Word: wirehog
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...program, which is integrated with the popular social networking website, facilitates the transfer of files between digital “friends” who can share anything from documents and photos to music and movies. More than 1,200 students on both coasts had downloaded Wirehog by 7:45 p.m., co-creator Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06-’07 said last night...
Preliminary data indicated the release had gone smoothly, Zuckerberg said. But at Harvard, some students reported trouble selecting files to share, while others had difficulty adjusting to the Wirehog interface, which is substantially more complex than thefacebook.com...
Unlike popular programs such as Kazaa and Morpheus, which allow users to search and download among a worldwide network of computers, Wirehog only allows the exchange of files between two acquaintances in a fashion more akin to the file-transfer feature on many instant messaging programs...
Zuckerberg said he did not have information on the level of traffic between users operating Wirehog yesterday, but he said roughly two-thirds of users had made at least one file available to share with other computers...
Zuckerberg, who created Wirehog along with Andrew K. McCollum ’06-’07 and Adam D’Angelo, a junior at CalTech, said the program’s future release schedule was still tentative...