According to PC World StreamCast Networks is preparing an upgrade to its Morpheus file-sharing software that will allow users to search further across the peer-to-peer network for songs and other files, making it easier to locate obscure or rare recordings:
 Like some other file sharing services, when Morpheus scours the Internet for a file it looks at a "cluster" of only about 15,000 PCs, even though as many as a million Morpheus users may be online at any given time. Griffin said. While that's often enough machines to find a popular song, for example, more obscure files sometimes don't show up. |
By mid-year the company will introduce an upgrade to its client that allows "cluster-hopping." If the Morpheus client doesn't find what it's looking for in the user's local cluster it will hop further afield to other clusters of PCs until it finds the file, Griffin said in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The update will likely include other tweaks intended to boost the performance of the software and make it easier to use, he said. It will also be made smaller and therefore easier to download, Griffin said.
The only problem now is the legal issues. The new features may be welcomed by users but the recording and motion picture industries will probably be less than enthusiastic. Read the complete article here.
Source: PC World
