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The Gimp 2.2.15
Author: The Gimp Team
Date: 2007-06-02
Size: 7.46 Mb
License: Freeware

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.


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Its exactly this kind of thing which shows why the government will not do anything about price gouging by the oil companies, many will be getting nice handouts & whats the saying about biting the hand that feeds u!

 

RIAA charged with extortion

p2pnet.net news:- A Florida woman, Suzy Del Cid, has accused Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG's RIAA of extortion and computer fraud.

The RIAA Settlement Support Center involved in her case is, she says, "a company organized for the sole purpose of contacting prospective defendants and demanding that they pay thousands of dollars each to avoid the prospect of a federal lawsuit against them."

Says Recording Industry vs The People, Del Cid is charging the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) with:

* Trespass
* Computer Fraud and Abuse (18 USC 1030)
* Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices (Fla. Stat. 501.201)
* Civil Extortion.

"As part of this campaign of extortion, Plaintiffs enhance the intimidation factor by actually filing suit in a number of instances with no prior warning," says a court document, going on:

These suits are designed to attract media attention, and often do, as stories emerge of Plaintiffs' suits against the elderly, disabled, technologically clueless, and other vulnerable victims. Many of these victims have no idea how to operate a computer, let alone how to install and use peer-to-peer networking software to exchange music they would not likely be listening to anyway. But actual innocence is rarely a consideration to Plaintiffs."

Through, "various concerted efforts and cartels, control or attempt to control the channels of creation, distribution, and sale of musical works

throughout the United States and the world," he says, behold his client, adding:

"They are not artists, songwriters, or musicians. They did not write or record the songs."

There appear to be a number of so-called 'settlement' centres scattered around the US, all designed to look like official departments legally entitled to demand payments from Big 4 victims in return for supposed immunity from prosecution.

People who deal with these centres. Not only end up paying extortionate amounts to them, they also provide an with personal information which could conceivably be used against them at some future date.

p2pnet reader Rudolph I. A. Amperage tracked one such to Seattle. It was registered to Robert S. Over.

Demanding a trial by jury, Del Cid is represented by Michael Alex Wasylik.

Slashdot Slashdot it!

Also See:
Recording Industry vs The People - RIAA Accused of Extortion and Conspiracy in Tampa, Florida, case, UMG v. Del Cid, June 4, 2007
tracked one - Settlement Support Center, LLC, September 22, 2007
http://p2pnet.net/story/12413

 

OPERA USB..........

Portable version of Opera you can carry on a memory stick. Use all opera features mobile - no problem! - there are no unwanted effects on IE or other browsers - existing opera versions are also not affected - make no entries to the registry - leave no data on the guestcomputer.....(free).....GO THERE!

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http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm

 

NT FILE RECOVERY..........

NT File Recovery is a quick and effective solution to restore accidentally deleted files from NTFS file system. The software supports recovering all types of files like documents, applications, media files etc. NT File Recovery can be installed on and run from flash drive (USB), so that the risk of overwriting your data is minimized.....(free).....GO THERE!

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http://www.new-utilities.net/ntfilerecovery.html

 

ProCleaner 1.0.1.10
Author: ProCleaner.net
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 208 Kb
License: Freeware


ProCleaner is a freeware system optimizer and privacy tool offering a top notch history eraser, startup manager, software uninstaller, and dependency viewer. ProCleaner automatically removes the footprints you leave on your computer during every day use and web browsing, as well as freeing up wasted hard drive space. ProCleaner is Free, Fast, and contains NO Adware / Spyware!

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http://www.majorgeeks.com/ProCleaner_d5672.html

 

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 2.15
Author: KL Software
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 27.5 Mb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages.

The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack combines the contents of three codec packs:
* K-Lite Codec Pack Full
* QuickTime Alternative
* Real Alternative


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http://www.majorgeeks.com/K-Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack_d5230.html





K-Lite Codec Pack Full 3.15
Author: KL Software
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 14.2 Mb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages.

Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.

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http://www.majorgeeks.com/K-Lite_Codec_Pack_Full_d4844.html




K-Lite Codec Pack Standard 3.15
Author: KL Software
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 6.07 Mb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages.

Standard contains everything you need to play all the commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.

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http://www.majorgeeks.com/K-Lite_Codec_Pack_Standard_d4620.html




K-Lite Codec Pack Basic 3.15
Author: KL Software
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 2 Mb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages.


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http://www.majorgeeks.com/K-Lite_Codec_Pack_Basic_d5228.html

 

JetPhoto Studio 3.6.2
Author: Atomix Technologies
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 11.6 Mb
License: Freeware

A full-featured digital photo organizing and web publishing platform.

JetPhoto contains a PC desktop software — JetPhoto Studio, and a PHP-based web service software — JetPhoto Server.

JetPhoto Studio enables user to organize photos by notes, keywords, time and location. The specified date or time the user took the photos will be highlighted in calendar (Month View or Week View).

Using the calendar, you can log your travel by taking photos or use digital camera to compose your multimedia diary. As another innovative feature, JetPhoto also integrates GPS technology to locate and link photos on geographical map.

JetPhoto Studio provides some utilities to resize pictures and stamp watermarks in batches, generate Flash movie with photo slideshow and crop pictures for your cell phone or PDA screens.

Once the photo album is prepared on a user’s personal Macintosh, only one click is needed to synchronize local album with online web photo album based on JetPhoto Server.

All uploaded pictures will be resized and stamped with watermark automatically while web publishing. JetPhoto Server enables users to quickly build and customize a searchable, full-featured photo web site.


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http://www.majorgeeks.com/JetPhoto_Studio_d5585.html

 

ireland you make me smile.

Thanks for your efforts.

...gm

 

RIAA throws in the towel in Atlantic v. Andersen

By Eric Bangeman | Published: June 04, 2007 - 04:04PM CT

One of the most notorious file-sharing cases is drawing to a close. Both parties in Atlantic v. Andersen have agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, which means that Tanya Andersen is the prevailing party and can attempt to recover attorneys fees.

Tanya Andersen was originally sued by the RIAA in 2005. She's a disabled single mother with a nine-year-old daughter living in Oregon; she was targeted by the music industry for downloading gangster rap over Kazaa under the handle "gotenkito." She denied engaging in piracy and in October 2005, she filed a countersuit accusing the record industry of racketeering, fraud, and deceptive business practices, among other things.

As we noted earlier today, counterclaims accusing the RIAA of all sorts of wrongdoing have become increasingly common. Late last month, Andersen filed a motion for summary judgment, saying that the plaintiffs have "failed to provide competent evidence sufficient to satisfy summary judgment standards" to show that she engaged in copyright infringement. Most notably, a forensic expert retained by the RIAA failed to locate "any evidence whatsoever" on Andersen's PC that she had engaged in file-sharing.

The RIAA has already taken a beating in the press in this case—accusing a disabled single mother of sharing songs like "Hoes in My Room" over Kazaa and then pressing doggedly ahead with the case despite mounting evidence that it had erred tends to look bad. Faced with the prospect of a case that was all but unwinnable, the RIAA has cut its losses by agreeing to dismiss the case.

What's unusual is that the RIAA has stipulated to a dismissal with prejudice, completely exonerating Andersen. Next to a negative verdict, an exonerated defendant is the last thing the RIAA wants. When faced with an undesirable outcome, the RIAA's tactic has been to move to dismiss without prejudice, a "no harm, no foul" strategy that puts an end to a lawsuit without declaring a winner and a loser. Dismissing a case with prejudice opens the RIAA up to an attorneys' fee award, which happened in the case of another woman caught in the music industry's driftnet, Debbie Foster.

With the original RIAA complaint has dismissed, Andersen told Ars Technica in an e-mail that the counterclaim is "now standing on its own," meaning that she will still have the opportunity to argue her counterclaims before the court. Given the allegations she has made, prevailing with the counterclaim could prove even more troubling to the RIAA.

Given the facts of the case and the precedent set by Capitol v. Foster, an attorneys' fee award is not out of the question. Getting the RIAA to actually cut a check may prove to be a bit more difficult, as Foster's attorneys have discovered. You can track the progress of Foster's attempts to recover fees—and many other file-sharing cases—at Recording Industry vs. The People.
http://
arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070604-riaa-throws-in-the-towel-in-atlantic-v-andersen.html

ps i do not see this posted anywhere on this site

 

Four New Browser Vulnerabilities Surface
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
June 4, 2007, 6:17 PM

Four new unpatched vulnerabilities have been published for Internet Explorer and Firefox, with two coming for each browser. The flaws were discovered by security researcher Michal Zalewski who published them to the Full Disclosure mailing list on Monday.

The most severe of the bugs is an issue in IE that could lead to cookie stealing and/or setting, page hijacking, and memory corruption. Zalewski referred to it as the "bait and switch vulnerability."

1) Title : MSIE page update race condition (CRITICAL)
Impact : cookie stealing / setting, page hijacking, memory corruption
Demo : http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ierace/

Navigating from one page to another within a domain allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript code that has the permissions of the previous page. The issue was found on fully-patched versions of both IE6 and IE7.

A vulnerability in Firefox comes as the second most serious issue. In that flaw, a cross-site IFRAME hijacking issue exists. The attacker could use about:blank frames to launch keyboard snooping and content spoofing attacks on the browser.

Next is another flaw in Firefox that allows the non-consentual download or execution of files. A sequence of what is called "blur" and "focus" operations bypasses delay timers and confirmation downloads allowing for the flaw to occur.

Finally, a spoofing vulnerability exists in IE6 that allows for specially-crafted websites to spoof address bar data. IE7 is not affected, however.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Four_New_Browser_Vulnerabilities_Surface/1180992674

 

Alcohol 52 1.9.6.5403
Author: Alcohol Soft
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 7.60 Mb
License: Shareware
Requires: Win All

Alcohol brings a new meaning to the word multimedia! It is without a doubt a leader in it's class, bringing the ability to emulate and record CDs and DVDs together into one amazingly easy to use software program.

Editors Note: This does install the Alcohol Toolbar to your browser, but it can be uninstalled and Alcohol 52% can still be used.

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Alcohol 120 1.9.6.5403
Author: Alcohol Software
Date: 2007-06-04
Size: 7.60 Mb
License: Shareware $49.95
Requires: Win All


Alcohol 120% lets you backup your original game cds/dvds even if they are protected.

Can create 31 virtual CD & DVD-ROMs, allowing the user to play the discs without the need to insert the physical disc.

In addition, it also allows you to create copies of your CD & DVD to CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-RAM and DVD+RW discs. Since virtual CD-ROMs can be accessed a lot faster, you can play them at a reading speed of 200X. The program offers an easy to use non-technical interface and several wizards that will assist you with all available tasks. Alcohol 120% supports various normal CD & DVD and CD RAW sub-channel reading methods

RAW reading method enables to emulate all CDs. When it comes to CD and DVD Burning (writing), the program supports Session-At-Once and Disc-At-Once, as well as several RAW session and disk methods for CD burning. Additional features include support for Buffer-Under-Run prevention, including BurnProof, Power-Burn, SafeBurn and others as well as simultaneous recording to multiple drives.

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Free Alternatives:to Photoshop,Illustrator InDesign and Kompozer

Photoshop -> Gimp [gimp.org]
http://www.gimp.org/windows/
Illustrator -> Inkscape [inkscape.org]
http://www.inkscape.org/index.php?lang=en
InDesign -> Scribus [scribus.net]
http://www.scribus.net/
Web Design -> Kompozer [kompozer.net],
http://kompozer.net/


Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

Inkscape's main goal is to create a powerful and convenient drawing tool fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development


Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.

Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

 

Answer or else, RIAA tells universities

p2pnet.net news:- Presidents at American colleges are being ordered to answer a Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG-initiated survey demanding explanations of the schools' positions on file sharing, or piracy, as the Big 4 organise music cartel calls it.

Following a a massive and ongoing multi-million-dollar campaign in the mainstream media, it's now almost a given that the priority at US universities, not to mention other schools, isn't teaching: it's to act as corporate copyright cops, putting education second.

American students, with the Big 4's RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) breathing down their necks, already have more than enough to worry about. But things just got worse. They now have a US political group adding to the pressure.

Last month the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, led by Hollywood Howard Berman (bottom), gave universities "with high volumes of student piracy violations" 30 days to return a survey on so-called Net piracy and network practices, and the committee is slated to resume its meetings Tuesday in Washington, says TechNewsWorld.


"The entertainment industries have been leading contributors to Berman since 1993, topping up his coffers with amounts totalling close to $1,000,000," p2pnet posted recently.

And yet, "Unfortunately, many schools have turned a blind eye to piracy," Berman felt able to declare unashamedly.

TechNewsWorld quotes a letter sent to Purdue University president Martin C. Jischke. It says, "The fact that copyright piracy is not unique to college and university campuses is not an excuse for higher education officials to fail to take reasonable steps neither to eliminate such activity nor to appropriately sanction such conduct when discovered."

But, "The real problem lies with leveraging the students through their schools," the story has lawyer Donald David saying. "We are dealing with 17- and 18-year-olds. You go to the college and accuse them of a crime and say [they] owe us money. I have a problem with that,."

He's not the only one.

Ohio University had the misfortune to be singled out as the most attacked US University. But it decided caving in to the RIAA was the better part of valour and in effect put p2p file sharing off limits.

"Students on campuses throughout the United States, many of whom are experiencing their first year as members of university communities, are facing unprecedented legal intimidation at the hands of the recording industry," said Joe Hazelbaker. "It appears that many institutions are simply prepared to wash their hands, refusing even to question the tactics of the industry, let alone providing meaningful legal assistance to their students," he told p2pnet.

Now, "There's a good chance that the Congressional inquiry could result in a legal backlash and misdirected new laws," says David in TechNewsWorld.

"They are trying to make 17- and 18-year-olds afraid. That bothers me. This is the equivalent of going to your boss and saying you want the employer to send the employees a letter. We need some kind of change in the criminal law because nobody will ever be prosecuted," said David.

Ultimately, the inquisition could backfire on the RIAA with a class action suit alleging a violation of state laws, invasion of privacy and possibly the fair debt collection act, according to David.

"As of Monday, federal legislators have not yet determined how many university presidents failed to reply by the May 31 deadline," says the story, adding:

"While the letter encouraged the school officials to respond in their best interests, it did not threaten penalties to those who did not cooperate, said Jean Smith, spokesperson for Rep. Howard Berman, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property.

"We may require penalties, but we won't know how many replied until we study the results," she told TechNewsWorld. "We presume the universities respect the laws involving Internet piracy."

Berman is also among US politicians listed by The Consumerist as having received payments from the RIAA.
http://p2pnet.net/story/12428

 

File sharing safety guide

p2pnet.net news special:- With the entertainment cartels apparently hell bent on completely alienating their own customers by trying to sue them into buying product, as they correctly call their low quality, high price offerings, discretion is obviously the better part of valour.

Students are currently the primary targets of choice but sooner or later, Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG's RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) gets around everybody, not excluding very young children.

With that in mind, ZeroPaid's Jared Moya has come up with a few handy thoughts aimed at keeping you and your identity safe. It shouldn't be necessary, but since it is >>>>>>>>

1. Use Private BitTorrent tracker sites
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6341/PUBLIC+vs+PRIVATE+-+BitTorrent+download+sites+explored

The first is fairly obvious and that is of the inherent risk of using public BitTorrent tracker sites instead of private members only ones. The risk stems from the fact that almost anybody can connect to the swarm and take a peek at your IP address.

2. Don't act as a Supernode
http://www.zeropaid.com/kazaalite/

The RIAA has targeted subpoenas at users who allow their computers to be "Supernodes" on the FastTrack P2P System (used, for instance, by KaZaA or KaZaA Lite). In order to further reduce the risk of having your ISP subpoenaed or of being sued yourself, we recommend that you make sure your computer isn't being used as a Supernode. To learn more about Supernodes and how to make sure your computer is not one, look here: Disabling the Supernode function with KaZaA (EFF - PDF 331k).

3. Try to use campus DC Hubs:
http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/archive/index.php/f-6.html

The RIAA and MPAA have sued college students for using publicly-accessible file sharing networks, including systems like i2hub. However, with one particularly notable exception, the RIAA and MPAA have not targeted users downloading or uploading music over closed, college campus intranets -- in other words, students sharing with other students at the same school over the school's own network. Tracking intranet infringements is practically more difficult, though not necessarily impossible.

4. Use IM data transfer programs:
http://waste.sourceforge.net/

Similarly, the RIAA and MPAA have not targeted file sharing through instant messaging systems, closed networks such as WASTE, and other sharing tools in which users can limit access by third-parties.

5. Use PeerGuardian:
http://phoenixlabs.org/

This handy tool blocks "harmful" IP addresses from connecting to your PC. Using a list that's regularly updated on Blocklist.org, it detects and closes connections from specified IP ranges.

6. Use Safe Peer:
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6384/Top+Azureus+Plugins+Revealed#a9

This handy Azureus plugin for BitTorrent users is similar to PeerGuardian in that it also imports a list of IP addresses from Blocklist.org to use as an IP filter before connecting to peers.

What else can I do?

The Electonic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has posted a list of additional tips to help you avoid getting busted for illegal file-sharing.
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/howto-notgetsued.php

First off, for those of you who are unware of what constitues illegal file-sharing, the crime occurs in the "distribution" of copyrighted material, the uploading or sharing of content, and not by simply downloading it.

The EFF points out that there is no way to know for sure as to exactly what the RIAA and MPAA are going to do or who they are going to sue but, in the meantime users of publicly-accessible P2P networks can take the following steps to reduce their chances of being targeted:

Either...

Make sure there are no potentially infringing files in your shared folder. This would ordinarily mean that your shared folder contains only files 1) that are in the public domain, 2) for which you have permission to share, or 3) that are made available under pro-sharing licenses, such as the Creative Commons license or other open media licenses, and

Remove all potentially misleading file names that might be confused with the name of an RIAA artist or song (e.g., "Usher" or "Madonna") from your shared folder

Or...

Disable the "sharing" or "uploading" features on your P2P application, if your application allows it (see below).

We hate this option - it blocks your non-infringing sharing, and it doesn't get us any closer to a real solution that gets artists paid while making file sharing legal. But, at the moment, it does appear that turning off sharing will reduce your chances of becoming a lawsuit target.

This can usually be accomplished in the "Options" or "Preferences" of your P2P application by removing all shared directories and sometimes setting an explicit option not to share files or to allow zero uploads. The specific method will vary depending on your P2P application, but looking at a few examples can give you the general idea.

The EFF suggests (but can't guarantee) the following links for instructions (you can also try Google searches for ("turn off sharing"+the software's name):

University of Chicago's resources: http://security.uchicago.edu/peer-to-peer/no_fileshare.shtml

Duke University resources: http://www.oit.duke.edu/helpdesk/filesharing/steps.html

Note: Not all clients allow you to turn off "sharing."

If you use software such as BitTorrent and eDonkey (as well as related clients like Azureus and eMule, respectively), you'll automatically be uploading whatever you're currently downloading.

In eDonkey, these files may appear in search results and thus become visible to the MPAA and RIAA.

In BitTorrent, you must connect to a BitTorrent "tracker" to download a file, and your Internet address is visible to anyone else - including the MPAA or RIAA - connected to that tracker. In these instances, you may be at greater risk.

Slashdot Slashdot it!

Also See:
primary targets - Answer or else, RIAA tells universities, June 5, 2007
young children - Tanya Andersen beats the RIAA, June 5, 2007
ZeroPaid - Tips on how to not get busted for file-sharing, June 5, 2007
http://p2pnet.net/story/12435

 

Password Reset Disk

In the event you have forgotten your account password, Windows XP has made this feature available so that your password can be easily reset. The tips below include instruction for creating and using a Password Reset Disk for both Windows XP Home and Professional editions:

To create a Password Reset Disk: [Home Edition]

1. Open Control Panel from the Start Menu
2. Open User Accounts
3. Click on the User for which you want to create a Password Reset Disk.
4. Along the upper left side of the window, click on Prevent a Forgotten Password. This starts the Forgotten Password Wizard.
5. Insert a blank floppy disk and follow the prompts through the Wizard.
6. When the process is complete, label the disk and store it in a safe place.

Here is how to use your Password Reset Disk:

1. From the Welcome screen, click your user name
2. Click the Question Mark button.
3. Click Use Your Password Reset Disk. Follow the instructions to create a new password.

Note: Once you have logged in with your new password, be sure to store your Password Reset Disk in a safe place.

To create a Password Reset Disk: [Professional Edition]

Note that this procedure requires one blank, formatted floppy disk. To create a password reset disk for your local user account:

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. The Windows Security dialog box appears.
2. Select Change Password . The Change Password dialog box will appear.
3. In the Log on to box, click the local computer. For example, click Computer (this computer).
4. Select Backup . The Forgotten Password Wizard will now start.
5. On the "Welcome to the Forgotten Password Wizard" page, choose Next .
6. Insert a blank, formatted disk in drive A, and then choose Next .
7. In the Current user account password box, type your password, and then select Next . The Forgotten Password Wizard will create the disk.
8. When the progress bar reaches 100 percent complete, select Next , and then choose Finish . The Forgotten Password Wizard will quit and you return to the Change Password dialog box.
9. Remove and label the newly created disk. Be sure to store it in a safe place.
10. In the Change Password dialog box, click Cancel .
11. In the Windows Security dialog box, click Cancel.

Here is how to use your Password Reset Disk:

1. In the Welcome to Windows dialog box, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE.
2. In the Log On to Windows dialog box, type an incorrect password in the Password box, and then select OK .
3. In the Logon Failed dialog box that appears, select Reset . The Password Reset Wizard starts.
4. On the "Welcome to the Password Reset Wizard" page, choose Next .
5. Insert the Password Reset Disk in your floppy drive and select Next.
6. On the "Reset the User Account Password" page, type a new password in the Type a New Password box.
7. Type the same password in the Type the Password Again to Confirm box.
8. In the Type a New Password Hint box, type a hint that will help you remember the password if you forget it.

Note : This hint is visible to anyone who attempts to log on to the computer by using your user account.

9. Choose Next , and then click Finish . The Password Reset Wizard will quit and return you to the Log On to Windows dialog box. The Password Reset Disk is automatically updated with the new password information. You do not have to create a new password reset disk.
10. In the Log On to Windows dialog box, type your new password in the Password box.
11. In the Log on to box, click the local computer. For example, click Computer (this computer) , and then click OK . You are logged on to the local computer with your local account information.

 

Speed Up Windows XP by Keeping the Operating System in Memory

One thing you can do to speed up Windows XP is to make sure that key operating system functions stay in memory. Memory (also called "RAM" for Random Access Memory) is much faster than the hard disk. Perform the following steps to boost your XP computer's performance:

1. Click the Start button. Click the Run command and type regedit in the Open text box. Click OK. As always, be very careful when editing the Registry.
2. In the Registry Editor, go to the following registry key:
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
3. Right click the DisablePagingExecutive entry in the right pane of the Registry editor and click Modify.
4. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, type the number "1" (without the quotes) in the Value data field. Click OK.
5. Close the Registry Editor and restart the computer.

 

To set the computer to clear the pagefile without directly editing the registry is:

1. Click on the Start button
2. Go to the Control Panel
3. Administrative Tools
4. Local Security Policy
5. Local Policies
6. Click on Security Options
7. Right hand menu - right click on "Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile"
8. Select "Enable"
9. Reboot

Another way to do the Task

If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown:

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown
3. Set the value to 1

 

RIAA gets writ for extortion

Allegedly

By Tamlin Magee: Thursday 07 June 2007, 16:17
EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE lawsuit-happy p2p-annoyer the RIAA is being sued for extortion by one Suzy Del Cid, accusing the massive alliance of extortion.

Del Cid is making claims that the RIAA is using unlicensed private investigators to dig out dirty filesharing secrets of hers. She also reckons that the group is extorting money through the court system.

In the filing, Del Cid says that subpoenas were sent out by the RIAA without even knowing the identity of the p2p sharer then sending in its alleged financial bullies the Settlement Support Center, which will tell the user that they're in deep dung and asks for a couple (thousand) bob to escape trouble.

Suzy also reckons that the RIAA goes after vulnerable targets on purpose, such as the technologically clueless - though we presume the Amish are safe - as well as the elderly and disabled. Read more, at vnunet.com. µ

LINK
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2191599/riaa-sued-extortion