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There are many websites that offer free movie and music downloads, but many of them have been targeted for legal action in the past few years because their owners have broken some rules. When music and movie lovers want to load up their ipod or other device, they shouldn’t have to worry about getting in [...]
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Downloading music from the Internet is the way to go. It’s not very common to go to a store and purchase a CD anymore. When talking about music downloads, most people are overlooking a new site to get their music. While the concept is not new, the site is and offers a wide variety of [...]
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Downloading music has not only become a hobby for some people, but also a activity that some have become dependent on to set the tone for their drives to work, their cleaning of the house and other things they may need to get done. With this in mind, downloading programs have continued to compete for [...]

Unlike Limewire, Bittorrent, or Napster, Ares was developed as an open-source application, so there are no corporate owners for the RIAA to target, and development of the system has not been halted with legal problems. Ares is easy to use, quick to connect, with very fast download speeds. Because Ares is the most popular file sharing program, you find a lot better music selection, and more people to connect and share with. There are over 100 million titles available to download on the network.

Ares is the best choice for most filesharing needs, particularily for music files. For sharing of very large files such as movies, the Bittorrent protocol is better. While Ares does support the Bittorent protocol, it is not designed specifically for that purpose. Links to the most popular programs that use the bittorrent client are below.

Some other popular filesharing programs are listed below. Check back later as we are finishing reviews of these, and the bittorrent clients listed to the left.

