Word: wirehog
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...preliminary version of Wirehog was released by invitation-only last week. Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06-’07, thefacebook.com founder and Wirehog co-creator, said an official public release of the program is scheduled for early November once bugs in the current version are rectified...
Unlike popular file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and Morpheus, which allow users to search and download among a worldwide network of computers, Wirehog only facilitates downloading between two acquaintances in a fashion more akin to the file-transfer feature on instant messaging programs...
...Wirehog could garner significant popularity—among college students and others—for its social function and personal approach...
...think Wirehog will probably spread in the same way that thefacebook did,” Zuckerberg said in a telephone interview from Palo Alto, Calif., where he is spending the semester with the program’s co-creators, Andrew K. McCollum ’06-’07 and Adam D’Angelo, a junior at CalTech...
...Wirehog takes off like thefacebook.com, which reached the half-million user mark yesterday after less than nine months online, it could attract the attention of anti-piracy groups which have lobbied—and waged legal battles—against programs which facilitate file-sharing...