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What does "nuked" mean in the peer-to-peer world?

Don't tell anyone, but I've started downloading music and video files from peer to peer bittorrent networks, but the words that they use are baffling me. Most importantly, what does "nuking" a download mean?...

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How can you tell if a Limewire file is legal or illegal?

I read your article about whether Limewire is legal or not and think I understand what you're saying. My follow-on question: how can you tell if a file is legal or illegal?...

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Why can't my computer find blinkw32.dll / binkw32.dll?

What is blinkw32.dl? I am having problems with my PC complaining that it can't find blinkw32.dll (binkw32.dll?) when I try to start up a program....

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What's the difference between BitTorrent, Limewire and Kazaa?

I've been starting to delve into peer to peer (p2p) networking and am trying to figure out what the difference is between Limewire, Kazaa, BitTorrent and similar. Can you explain how they work?...

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Can I get into trouble for downloading illegal files?

What if you accidentally download something illegally? I think I may have and as soon as I found out that I may have, I deleted it, but what can happen to me? I'm a minor and I'm not experienced in...

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How do I download public domain movies to my Mac?

I know that there are lots of places where I can get illegal movies, but I'm wondering if there's a place where I can find legal downloads and if so, where, and how do I copy them to my computer...

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Are sites like pspblender and allpspgames legal?

Hey Dave, what do you think about websites like pspblender and allpspgames? They claim to offer full version games for Sony PSP systems as downloads which are supported on all firmware versions including v2.81 and are legal. Are they for...

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Is Limewire illegal?

I just have one question to ask you and i dont know if you know but you are the only site that talked about this subject that was close enough and had a part where i could write a question....

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