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Spotify - great music player

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Yesterday I got my hands on an early beta of the music player Spotify. Spotify aims to be an an ad-financed iTunes-like client connected to a large archive of songs that are streamed via encrypted P2P technology. The client and streaming technology is great and once/if the rights issues are solved Spotify is the program […]

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BitTorrent acquires uTorrent

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

BitTorrent, Inc to acquire Swedish uTorrent AB. “Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and µTorrent AB have decided to join forces. BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent as it recognized the merits of µTorrent’s exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together µTorrent’s efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent’s expertise in networking […]

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