Not a bad idea ! actually ! But spyware, doesnt work as coolly as it seems.
anyway i have no idea if this is a joke or whatever. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raju Mathur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: [ilugd]: April fool or real? > I hope this is a joke -- can someone confirm? Full story at: > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873181.html > > Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa > > By John Borland > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > April 1, 2002, 5:35 PM PT > > A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of > downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to > remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of > its own. > > Brilliant Digital Entertainment , a California-based digital > advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad > technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in > a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has > been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every > computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by > Brilliant Digital. > > The company plans to wake up the millions of computers that have > installed its software in as soon as four weeks. It plans to use the > machines--with their owners' permission--to host and distribute other > companies' content, such as advertising or music. Alternatively, it > might borrow people's unused processing power to help with other > companies' complicated computing tasks. > </excerpt> > > -- > Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > It is the mind that moves > > ================================================ > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header > Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > ================================================= > ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
