Software Update: BearShare 4.7.0

BearShare is a p2p exchange program that uses the Gnutella network. This network is used by many programs to exchange files, which means that the offer is very diverse. After a long series of betas, version 4.7.0 has finally been released with the following new features:

Firewall-to-Firewall Transfers and Browse Host
Bearshare now has the ability to punch clean through firewalls! Reach more hosts that were previously unreachable.

Multicast Query and Faster download from LAN
Users on corporate or university networks will experience greased lightning downloads from other users on the same network.

Giant Stream
Faster downloading of multiple files from a firewalled server.

Send Out of Band Query hits
Bandwidth savings for Ultra-Peers

Peer-to-Peer Chat
Now you can chat one-on-one with a host![break]Note that the standard version has adware on board, such as SaveNow and WhenU, among others. Fortunately, there is also a 4.7.0 version available without commercials in the form of BearShare Probut it is only available as shareware.