"We need to look everywhere for ideas, and science fiction writers clearly inform the debate"

News.com Extra: The Web filtered by humans, not bots Missing Links News and views off the beaten track. via CNET News.com

"The service is and will remain free for sharing files in a private group"

And everything would be, "private and secure," the company promised. Ceo Cedric Maloux told us Allpeers, then a Firefox add-on, would eventually be offered online open-source, and that the company would also ... via P2pnet.net

Joost appointed Cisco veteran Mike Volpi as chief executive officer, the Internet-based TV service said Tuesday.

Volpi replaces Fredrik de Wahl, who will remain at Joost as chief strategy officer.

Known as a mergers-and-acquisitions expert, Volpi most recently managed Cisco's key routing and service provider group.

He quit Cisco Systems Inc. in February after 13 years, saying he was looking to join 'an organization where I have my signature, my DNA, within it.'

Volpi called Joost 'a product with the potential to change the way video is enjoyed around the world,' in a statement Tuesday. Read more

"Regardless of your moral outrage, people will continue to download on peer-to-peer networks"

In DRM we trust: world collection societies wring hands over P2P copying :CISAC, the worldwide body that represents collection societies, held a two-day conference in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to tackle a ... via Privacy Digest

"Overall, 4 percent of search results link to dangerous sites, as do almost 7 percent of sponsored links"

And, "Search terms related to music and technology are most likely to return sites with spyware and other malicious code," says Associated Press , going on, "Some 42 percent of the results using the term ... via P2pnet.net

Mike Masnick / Techdirt While the RIAA continues its strategy of suing the very people it should be courting as customers, a recent study points out that so-called "social ripping" now makes up 37% of all music ... via Megite Technology News

"John must be a natural public speaker"

I've been asked to Guest Blog on the OpenBusiness.cc site . My entry for today is reprinted below, or you can read it at the OpenBusiness site . via Buckman's magnatune blog

"Peer-to-peer networks are being hijacked to launch an increasing number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on web sites, according to security researchers and network service providers"

"In these attacks, large numbers of client computers running P2P software are tricked into requesting a file from the intended target of the DDoS, allowing the attacker to use the P2P network to overwhelm the ... via P2pnet.net

"With the virtual disappearance of mass-mailers form the top infectors, the trend towards consolidation seems to have reduced somewhat"

BitDefender , an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today its top 10 malware threats of May 2007. via Earth Times