pTunes: Networked mp3 sharing on steroids
January 31st 2003
Mscape Software is the company behind Iconographer and the brains behind the lot is Mihai Parparita.
However, Mr Parpita has recently gotten up to a bit more: He has created an Internet-based system, pTunes, that tracks and organizes mp3 files across a network. This "service" features an iTune-like interface and allows the playing and sharing of mp3s across AppleTalk, Windoze and SMB file shares.
pTunes is exclusive to Princeton University, where Parpita is apparently a student, but outsiders (namely you) can essentially test-drive the service and its functions though downloading and playing songs are currently not enabled for those located off the school's network.
Editor's note: I think pTunes is a stunning development and could (if unleashed on the world) reshape file sharing and the internet as a whole.