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Glide Effortless to Compete in File Sharing Market

Dotnaught writes "InformationWeek is running a story about a new consumer application suite called Glide Effortless that's slated to be released in mid-November. Think of it as iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iCal, Mail, document sharing, shopping, and a few other apps all in one seamless application hosted as a service on the Web that could be accessed by any browser on any computer. It allows file sharing without the risk of illegal copying. It might prove a viable competitor to iTunes, if it works as advertised and if it can scale to handle millions of users."

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  1. OK, fine by Hey+Pope+Felcher+.+. · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact, Leka explains, the system is smart enough to identify copyrighted music that has been uploaded by users into the system.

    Err, how exactly?

    Does it listen out for generic beats, mixed with generic vocalizations of generic lyrics, flavoured out by massive over production?

    1. Re:OK, fine by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Err, how exactly?"

      Three words: Amazon Magic Turk.

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  2. Any browser? by ASUSanator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it work in lynx? :P

  3. Astroglide Effortless by MisterLawyer · · Score: 4, Funny
    They ought to throw in a few science and astronomy applications (or maybe just some porn), and rename it to " Astroglide Effortless".

    The subliminal association would undoubtedly boost sales.

  4. Re:Storing data on my own computer. by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    >I don't want others to know that my nephew James has testicular cancer, and may lose his genitals.

    Uncle Cy, I can't believe you just posted that.
    Dad's right, you are an asshole.
    Don't bothering visiting me in the hospital anymore.

    -James

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  5. Re:Storing data on my own computer. by Seumas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Content isn't created. It evolves over millions of years.