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Communicating without Skype

communicating without skypeSince Skype has been down, many people have been forced to resort to other P2P applications in order to communicate and send files. And let's note even talk about going the dreaded email, landline telephone and SMS route.

Think about AllPeers, BitTorrent, and GNUnet and brains start buzzing about all the other leading peer to peer applications out there. Mashable has created a list of over 30 peer to peer services out there so that Skype's downtime can slowly slip your brain. Until you have to make a call that is.

DLS asks, what's your top P2P application?

Filed under: Utilities, Web services, Mozilla, Social Software

Drag and Share Files with AllPeers

allpeers file sharing in firefox

AllPeers has begun offering a public beta version of their Firefox file sharing utility. DLS originally dropped the news on AllPeers back in December while it was in development, and little was known about it then. Now the secret is out, and available for people to start using. AllPeers is a Firefox extension for easily sharing files with your contacts. Sharing files and folders is as simple as dragging them onto your friend's names and clicking 'Share'. Sharing webpages and photos from the web is easy as well. Just drag the web page tab or photo directly onto your friend's name. Of course you have to have friends in your contact list to share with, and that is as simple as adding a contact's email address to invite them. No more transferring large files via email, AllPeers makes it a lot easier.

Filed under: Internet, Mozilla

AllPeers: File sharing for Firefox

AllPeersWhile I question the utility of having such an app integrated into Firefox, AllPeers looks like an interesting project. It's "a free extension which combines the strength of Firefox and the efficiency of BitTorrent to transform your favorite browser into a media sharing powerhouse." It looks to be a private-network P2P app, i.e. you have a buddy list and only those people can access your files, but intriguingly it also has a complete BitTorrent client included. Unfortunately AllPeers isn't yet available, but of course you can add your name to their mailing list and keep track of its development on their official blog. Check out this post for some screenshots.

[Via Zeropaid]

Featured Time Waster

Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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