A glitch this week that locked millions of people out of the most popular file-trading network since Napster's fall is raising new questions about the future of the Net's free-music bonanza. Beginning ...

Predictions that Gnutella would quickly offer an effective file-swapping alternative to Napster have proven premature, with the technology's own developers admitting more work is needed before it will ...

The original incarnation of Gnutella was so terrible that I fully expected Napster to remain the preferred online music exchange system, regardless of whether or not the service remained free. I'm no ...

Predictions that Gnutella would quickly offer an effective file-swapping alternative to Napster, have proven premature, with the technology's own developers admitting more work is needed before it ...