StreamCast Networks has rolled out the long-awaited 2.0 version of
its Morpheus peer-to-peer software, offering a new engine and a new
interface that integrates the file-sharing capabilities with the
Web and an e-commerce platform.
The latest release comes more than two months after the company
introduced the Morpheus 1.9 incremental software upgrade, saying
that it needed extra time to fine-tune the 2.0 version.
Given the dramatic changes in the software, it is no surprise the
company took its time. The file-trading abilities, such as targeted
searching by file type and a Media Manager that automatically
organizes downloads into category folders, have been upgraded, and
Morpheus 2.0 has an integrated e-commerce platform with a wallet
feature powered by the iBill payment system.
The e-commerce platform features wares from Morpheus partner
companies and users can pay for them using the Morpheus Wallet,
which allows consumers to make payments on items purchased from
retail partners.
But despite Morpheus' new portal-like attributes, the company is
also trying to bolster its peer-to-peer features by adding a search
power meter that shows the strength of a user's connection to the
user network, and a file reliability meter that will indicate which
file will connect and download the fastest when a user performs a
search.
The latest version of Morpheus has been rebuilt from the ground up,
StreamCast said, but is still based on the Gnutella open-source
platform.
Morpheus 2.0 is available for download at
www.morpheus.com.
