+ The new p2p file sharing app eXeem was released in beta form today. **update: for me it sucked. didn’t connect (not a firewall issue). has such a lame interface that there isn’t even a ‘connect’ button. and as i found out later it installs cydoor. which is quite shitty ad-serving spyware. i accept that they need advertising revenue, but through cydoor?? bad choice. there’s a spyware free version available, also in beta form, called eXeem Lite. will install and test that soon.

**update: they both suck. For now I’ll stick with Azureus as my BitTorrent client, but I’m in the process of finding an alternative. Azureus uses the programming language Java, which for some reason seems to use a lot of resources, slowing my machine by about half. I wonder if it is poorly writtten, or if Java is better used to write smaller applications??

eXeemâ„¢ is a brand new Peer-To-Peer program, which is based on the BitTorrent idea. eXeemâ„¢ eliminates the need for trackers as nodes in the program will be taking their role. eXeemâ„¢ also features easy publication of files to the network as well as a rating and comments system. eXeemâ„¢ contains NO SPYWARE. eXeemâ„¢ is free and is ad-supported. eXeemâ„¢ is currently still in its beta testing phase, which means that the network might not be completely stable yet. You are still very welcome to give eXeemâ„¢ a try and see how it is different from other Peer-To-Peer programs.

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