October 7, 2005
Software Uses File Sharing for Academic Purposes
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University at University Park have unveiled free software designed to turn the peer-to-peer technology often used by music pirates into a tool for professors to legitimately share large data sets, high-resolution images from their research, and other educational files.
The software, called LionShare, was released at a meeting of members of Internet2, the high-speed-network consortium. It will be made available to colleges by the end of September, says
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