Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing is generating a lot of excitement in some technical circles, but it is still a new technology looking for its niche. Much attention has been given to the P2P undertaking ...

Sun is betting on JXTA (JuXTApose), an open-source technology being developed by the Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor under the JXTA Project, a Sun-funded initiative devoted to developing peer-to-peer ...

The buzz around peer-to-peer computing in business has abated since it pegged the hype-o-meter a year and a half ago. That's when Groove Networks released its eponymous application. While Napster was ...

Traditionally, peer-to-peer (P2P) applications have been associated with pirated media content. But serious developers and architects have been looking at P2P architectures for several years as a way ...

Peer-to-peer networking has caused a dramatic increase in Internet traffic. Today, the major P2P user is the consumer, and the major application is media file sharing. Music, movies and the like now ...

European peer-to-peer network users are abandoning traditionally popular applications like Kazaa in favor of new P2P software, according to new research. A study released Tuesday by network equipment ...

Today, "peer to peer" is inextricably linked to file sharing. But another P2P was once the subject of great buzz. Gordon Haff is Red Hat's cloud evangelist although the opinions expressed here are ...

P2P traffic is dominating the Internet these days, according to a new survey from ipoque, a German traffic management and analysis firm. ipoque's "preliminary results" show that P2P applications ...

It doesn't take much these days to elevate a technology to hot-button status, complete with its own lingo and a catchy buzzword. After a few swiped songs, nifty names such as Napster and MP3 pop up.

Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels of ad hoc co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure ...

Companies also announce plans to test Pando Network Aware™ P2P technology on Comcast’s network to identify faster and more efficient ways to deliver legal P2P content Comcast Corporation and Pando ...