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Limewire Co-Creator Launches LittleShoot: The New Model for P2P?
Mashable! — LittleShoot is a new web-based p2p file sharing site founded by one of the creators of Limewire that could live up to its pedigree and then some. While being web-based naturally makes the service more attractive than downloadable file-sharing apps, LittleShoot has a few other killer features that could make it the new model for p2p. For one, LittleShoot is starting off by serving as a search index for services that already have billions of files, like YouTube, Flickr, and yes, Limewire. Thus, searching for just about anything will yield a ...

LittleShoot: P2P 2.0 for anyone, anywhere
p2pnet news — ... | P2P:- p2pnet hopes ultimately publish all of its content on LittleShoot, as well as through p2pnet.net, we said in June. That’s still the plan, and it’s a large step closer now developer Adam Fisk (right) has officially turned LittleShoot loose. What’s the Big Idea? LittleShoot was created to allow  anyone, anywhere, to distribute their content online, cheaply and efficiently. Here’s what Fisk says on the site »»» At LittleShoot, we believe the Internet is the ...

Best 2008 digital music startups
p2pnet news — ... LittleShoot (123) was a LimeWire spin-off - a web-based service that let people search for music on YouTube, Flickr and LimeWire itself. ...

LittleShoot is LimeWire for your browser, and then some
Download Squad — ... LittleShoot is a new peer to peer application from the makers of LimeWire. But unlike LimeWire and most other P2P file sharing applications, LittleShoot is browser-based. You can search for audio or video files, images, documents, or applications in your browser. And using the built in media player, you can even stream audio and video from the LittleShoot application without waiting for downloads to complete. You do need to install a 22MB browser plugin, and LittleShoot does eat a fair amount of RAM (over 100MB during my testing). But there are a few advantages to ...

Littleshoot Adds BitTorrent Capabilities to Any Browser
TorrentFreak — ... drop a few lines of Javascript in your blog, and your MP3 file will be available as a P2P download. Says Fisk: “If a site relies on P2P services, they’ll display an “install plugin” window, just like the user sees when they don’t have Flash on sites that require it.” Kinda makes you wonder how long it will take for a torrent site to integrate something like this for all of its files. The new version of Littleshoot is currently available on this beta page and will launch on the Littleshoot home page later today. ...

Littleshoot updates browser plugin, now supports torrents
Download Squad — ... Back in December 2008, Brad wrote about Littleshoot, a browser-based peer-to-peer application created by the developers of Limewire. A little over two months later, and the .90 beta release has seen several updates and the addition of one major feature: the ...

In-browser P2P LittleShoot now supports torrents
Webware.com — ... Where most P2P programs are standalone clients, LittleShoot is a browser plug-in like QuickTime or Shockwave that should work with all major browsers. It utilizes an AJAX-based interface at LittleShoot.org to search, publish, and download files. Once you've downloaded and installed the plug-in, it will take you to the LittleShoot.org search page unless you opt out. From there, entering any search term will return results with hits from YouTube, IsoHunt, Flickr, Yahoo, and LimeWire. A SafeSearch option attempts to restrict inappropriate content. ...

Future of P2P: What Comes After The Pirate Bay
NewTeeVee — ... P2P is becoming part of the media web. BitTorrent was a first step towards web-centric P2P, but its implementation to date has been rather clunky, depending on both a browser for search and a client for downloads. Attempts to bridge this gap have been getting more and more sophisticated in recent months, with plug-ins like Littleshoot bringing BitTorrent to the browser and web services like ...