p2p news / p2pnet: Verisign says its buying so-called file-sharing firm Kontiki for $62 million.

"The technology acquired from the deal would power VeriSign’s new Broadband Content Services platform, which would aim to deliver rich media content to personal computers, television sets and portable devices," says BetaNews.

Kontiki crawls into users’ systems as a Sky "service" and uninstalling Sky by Broadband doesn’t do much good, posted PC Doctor Adrian Kingsley-Hughes recently,

It, "has to be removed manually after uninstalling Sky by Broadband (I’m not sure if this is a mistake or by design)" and, "Sky’s own website gives very little information External Link on how to uninstall Kontiki."

Kontiki, "immediately enters us into the broadband content market so we can help carriers and others compete in today’s digital world," VeriSign’s Vernon Irvin is quoted as saying.

"The purchase of Kontiki continues VeriSign’s recent Web services push. The company bought mobile application maker 3united Mobile Solutions in February, and Web log ping site Weblogs.com last October," adds the story.

Also See:
BetaNews – VeriSign Acquires P2P Firm Kontiki, March 13, 2006
uninstall Kontiki – Sky, Kontiki: ‘baaaad medicine’, February 27, 2006

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