[today in history] July 2: BitTorrent came out; The commercial system linspire was acquired; Sony deploys Playstation now

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It's today 2022 year 7 month 2 Japan , stay 2004 Years of today , Kingsoft launched Kingsoft Ciba search product , Officially enter the Internet . Lei Jun said ,“ Search will no longer be dominated by web search .” It is reported that , Jinshan originally had a website construction team of nearly 100 people , This time, we are determined to enter the search market , Has been put into 24 Servers , Equipped with 1G bandwidth . Review the history of the Internet ,7 month 2 What other key events have happened on this day ？

2001 year 7 month 2 Japan ：BitTorrent The first available version of is released

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BitTorrent It is used for peer-to-peer file sharing （P2P） Communication protocol of , It enables users to distribute data and electronic documents on the Internet in a decentralized manner . The programmer Bram Cohen On 2001 year 4 The agreement was designed in August , And in 2001 year 7 month 2 The first available version was released on the th .2017 year 5 month 15 Japan ,BitTorrent company （ Later renamed Rainberry） Released BitTorrent v2 Protocol specification .

To send or receive files , Users can use on computers connected to the network BitTorrent client . and BitTorrent The client is the implementation BitTorrent Protocol computer program .BitTorrent The client is suitable for various computing platforms and operating systems , Include BitTorrent The official client released by the company , And various popular third-party clients ： such as μTorrent、 thunderbolt 、 Transmission、qBittorrent 、Vuze、Deluge、BitComet and Tixati wait .BitTorrent The tracker provides a list of files that can be transferred , And allow the client to find peer users who may transfer files , be called “ seeds ”.

BitTorrent It is one of the most commonly used protocols for transferring large files , For example, digital video files containing TV programs and video clips , Or digital audio files containing songs . By 2013 year 2 month ,BitTorrent Of all global bandwidth 3.35% —— More than the total bandwidth of file sharing 6% Half of .[8] 2019 year ,BitTorrent Is the main file sharing protocol , And generated a large amount of Internet traffic , The downstream flow accounts for 2.46% , The upstream flow accounts for 27.58%. By 2013 year ,BitTorrent Always have 15–2700 Million concurrent users .[10] By 2012 year 1 month ,BitTorrent Yes 1.5 Billion active users . According to this number , It is estimated that the total number of users per month may exceed 10 A quarter of billion .

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2008 year 7 month 2 Japan ：Linspire By Xandros Acquisition

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Linspire Is based on Debian and Ubuntu Business operating system of , Its predecessor was Lindows, Current return PC/OpenSystems LLC all .2002 year , Microsoft sued Lindows company , Claim its software Lindows The name of constitutes a pair of Windows Trademark infringement . Microsoft's lawsuit was rejected by the court , The court claimed that Microsoft was Windows The term "window" was used to describe the graphical user interface before the product was released , And windows technology has been implemented by Xerox and Apple computers many years ago . Microsoft seeks a retrial , And in 2004 year 2 After the month was postponed , Propose to solve the case . As part of the license settlement , Microsoft paid about 2000 Thousands of dollars , and Lindows The company transferred Lindows Trademark to Microsoft , And changed its name to Linspire company .

Linspire from 2001 Since its establishment in, it has been established by Linspire Owned by the company , To 2008 Years later by Xandros In charge of 2017 year .2008 year 7 month 1 Japan ,Linspire Shareholders choose to change the name of the company to Digital Cornerstone, And all assets are Xandros Acquisition .2008 year 8 month 8 Japan ,Xandros CEO of Andreas Typaldos Declare a stop Linspire To support the Xandros;Freespire Will change its basic code from Ubuntu Change to Debian;Linspire Brands will no longer exist .2018 year 1 month 1 Japan ,PC/OpenSystems LLC Declare from Xandros bought Linspire and Freespire,Linspire 7 The selling price is 79.99 dollar , and Freespire 3 It's free. .

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2012 year 7 month 2 Japan ： Sony entertainment acquired Gaikai To establish PlayStation Now

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Gaikai Is an American company providing technology for high-end video game streaming . The name of the company Gaikai It means Japanese “ Open sea ”, Literally means “open sea”, That is, the vast outdoor space .Gaikai The company's technology has many applications , Including home streaming via local wired or wireless networks （ Such as PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita Remote playback between ）, And cloud based games that present video games on remote servers and stream them over the Internet （ for example PlayStation Now Game streaming services .[2]） Deliver to end users

Gaikai Founded on 2008 year ,2012 It was acquired by Sony interactive entertainment . As a startup , Before being acquired by Sony , The company announced that from 2010 Year to 2012 Many partners who used this technology in , Including game publishers 、 Portal site 、 Retailers and consumer electronics manufacturers .2012 year 7 month 2 Japan , Sony announced that it had reached a formal agreement , With 3.8 $100 million acquisition of the company , Plan to build your own new cloud based game service , And will Gaikai The constructed streaming media technology is integrated into PlayStation product , SONY PlayStation Now and Remote Play Was born .

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