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News Vista includes unique peer-to-peer software

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  1. WilHarris

    WilHarris Just another nobody Moderator

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  2. Lazlow

    Lazlow I have a dremel.

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    Sounds like a cross between Netmeeting and Windows Messenger. Could prove to be a very useful feature of Vista, though I wonder if the RIAA will have anything to say about it?
     
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  3. CountStiltzkin

    CountStiltzkin What's a Dremel?

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    Will vista make me a cup of tea as well?
     
    CountStiltzkin, 31 May 2006
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  4. ContingenctPlan

    ContingenctPlan What's a Dremel?

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    A beautiful woman in said coffee bar offers me file - MeInShower.exe - do I accept?
     
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  5. DaSuperFly

    DaSuperFly What's a Dremel?

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    All the best videos end in .exe right?
     
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  6. fingers

    fingers What's a Dremel?

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    May be it is interactive!? :D
     
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  7. Wolfe

    Wolfe What's a Dremel?

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    Just think of the LANparty possibilities...

    (not that we don't already do that...)
     
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  8. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    RIAA will sue M$ for this :p
    it would be great to see this happen :D
     
    DXR_13KE, 31 May 2006
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  9. eddtox

    eddtox Homo Interneticus

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    RIAA vs M$

    Is the enemy of my enemy my friend?... YEP! GO MS! However, on a more serious note i think they will probably implement some sort of technology to stop you from sharing copyrighted material.

    - ed out
     
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  10. ajack

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    I saw a demo of this at CTS this year (at least I assume it was this), and it actually doesn't look too bad. You can start a meeting or whatever, invite people and put whack up files to share. I assume it's 90% meant for people in offices, in which case it actually looks relatively useful.
     
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  11. phonon45

    phonon45 What's a Dremel?

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    I predict that it will be enabled by default in the first releases, exploited by hackers, and then disabled and forgotten about. Didn't a similar thing happen with the remote desktop connection and Windows XP?
     
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  12. yahooadam

    yahooadam <span style="color:#f00;font-weight:bold">Ultra cs

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    remote desktop connection is still very much alive for XP

    very useful for server admins and such
     
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  13. phonon45

    phonon45 What's a Dremel?

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    I agree completely that remote desktop is useful and so is windows messanger. But neither of those is enabled by default any longer due to worms in the first case and spam messages in the second.
     
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  14. Kipman725

    Kipman725 When did I get a custom title!?!

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    erm the point of this over network shares?

    *cough* bloat ware *cough*
     
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  15. MidnghtDrgn

    MidnghtDrgn What's a Dremel?

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    Isn't this fairly old news, that was announced when MS bought FolderShare? P2P sharing, syncing of files, etc.
     
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  16. <A88>

    <A88> Trust the Computer

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    Microsoft seem to have pushed the file-sharing boat out a fair bit- firstly buying out Foldershare and integrating it (rather well) into Live Messenger, then adding the Music Mix so we can legally share our music over IM, and now this :).

    <A88>
     
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  17. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    Ed's got a point - aren't the MPAA/RIAA trying to shut down filesharing? ;)

    And one of the biggest companies in the world is integrating it into their next OS? :eyebrow:

    Oooh... smell the lawsuits comin'... :hehe:
     
    Paradigm Shifter, 4 Jun 2006
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