persons files where you can download whole folders and therefore get the whole album. You sometimes have to enter a queue to get your files, but if you find someone who is sending the files to you at a fast rate, you can browse them and get some more. The system is also built around a form of chatrooms which allows you to go and ask if people have certain things to share. I spent a few minutes in the Jazz chatroom as i was going to download a Jazz Christmas album but i wanted to find out what it was like first. And the people there were very helpful! The first morning i used it i got about 3 really rare albums that i have never seen on Kazaalite or Bittorrent. The actual program is alot more basic than Kazaalite and takes some getting used to - but is worth it. If you fancy giving it a go, check their site here - the program is all spyware and adware free. Also check out their "Soulseek guide for the dummies" page