Predictions that Gnutella would quickly offer an effective file-swapping alternative to Napster have proven premature, with the technology's own developers admitting more work is needed before it will ...

In the wake of its legal victory over Napster, the recording industry is shifting its focus from lawsuits to high-tech silver bullets as it tries to clamp down on online song swapping. The Recording ...

A so-called proof-of-concept worm started spreading over the weekend among the PCs of people using the peer-to-peer file-swapping protocol known as Gnutella. The computer worm was likely created to ...

The original incarnation of Gnutella was so terrible that I fully expected Napster to remain the preferred online music exchange system, regardless of whether or not the service remained free. I'm no ...

Every time it looks like Napster is in trouble, 50 million people start looking for an alternative. Naturally, Napster's massive community of MP3 traders want to find ways to keep the music flowing.

Gene Kan, one of the key programmers behind the popular file-sharing technology known as Gnutella, has died in an apparent suicide, officials said Tuesday. He was 25. San Mateo County Coroner ...