File-Swapping Services
Napster - http://www.napster.com
Napigator - www.napigator.com - A guide to unofficial Napster servers being run across the world.
CuteMX - www.globalscape.com - A site that offers software for searching and downloading any type of file on a network
FileFury - www.filefury.com - FileFury allows its users to share files in an Explorer-like interface. Users can choose sharing properties for the directories on their computers; once shared, a directory can be searched from any other connected member.
Freenet - freenet.sourceforge.net - Peer-to-peer, decentralized network designed to allow the distribution of information in an efficient manner without censorship.
Gnutella - gnutella.wego.com - Open-source, fully distributed search and download system for media and archive files.
Hotline - cgi.bigredh.com - Hotline is simple software that enables live communication through any personal computer. People gather in the Hotline Network, chatting, sending messages, holding news discussions and transferring files.
IMesh.com - www.imesh.com - This file-sharing Web site and software offers advanced features such as simultaneous download, which means that if the same file is found at two different locations, the download will be performed from both locations at the same time, making sure you get the file faster.
- SOURCE: Dallas Morning News research, published 3/7/2001, pg 6A
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