• BITORRENT a method of distributing large amounts of data widely without the original distributor incurring the entire costs of hardware, hosting and bandwidth resources. Instead, when data is distributed using the BitTorrent protocol, recipients each supply data to newer recipients, reducing the cost and burden on any given individual source, providing redundancy against system problems, and reducing dependence upon the original distributor.

• CHANNELS and NETWORK WEAVERS encouraging activity within and amongst online groups

• FILE SHARING search for information anonymously, and it allows you to search for information in a setting that differs from traditional search engines because unlike search engines like that, the information is not controlled or fed to you. Nothing is pushed at you; you control what you look for

• FREE VOIP [voice-over-internet protocol] [Article] [Dartmouth] Free unlimited worldwide phone calls to other users. Superior sound quality - better than your regular phone, Works with all firewall, NAT and routers – nothing to configure! Your calls are encrypted “end-to-end” for superior privacy

• OPEN INSTANT MESSAGING or XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol. instant messages are similar to email because they consist of text that you type back and forth (Friend-2-Friend). However, unlike email, responces are in seconds. A shinning example in open source is PSI - an awesome client for the Jabber network.

• PEER-TO-PEER connecting nodes via largely ad hoc connections. Sharing content files containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format is very common, and realtime data, such as telephony traffic, is also passed using P2P technology

• SMARTMOB emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation.