Microsoft readies BitTorrent alternative

ITworld.com - Microsoft readies BitTorrent alternative: "Code-named Avalanche, the technology is similar to existing peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file swapping systems such as BitTorrent, in the sense that large files can be divided into many smaller pieces to ease their distribution. End users request the file parts from other users' hard drives and reassemble them to create the original file."