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06-20-2005

Spike

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MS BitTorrent Alternative In The Making

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...but will Microsofts solution to the 'rarest bit' be enough to compensate for the inclusion of DRM?

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Microsoft says that Avalanche improves on BitTorrent's method of 'swarming' otherwise known as parallel downloads. In a system where files are shared among multiple machines, if there is only a single source for the file, downloads are restricted to the bandwidth of the single server.

To combat this problem, ... (Full explanation...)

Last edited by Spike; 06-20-2005 at 09:54 AM..

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