Speeding up P2P

If you think that Bittorrent's method of grabbing files from multiple sources is ingenious, the folks at Wired reported that researchers have released code for a file transfer system that can speed up downloads by up to 500%!

The gist: By identifying relevant chunks of files similar - - not just identical - - to a desired file, SET increases the number of potential sources for downloads, which in turn will generally translates into faster P2P downloads.

For more info, read the linked article. This certainly is not gonna help stop the tide of P2P file sharing.

Update: More details on how this SET filesharing system works can be found on Ars Technica.