Wagner Resource Corp. recently learned the hard way what Pfizer Inc. and many other companies have similarly discovered in the past: installing peer-to-peer file-sharing software on corporate ...

Stephane Herry says that he founded his private file-sharing network GigaTribe out of frustration at not being able to share files with his friends on Kazaa. Every time he searched for a file that he ...

The recent announcement by the FTC that sensitive information from nearly 100 organizations had been compromised through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks underscores the risks of this technology.

Corporate and government documents containing confidential and sometimes classified data are increasingly getting exposed through the use of peer-to-peer networks on computers holding the sensitive ...

A new Web log is posting what it purports are pictures, documents and letters from U.S. soldiers and military bases in Iraq and elsewhere--all of which the site's operator claims to have downloaded ...

In the letters, the FTC warned schools, businesses and local governments that widespread data leaks occurred after their employees swapped music via P2P networks, which exposed copious personal ...

The federal agency says drivers license numbers, social security numbers and other information useful to identity thieves have been compromised unintentionally by 100 American corporations, some of ...

If you're a defense contractor, here's hoping you haven't shared anything at work via P2P. Computer systems located in Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia are scouring computer peer-to-peer ...

half the normal price, from its Web site. Lindows has been targeting consumers with its packaged version of the open-source Linux operating system, which has a reputation of being geared more for ...

WASHINGTON — The powerful head of the Senate Commerce Committee warned online file-sharing companies this week that if they do not crack down on piracy and pornography available via their networks, ...

This month's column was triggered by a number of separate news articles that have come across my desk in the last two months. Taken together, they show, I believe, trends emerging in the battle that ...

An industry group that represents Kazaa has proposed a strategy that, if employed, could turn some peer-to-peer file-sharing services into a source of revenue for the recording industry. The ...