A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own.. . .. A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, a California-based digital advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . A Texas-based firm has discreetly linked its application to countless installations of the widely-used LimeWire file-sharing tool.. Kazaa Downloads, P2P Network, Remote Activation, Brilliant Digital. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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