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Friday, September 01, 2006

Browser to Browser LARGE file swapping
P2P large file swapping just got a whole lot easier...this is gonna make RIAA's collective virtual head explode...

By Cade Metz

It's an old problem. For years, people have asked, "How can I quickly and easily swap large files across the Internet with people I know—friends, family, and colleagues?" The key word here is large. E-mail works just fine for the occasional small file, but it's not meant for bulky spreadsheets, big batches of photos, or digital video. AllPeers takes a stab at answering the question.

Yes, today's Web is crawling with photo- and video-sharing services. But all too often these are merely ways of posting images to the Web so that others can briefly look at them—as opposed to actually moving them from one PC to another. And what about files other than photos and videos? AllPeers, just released as a public beta, seeks to solve this problem by using peer-to-peer networking. The new service lets you send large files across the Net simply by dragging them onto your browser window. You can't send to someone unless they've installed AllPeers' app too, but once both of you have everything set up, you can zip files back and forth with ease.


Read all about it here, courtesy of PCMag.com:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2009842,00.asp

-Eric

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