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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Peer-to-peer technologies have become associated with piracy in most people’s minds – but P2P is a computing model that has many above-board applications. The basic premise of P2P is that computing, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...