Ares users have been reporting the return of the problems getting Ares connecting to the network. The problem is in the servers used for the initial connection to the Ares network, making it difficult for users to connect the first time they start Ares.
Once Ares starts and connects to its network, it has a list of ‘reliable’ IP addresses and keeps them for the next time you fire Ares up, so it’s really just the initial connection that is a problem.
Ares Vista has solved the problem with an advanced technique for pushing an updated list of host servers out to users to connect to, so is not dependent on the initial list of cnodes like the older versions such as Ares Galaxy are.
It might be a hassle changing over but the 15 minutes it takes to download and install the new version of Ares vista will save you much frustration.
Often times, the well known name brand is not the best product. Sometimes it’s not even the ballpark. Such is the case with the Ares P2P filesharing software. Ares Galaxy was the origional version, first distributed back in 2002. It soon became popular and spawned many imitators, some good, some bad. Over the years Ares Galaxy became established as the best, and no real contenders came close. But things change fast in the digital world. Several newer, more modern versions of Ares have sprung up in the past few years with advanced features, and better customer support (Ares Galaxy has no customer support). Ares Vista and Ares Ultra are the best of the modern versions. Meanwhile, the old standby Ares Galaxy has remained the same. Some of the new versions to stay away from are Ares Gold and Ares Destiny, both of which bundle Ares with adware. One thing they all have in common is that users of the different versions, including Ares Galaxy, all work on the same network, so users looking to download music have access to the millions of songs that are shared between users.
Coldplay have been making all the right headlines recently after they released the first single from their new album, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, as a free music download. The track caused a stir and was enormous success, leading to presales of the album, which is released tomorrow, reaching record levels on iTunes.
There were two million free music downloads of the single “Violet Hill”, and HMV has said that it is ordering near record numbers of CDs to put on shelves for the big launch.
The real test for the album will be whether it can sustain this level of interest after the hype of free music downloads and snazzy marketing campaigns dies out. Industry experts are skeptical about how long the buzz will be around this new album, but we suspect that the cynics will be proved wrong in this case.
There probably aren’t many bands who could launch an album in this way, but for established industry artists, free music downloads can lead to increased sales.
The iPhone 3G has been causing a major stir. The new iPhone, however, will not give users access to 3G music downloads. Music from iTunes will only be able to be loaded onto an iPhone 3G via Wi-Fi connection or directly from a PC.
Apple is reportedly in talks with a number of major record labels about bringing 3G music downloads to the iPhone, but none of these talks have resulted in anything definite — yet. It looks as though there is still hope for 3G music downloads to appear on the iPhone 3G, but users will have to wait a while before they can get their hands on them.
The main stumbling point is that record labels are of the belief that 3G music downloads should cost more than regular Internet downloads. This isn’t devastating news, but it is one less feature that the iPhone 3G should have.
Ares is the popular P2P filesharing software. There doesn’t seem to be much confusion about the spelling for those from the United States or Great Britain. But visitors from other contries, especially Latin America, will often search for Aries music download, or sometimes download Aires when looking for the software. Areas is the third most common misspelling, often coming from countries with more greek influence in their language (Greece, Turkey, Romainia). Arez is often used by Canadians, and those whose native language is French. Then there are the ones we haven’t really been able to figure out what language the visitor tend to speak, like Aris, and my favorite, Aeres music download. Sometimes people will misstype and misspell, like yesterday someone typed in Aeries download. One that makes no sense at all is Aers. It doesn’t much matter, they pretty much all end up at www.officialares.com
As with most things in life, sometimes Free is good, and sometimes not. The Ares filesharing software falls somewhere in between.
Ares Galaxy was the origional version of Ares, and is still available for free, but it is not maintained anymore and new users are often having problems connecting to the network. Not good.
Ares Destiny is also free, which is great. Download speeds are impressive and the software works okay, though not brilliantly. Ares Destiny’s major failing though is in packaging the rather heinous Dealio ad serving software in with the free Ares download. This ad server – that is another name for spyware or malware, by the way – infiltrates your system without you really knowing. And once installed, it is very difficult to get the little blighter off. Also not good.
Ares vista is currently our favorite version of Ares. Its big draw origionally was for users with the windows vista operating system, which makes it difficult to use other P2P programs. But an even bigger reason to go with Ares Vista now is their improved connection techniques. Ares Ultra has adopted this improved connection technique.
Right now, Ares Vista, and Ares Ultra are often the only versions of Ares that are able to connect to the network. Unfortunately, neither one is not quite free either. They do offer a free download which lets the user connect to the network and see all the different music available for downloading, but require registration and payment of around $20 before you can actually download anything. Not quite free, but if you can spare $20 its better than any of the 100% free versions that are available today.
If you aren’t a fan of music downloads yet, it looks like you’re going to have to be soon — or in the next four years at least. A study by Forrester Research Inc. has shown that by 2011, half of all music bought in the US will be music downloads; by 2012, music downloads will surpass CD sales.
Legal MP3 downloads are expected to grow at a rate of about 23% a year over the next five years. With the popularity of filesharing through programs like Limewire continuing to soar and legal music downloads becoming such a hot commodity, CDs sales are going to continue to suffer.
According to the report, this is the “end of the music industry as we know it. This study of music downloads is based on a survey of 5,000 people. It’s certainly not all doom and gloom though, it’s just evidence that the world is changing — and we’re all for change.
It seems that everybody is jumping on board with music downloads these days. The latest retail store to get involved is Target, the fifth largest retailer in the US. The store has launched a music-download service, following the footsteps of Wal-Mart.
Not to be outdone by its competitors taking advantage of the popularity of music downloads, Target has gone all out, offering… hold on… one album for download?
Yes, that’s right. Target’s breakthrough music-download store offers one John Legend LP, and it’s a live album at that.
You can buy the music download for $9.99, or else pick up the actual CD in stores for 5 bucks more. Well, they say all great things must start small.
Hopefully, Target will soon start adding to its library of music downloads. Let it be known that we aren’t huge John Legend fans.
It seems that you can buy music downloads from everywhere now. Starbucks, Wal-Mart, digital radio. Isn’t technology great?