Peer-to-peer networking is one of the Great Internet Treasures. David Kidd looks at the future of file sharing, and how to get the most out of it.

You may have noted a lot more references to legal issues and copyright infringement here than you feel comfortable with. The very nature of file sharing means that this issue is one that will occur re

Can 'crimes' committed online, such as theft or murder, get you in trouble with the police? Davey Winder investigates.

Internet radio sensation Pandora has been forced to stop broadcasting music outside of the US, but their problems don’t end there. PC Authority spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren about the industry and its legal minefields.

Napster began life in 1999 when collaborators Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker released a program that combined a search engine, a chat program and a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing program onto the Inte

From webcasting to the DMCA to net neutrality - a list of top ten IT priorities for the new president.

We've searched every corner of the web for the most useful (and useless) sites you've never seen. Download free movies and music, find the cheapest shopping sites, get a degree, make money, walk on Mars and much more.

Want to kick your website up a notch? Jacinta Thomler gives you 10 ways to make your site stand out.

Gnutella was first introduced by Nullsoft in March 2000. If the name Nullsoft rings a bell, it may well be because it is also the creator of Winamp, the most popular software MP3 player on the Interne

The week ending 25/11 is the week starting for BitTorrent Bram and his new crusade.

A Foxtel IQ2 killer or just another DVR – we look at what Tivo is and isn’t for the Australian market in our special Tivo FAQ.

While file sharing as a buzz word became popular at the height of the Napster phenomenon, in one way or another it has been around for as long as consumers have had access to communications devices li

You can be proud of an interface you developed, but this is taking it too far.

Get your licensing shop in order before you build you new server.

If you were to believe the marketing hype, and ignore the disclaimers, you would believe that filtering technology was far more advanced than it really is. You would expect that blocking lists would b

You don’t have to be a pirate to download music anymore. If you’ve been walking the Dark Side and want to go legit, we've reviewed the best online services available today - they'll change the way you listen to music.

The Internet is booming again, but this time it’s very different. PC Authority brings you up to speed with the global Web 2.0 phenomenon.