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PeerBlock 1.0 Release Next Week

Martin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:17:55 +0000

We have caused quite some steer with our review of PeerBlock, a software program that would use blacklists to block IP addresses from communicating with the computer systems that were using the program. PeerBlock was basically a fork of PeerGuardian 2 offering a similar functionality and an active team of developers that would maintain, optimize and increase the functionality of the product.

An interrim beta version of PeerBlock was released today with several important enhancements that should all make it into the PeerBlock 1.0 final release that is expected to be released in the next week. Probably the most important addition in this beta release is a signed driver which helps 64-bit users of Windows Vista and Windows 7 who usually had some problems getting PeerBlock to work on their computer systems thanks to an unsigned driver. There is also no UAC warning prompt when trying to install PeerBlock on these systems anymore.

Mark, the main developer, has posted a huge list of additional improvements in a blog post announcing the beta release of PeerBlock. This includes better usability, warnings if Peer Guardian is running, auto update functionality, archiving improvements and copying over PeerGuardian 2 lists if available.

Check out the full blog post for all changes and known issues. Portable versions and installers are provided at the end of the blog post as well. Users who do not want to test the beta version are advised to wait until the final release is being made available on the website of the project.

Peer Block Continues Where Peer Guardian Left Off

Martin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:45:34 +0000

Peer Guardian is without doubt a popular security software that uses blacklists to block connection attempts to a computer system. Various blacklists are provided including those listing IPs of anti-p2p organizations, government and educational IPs but also adware and spyware servers. A problem that users of Peer Guardian experience are crashes and several other issues which can be mainly attributed to the fact that the security software has not been updated in the last two years.

Peer Block is a fork of Peer Guardian that tries to address these issues. It is actively developed and provides the same functionality (but with less problems) than Peer Guardian.

Users can download Peer Block from the official website. It offers a selection of IP blacklists that can be subscribed to. By default only the P2P blacklist is selected during setup. It is possible to select other blacklists which will then be updated at the first startup of the application.

Regular updates of the blacklists are configured automatically with the option to change the frequency in the settings. The interface itself looks like the Peer Guardian interface.

Peer Block supports all popular Microsoft Windows operating systems including Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. It is the perfect alternative for users who are experiencing problems with Peer Guardian or prefer a software that gets updated regularly.

Watch free TV with P2p Software

Martin — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:02:31 +0000

I always was angered at the fact that I had no possibility to watch certain series and movies in my country while they were highly successful in another. I also dislike the fact that I can´t watch big sport events live on tv but only receive a minimal report in the news at that day.

If you feel the same I have a nice software for you that uses P2p technology to provide free tv streams. Its a Chinese program but you will be able to watch most of the big US leagues like NHL and also European soccer games live.

The quality of the stream is ok, you should have a broadband connection to enjoy the games though. You can download the tool at sopcast.org

After your download has finished simply unpack the software to a location and start sopcast.exe. The channel list will be populated, click on a channel and windows media player opens and tries to connect to it.

The most interesting channels with good quality for sports events are:

CCTV 5 (currently german bundesliga live)
Star Sports
Soccer (demo)

You can also provide your own stream to the crowd, for more information on additional channels visit the sites forum.