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If you don’t already know about Spotify - it’s a sleek new music & radio streaming service on the ‘Net. With an iTunes-like interface and music that pumps out at a cool 160 bitrate, you’ll never again go back to Limewire to find untrustworthy music tracks. Spotify allows everyone to create their own playlists; search, browse & listen effortlessly - all without blowing your ratio at What.cd. It’s streaming; and it’s free!

Unfortunately, if you live in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, you’re on the blacklist for Spotify; as it’s not currently available in all locations - even if you opt for a premium account. But don’t let that stop you. First, you need to find an invite. Second, you need to sign up through a web proxy from a supported country.

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zSlide, the creators of the online/email BitTorrent Podmailing service have outdone themselves once again, this time with a revolutionary all-in-one P2P solution called VIPeers: a new hosting service for Web & BitTorrent distribution. What sets this apart from 1-click hosters and other online BitTorrent services is that there so many more available options for users to share their files. Uploaded files can be shared in emails, as *.torrents, podmailing links (*.zed), DDL (direct download links), forum links, even as clickable links on your favorite social networking sites. Sharing files and torrents has never been so easy!

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Recently-launched Sucubus is a new search utility for finding music and video files on the ‘Net. The application itself is installed on the host’s computer, but the interface (GUI) and searching is conducted through a browser. But what makes Sucubus unique is in the ability to save video files in a variety of formats, including AVI (XviD), iPod (MP4), PSP, iPhone, and DVD formats - not only does this make Sucubus great for searching, but also a versatile on-the-fly converter.

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RLSLOG.net, the popular blog for new scene releases, is facing even further troubles today as a group of seven staffers tendered their resignation publicly on a blog posting. As expected, it was quickly removed as though it didn’t exist. This puts yet another nail in the coffin for RLSLOG, as nearly all of the best editors / contributors have now left the site in search of greener pastures. Here’s where it was for just a matter of hours:

http://www.rlslog.net/time-to-say-goodbye-rlslogstaff/

Here it is in full (by ReeGed):

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Blindly searching the web for cracks & keygens is about as smart as using Limewire to search for antivirus software - something not well-advised. Undoubtedly and unfortunately, the number of crack sites with overtones of a malicious agenda heavily outweigh sites that just want to serve up the honest goods. Having said that, there actually are quite a few creditable ‘crack’ sites that won’t try to bombard you with full-screen popup ads, or commandeer your computer into a spam-loving Kraken or Srizbi Botnet army. We’ve done the hard work for you, and present a list of "clean" crack sites for all the latest warez.

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Here at FSF, nothing gets us more pumped than the discovery of a new (or old) method for file sharing. It’s what we do. A reader of our blog, "Zig" being one of his favourite nicknames, came up with this article to enlighten us on this long-lost (but not forgotten) P2P protocol. Introducing Hotline - a thriving ‘underground’ peer-to-peer community of hard-core filesharers.

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If you’re still using Microsoft’s stodgy, slow, over-bloated browser Explorer, it’s time to make the switch to Mozilla’s Firefox. Last week’s release of Firefox v3.0 with over 15,000 improvements should be reason enough to ditch IE once and for all. Throw in the fact that Firefox is more secure, open-source, and just plain faster in page load times; the real benefits come from the add-ons (or extensions) that are available. Proactive plugin developers from all corners of the globe are chipping in to add functionality to Firefox.

Whether you’re a file sharing freak or just a casual surfer, there’s a Firefox add-on for you. Here’s what the real pros are using (and what they’re not!).

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Who needs a Premium RapidShare account when there’s so many websites that will do the work for you?

As opposed to software, this web-based approach allows users to avoid the waiting times (and Captcha) by using someone else’s RapidShare Premium service. Basically it works like this: The website owns a valid RS Premium account (or many) and offers them to be used publicly - just throw in the RS link and you’ll be downloading wait-and-captcha free. The catch? In most cases you’ll be limited to how many links you can download in a 24-hour period (usually between 3 and 5). Thus, using a few of these sites in different browser tabs will obviously allow you to download multiple files simultaneously. Then again, I don’t see why you can’t use different proxies to trick ‘em into thinking you’re an entirely different user!

These websites disappear faster than a pizza at a Weight Watchers’ convention. So if you decide to do your own Googling for RapidShare Link Generators, be sure to avoid any and all that contain Zango - some are more unscrupulous than others. At the time of publication, all of these links worked. Without further ado, here’s the list:

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Most of us are already aware that there’s a plethora of pirate’s bounty to be found among RapidShare links. Direct-Download (DDL) websites have sprouted up everywhere offering nothing but warez (music, movies, software), gleefully riding on the coattails of RapidShare’s enormous success. But for those of us who don’t have a RapidShare Premium account, the wait times for downloading can be excruciating. So what’s a professional leecher to do? Find a workaround, naturally! But first, we’d like to discuss the RapidShare Happy Hours.

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All the rage these days are those free file hosting websites that allow users to upload content and share it with others. Many of them now support files up to (and in excess of) 1GB - very suitable for full DVDRiPs without having to break it down into a bunch of silly pieces.

In general, File Hosting sites are divided into two categories, although it’s worth noting that some sites operate as both methods:

1. 1-Click web-hosting - These sites allow users to upload files, and a specific web ‘address’ (or URL) is then created for that file. The URL can be shared, hotlinked and given out to others, and links up directly to the hosted file for downloading. Popular examples include rapidshare.com and megaupload.com. This method is most common among DDL websites that offer movies, software & apps.

2. File Hosting accounts - Users create an account for online storage - think of it as an ‘online hard drive’. Files can be uploaded there, and shared. This is a common method of keeping shared files ‘private’ - links are given out to those you trust.

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It’s matter-of-fact that almost all BitTorrent sites carry movie torrents (if they know what’s good for them), and it’s not too difficult to find the High-Def (HD) video files in most cases. A simple query for x264 or 720p turns up some sweet LCD-friendly results in a public BitTorrent search engine. But very few (if any) offer a category devoted to HD - everything is just jammed into that VIDEO MOVIES pigeonhole. If you love HD as much as us, we feel your pain - finding a steady stream of high-res film releases on public BitTorrent sites is about as difficult as finding a Toshiba HD-DVD player that’s NOT on sale these days.

Private sites that strictly offer only HD releases fill a niche-market for us cinephiles. Never again do we have to wade through pages and pages of mis-categorized publicly-submitted flicks — all the while using every known trick-in-the-bittorrent-book to filter out the lowly KVCDs from the HDRips. Without further ado, we present a list of Private BitTorrent sites that exclusively deal in high definition video torrents.

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Sites that offer links to illegal files hosted by file hosting websites. (Direct Download Links)

Now, thanks to the arrival of file hosting websites such as rapidshare.com and megaupload.com, warez site operators can actually offer warez instead of just a barrage of inane popups, false promises of free software, and links that never work. Introducing DDL - the second-generation of warez sites.

The DDL ‘file sharing’ method has got to be the easiest way to obtain copyrighted material on the Internet. Period. There’s no software to install, no programs to configure, no ISPs getting wise to your P2P traffic. Detailed instructions are explained at the bottom of the page.

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AudioGnome
JLop
Lopster
Napster
SunshineUN
Utatane
WinMX
XNap
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OpenNap is a peer-to-peer (P2P) service server. It was created as an ‘open source‘ Napster server, extending the Napster protocol to allow sharing of any media type (instead of just *.mp3 files), and adds the ability to link servers together. Today, OpenNap is still used the same way - all shared files are kept on each client’s machine but searching and indexing must pass through a central server (known as a centralized server) or group of servers. This is in direct contrast to Limewire and other second or third generation P2P services that are decentralized (and are much more difficult to shut down).

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Aimini
Allpeers
aMule
Cabos
Clickster
Deepnet
eMule Plus
ExoSee
FileCroc
Fusteeno
Gnucleus
Jubster
Manolito
MasterMax
MLDonkey
Mp3Rocket
OFF System
OpenNap
ourTunes
P2P Muzic
Phex
Ruckus
Sigster
Speedy P2P
Swapper.net
TED
Tribler
WinMX
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FileShareFreak is doing what no other website will do: We are actually testing various P2P programs under WinXP, and giving a personal review in our own words - not just some ‘cut/paste’ from the software publisher’s website. All programs were tested to be functional* in Nov./Dec. 2007, all are ‘Freeware’, and all are free of adware/spyware (unless otherwise noted). *Functional being that they connect to a network (with other users) and generate search results.

Also, we don’t include everything on this list. There’s only so many clones of Limewire and eMule we can handle! (Open source software often gets a minuscule makeover, bundled with third party adware, toolbar addons etc. and viola! a new product is born! - most of which we don’t include here). If you really want a complete list of available P2P software, visit www.download.com and search for “P2P program” or “MP3 finders” - you’ll be inundated with clones and the like. Know a good P2P program that’s not on the list? Try our Top Ten P2P page, or add one in the comments at the bottom.

Additionally, we wanted a list of P2P programs that contained variety. Most of these programs connect to their own network, or to multiple networks, thus diversifying the search results available in P2P. What point would it serve if we only included a bunch of programs that connected solely to the Gnutella network? - all of the search results would be the same.

NOTE: Keep checking back at this page, we add new P2P File Sharing programs regularly! Although these programs are adware/spyware free, most of these applications are not considered P2P safe (i.e. “anonymous” or “encrypted traffic” type programs), unless they are properly configured via the Proxy (SOCKS) settings internally.

BitTorrent clients are not listed here, since there are only about three BT clients that should be used anyways (see here). Moreover, the BTclient is not at all indicative of good search queries - this quality is ordained by the BitTorrent website hosting the .torrent files.

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A list of P2P Networks and Clients

A P2P Network is a network consisting of other connected users, implemented for file sharing and transfers. To access a P2P network, users simply download and install a suitable P2P client application. P2P clients require a network to connect to, in order to join all of the users to each other that are using the same client (or other network-compatible clients). A common example would be Limewire - when you run the Limewire program, it connects to the Gnutella network. It is through the Gnutella network that all Limewire users are connected and thus all available files and searching. It would be fair to say that the network is actually more important than the client program - remove the network and the client has nothing to connect to.

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