Computers in a peer-to-peer network are 'peers' in the sense that all the computers can act as clients and servers to each other. For example, Computer A can request a file from Computer B during one ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is spearheading an open-source initiative to develop peer-to-peer protocols, giving a welcome boost to a new technology that promises to harness idle computing power, better ...

But the technology that powered the Napster music-sharing system is finding a home in the financial world. Napster ran on a peer-to-peer, or P2P, architecture, which tied millions of personal ...

Having helped spark the file-trading revolution, some stars of the peer-to-peer networking world are swapping their original anarchistic philosophies in favor of capitalism. Learn more about file ...

For years, computing has trended to distributed architectures that divide processing among multiple computing nodes. For example, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world isn’t in a ...

Peer-to-peer show begins without Napster The first conference dedicated to peer-to-peer computing kicked off here Wednesday morning, as proponents tried to define the emerging computing model and ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

When network managers find peer-to-peer file sharing overwhelming their networks, some of the best words of wisdom might be to "let it be," just at a slower pace. It is a strategy many colleges have ...

With other messaging apps being targeted by hackers and security services, Keet – the peer-to-peer messaging and video app from the CEO of Tether – is removing the need for servers entirely.