Number of simultaneous users (Gnutella Network): 44,266 on 7/03/01 at 12:37 p.m. Latest version: BearShare 2.2.5 LimeWire 1.4b Launch date: BearShare: December 2000 LimeWire: August 2000 Headquarters: BearShare: Florida LimeWire: New York Most popular software: BearShare LimeWire It also installs a software program called "Webhancer" that tracks individuals' Internet connections and reports them, without identifying information, to another company. Audiogalaxy has begun working with copyright holders to block songs, but the filters are in an early stage that allow misspellings, such as "Metalica" instead of "Metallica," to get through. The application has recently suffered under high levels of traffic, slowing or stalling some searches.
Audiogalaxy has an auto-resume function so that it automatically continues a download if there is an interruption. The Web page also allows searches of FTP sites. The "satellite" application, which lets someone search other people's hard drives, runs in the background after it has loaded. Number of simultaneous users: not availableĪudiogalaxy's application is easy to use with its simple text search. It also installs software that continues to run in the background after closing Aimster itself, but this can be shut down fairly easily. The service is one of the only ones to support Macintosh and Windows computers. The interface is fairly easy to use, although the sign-up process can be a little confusing. That's drawn a lawsuit from record labels, but Aimster is so far holding firm against filtering songs. It has retained its original mission of letting people trade files among the "buddies" in their instant messaging lists, but it's also added a Napster-like option that can search hundreds of thousands of computersĪt once. In several cases, comments are included from individuals who have spent considerable time using a given service and were able to bring out points that shed more light on a side-by-side test.Īimster is the bomb-thrower among today's crop of file swappers. Third-party estimates are noted when included. The number of users was taken from the company or from the software itself, when this information was available. Because the number of people on any given service fluctuates dramatically from hour to hour and day to day-which in turn changes the songs available for download-this guide should be viewed as only a typical snapshot and not the final word on what is available through the services. PDT and were performed at least twice over the period of a week. All the searches were done between 8 a.m.
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