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Napster on lots of PCs, claims stealth-research firm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16299.html

By: Tony Smith

Posted: 23/01/2001 at 15:45 GMT

Here's an interesting item that came our way today. PC Pitstop - a kind of cross between Symantec and the Gartner Group - reckons that Napster is now installed on 20 per cent of work PCs and 40 per cent of home machines.

How does PC Pitstop know this? Because in exchange for a free ActiveX- based computer tune-up and diagnostic service, the company grabs and stores full details about your hardware and software. To be fair, PC Pitstop does admit this on its Web site, in its Privacy Statement.

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