Software of CES 2009

CES may owe its soul to gadgets, but let's not forget the software behind the electronics. Here's a glimpse of the software side of CES.

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January 9, 2009 11:16 AM PST

By: Jessica Dolcourt

Sure, P2P file sharing may sound social, but how much do you actually interact beyond a cursory 'please' and 'thank you'? A lot less than you might if LimeWire's vision pans out. LimeWire 5.0 beta will let you make your photos and such available to just pals on your contact list, or to any other LimeWire user. Right now it works for Jabber-compatible services like Gmail, but if it takes off, other chat clients could follow--good news if your multinetwork app doesn't do file transfers yet.

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