LimeWire

According to their official site, Limewire is a "fast, easy-to-use file sharing program" and is "compatible with all major platforms...running over the Gnutella network, LimeWire's open source code."

Started in 2000, Limewire focuses on file-sharing technology, specifically peer-to-peer networking, where users can share their music, video, and other multimedia and text files over the Internet. Limewire has received positive reviews for its product, including CNet Australia, Linux.com, and Music-Software-Reviews.com.

Limewire is currently located in New York City. Downloads of their freeware product are available through their own site and via CNet's Download.com, with the latter offering further reviews and information regarding their product.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “LimeWire”

• Statik Selektah – ‘The Pre-Game’ EP

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  No one can say that this dude is a slacker. Possibly the hardest working DJ/producer on the rap underground, Statik Selektah is back once again to show the world his grind with his latest offering, The Pre-Game EP. No tailgating here, but as the title may suggest, this appetizer is built to tide fans over until he ...
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• Review: V/A – ‘Finest NY House 2009′ (King Street Sounds)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  The mainstream pop charts were filled this year with acts who snatched little pieces of house and/or electro to infuse their bubblegum with a little dancefloor swagger (hello Lady GaGa, Black Eyed Peas and Jay Sean). But this King Street compilation proves that the real house forces had plenty of their own pop ...
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• LimeWire Store’s Best Indie Albums of 2009

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  2009 will always be remembered as a volatile year. In the wake of so much social, political and economic drama, indie musicians persevered in the face of adversity and turmoil: English rapper Speech Debelle rose from poverty to win the coveted Mercury Prize; young Canadian duo Thunderheist’s “Jerk It” found its ...
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• Bouncing Souls Release "Live at Lime" Digital EP (LimeWire)

  
  BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog — Authority: 124
  DOWNLOAD: Bouncing Souls - "I Think That The World..." (Live at Lime) I have to give kudus to LimeWire as they have successfully transformed themselves from a P2P network (earlier this decade) to a online subscription-based music store. LimeWire has been releasing a number of exclusive live sessions and the ...
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• Review: Bill Cosby Presents Cosnarati – “State of Emergency” (Turtle Head)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  While Bill Cosby isn’t the first person you think of when hip-hop comes to mind, America’s favorite dad is bringing people his own version of reality rap with the split single “State of Emergency” b/w “Fear No Man” from the album Bill Cosby Presents Cosnarati . A narrative told in the first person of the ...
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• FrostWire 4.18.5

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 161
  FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network . Download  FrostWire Similar Posts: FrostWire 4.18.1 ...
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• LimeWire 5.3.6

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 161
  From its start as a post-Napster clone to its leading role as the quintessential Gnutella client, LimeWire is the highest-profile P2P application . Version 5 re-envisions LimeWire for a Web 2.0 world, with an emphasis on sharing with friends, square buttons with rounded corners, and overall a cleaner interface . ...
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• Album Review: Django Reinhardt – ‘The Best of Django Reinhardt’ (Essential Media Group)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  With the possible exception of Charlie Christian, to this day there has been no jazz guitarist as innovative and groundbreaking as Django Reinhardt. In the 1930s, the Gypsy jazzman laid down the template for hot jazz, becoming the toast of the Paris jazz scene and influencing a host of open-minded musicians on the ...
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• LimeWire Turbo Accelerator 4.4.0

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 161
  LimeWire Turbo Accelerator is a tool for LimeWire file sharing application , created to solve problems like: slow downloads and disconnections, traffic congestion, improving download speed and reliability, doing so by several methods to achieve 200% to 400% fasterdownloads,according to our tests, user and ...
  5 days ago

• Album Review: Beatrice Ardisson – ‘Love from Jaïpur’ (Naive)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  French composer/musician Beatrice Ardisson serves up an eclectic international buffet of sexy cocktail music, sultry pop, tinkling electro, and gooey love songs, all filtered through the spirit of one of India’s largest and most artistically vibrant cities, Jaipur. Ardisson’s French compatriots shine brightly. ...
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• Album Review: I Kissed Charles – ‘This Is Not Romantic’ (Goomah Music)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  We are still trying to figure out who Charles is, but for now, we have this Dutch power-pop band ready to infiltrate the ears of teenagers the world over. Vocalist Charlot Henzen, all of 17 years old, writes what she knows: namely, tales of adolescent love and the paradoxical feeling you get only as a teenager, of ...
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• Review: The Bloody Beetroots – ‘Christmas Vendetta’ (Dim Mak)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  Italian electro duo Bloody Beetroots (Bobby Rifo and Tommy Tea) came to prominence in 2009 with Romborama , their debut full-length, which combined the musicality of French house duo Justice with the theatricality of Daft Punk (the pair perform virtually every show with Venom masks on). On that album, one can find ...
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• Review: ‘Zimbabwe Today: New Music From Africa’ (Wide World Artists)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  This collection is purported to be the first compilation album of new Zimbabwean music to be released in ten years. Whether that’s completely accurate or not, the most important thing is the fact that it’s the flagship release from Wide World Artists, a company founded both to aid Zimbabwean artists in reaching an ...
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• LimeWire PRO v5.4.6.1 Final Retail Multilanguage

  
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  LimeWire PRO v5.4.6.1 Final Retail Multilanguage LimeWire is a fast easy to use file sharing program that contains no spyware adware or other bundled software Compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella network LimeWire 39 s open source code is freely available to the public and developed in part ...
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• LimeWire 5.4.6 Final

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 161
  LimeWire is the world’s most popular peer-to-peer file-sharing program. It is open standard software running on an open protocol, free for the public to use. LimeWire allows you to share any file such as . mp3 , . avi , jpg, tiff, etc., allows you to search for multiple files at the same time, available in ...
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• Review: ‘Dim Mak Dance Compilation Volume 1: Evolution’ (Dim Mak)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  West Coast tastemaking label Dim Mak has been unleashing spasm-inducing dance floor heat to clubs worldwide, and this comp provides a roof-raising cross-section of the imprint’s vast roster. The list of artists here reads like a who’s-who of Los Angeles after hours. Dim Mak staples The Bloody Beetroots give a ...
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• Free Download: LimeWire Store and New York – Tokyo Present: Ear To The Ground: Tokyo

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  Ear To The Ground: Tokyo is an exclusive collaboration between LimeWire Store and New York – Tokyo . LimeWire Store’s Ear To The Ground series of FREE digital music compilations spotlights a different city for each release, and Ear To The Ground: Tokyo is the series’ 15th installment! New York – ...
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• And the Winners of LWMB’s Lil Wayne ‘The Carter Documentary’ DVD Contest Are…

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  LWMB recently held a contest to win a DVD copy of Adam Bhala Lough’s riveting documentary of The Best Rapper Alive. The raw and candid look at Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter, Jr., The Carter chronicles the young rapper’s life and was our most popular contest to date. A big thanks to everyone who entered the ...
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• RATM: Raging Against The X Factor

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  Rage Against The Machine , ever-vigilant in their opposition to The Man, aren’t taking a break during the run-up to the holidays. Their latest system-bucking efforts come to us via the hit British television show The X Factor , whose current winner Joe McElderry is neck-and-neck with RATM for the UK’s coveted ...
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• Album Review: Deer Tick – ‘More Fuel For The Fire’ (Partisan)

  
  LimeWire Music Blog — Authority: 573
  Not to be confused with experimental rock band Deerhunter, Providence, RI’s Deer Tick have gained a cult following on the alt-country scene with their reverence for traditionalism and ability to weave doses of southern rock and honky tonk into the mix. Given that the band’s second album, Born on Flag Day , was ...
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