Christopher Clark Pollett, 63, and Mario Joseph Ruffino, 29, both of Houston, have entered pleas of guilty for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Ken Magidson announced today.Pollett was indicted January 12, 2011, and entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography before United States District Judge Lee Rosenthal just a few minutes ago, while Ruffino, indicted February 23, 2011, pleaded guilty to the same charge before United States District Judge Melinda Harmon this morning. While unrelated cases, both men were found to be using peer-to-peer (P2P) software to make child pornography available to others over the Internet.

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, and BitTorrent Inc., a technology company engineering transformative new products to accelerate the discovery, distribution and delivery of large files over the Internet, have partnered to safeguard users from malware when downloading media files across the Internet. The new Virus Guard application, available to millions of BitTorrent users, provides peace of mind as they explore open license movies, music, games and apps.

The widely known P2P file-sharing strong-hold Lime Wire has officially discontinued its availability of free downloads. After a legal battle spanning four years, an injunction was released by U.S. Supreme Federal Court Judge, Kimba Maureen Wood, ordering Lime Wire to disable its "searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality.

Matthew White admits he was surfing the Internet for pornography two years ago -- not a crime for a then-20-year-old American male. However, CBS reports that White downloaded child pornography onto his computer; he says he did so accidentally while looking for college aged women on LimeWire. LimeWire is a peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing network that allows users to share files, including music, movies, games and pictures, with one another.

Copyright Enforcement Group (CEG) today announced the completion of a comprehensive Peer-to-Peer (P2P) anti-piracy systems upgrade. Significant enhancements include capital investment, software optimization, and scalability improvements.

Today, P2P file-sharing software is often a primary driver of information leakage, which has become a serious concern for individuals, companies and government organizations alike. To detect and prevent (unauthorized) information leakage, network managers must deploy networking devices that prevent automatic distribution of information, while ensuring that those devices still allow network users to leverage the benefits of P2P file-sharing software.

ZapShares Inc. is pleased to announce that the ZapShares software is now a very popular download on CNET’s Download.com in the Internet Software category. This follows a strong endorsement in a recent review by the Editors of CNET’s Download.com, which is the most popular software download site on the Internet. The CNET Editor’s review awarded ZapShares 4 stars and concluded: “We recommend this program to all users.”

January 1st, 2010 marks the release date of the official Ares p2p file sharing software for Windows 7. A year in development, Ares (http://www.ares.net) development group has finally updated the popular p2p software to include many new upgrades, such as, but not limited to: a beautiful HD video player for playing HD movies and videos, updated and more user friendly media library, Windows 7 compatibility, and 24/7 email support.

ZapShares Inc. announced today the launch of the ZapShares Media Network, which for the first time allows advertisers to target 200 million people who use file sharing software (also known as "Peer-To-Peer" or "P2P" software) like LimeWire and BitTorrent. This revolutionary P2P advertising network allows advertisers the first-ever ability to reach 200 million P2P file sharing users by protecting them against lawsuits and identity theft.

Chairman of LimeWire LLC perjured himself during his testimony before Congress; threats to national and personal security still exist.On June 25, 2009 ZapShares Inc. submitted over 150 pages of evidence pertaining to the matter before the Committee.