Jaan Tallinn is an Estonian programmer widely celebrated for writing the peer-to-peer engines of KaZaa and Skype. In addition to his activities at Skype, he is partner and co-founder of a development company called Bluemoon. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as KaZaA, but now usually left as Kazaa) is a controversial peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. ... It has been suggested that Skype security be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Skype security be merged into this article or section. ...
Jaan is considered one of the world's foremost experts on P2P technologies and is often credited for helping to establish Estonia's global reputation for world class software and engineering talent. As a result of KaZaa and Skype, Jaan currently holds the world's record for the largest number software downloads at almost 500 million. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1996 (BSc in Theoretical Physics). His thesis involved travelling interstellar distances using warps in space-time. A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ...
Jaan Kirsipuu, born on 17 July 1969 in Tartu, is the first Estonian to ever win a stage of the Tour de France.
It was natural for Jaan to follow in the footsteps of his father Rein, a top cyclist and trainer, and his brother Toomas, a 7-time Estonian Champion and one of the first ex-USSR riders allowed to become a pro.
Jaan Kirsipuu of Estonia waves on the podium wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey he took after finishing second in the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Challans and Saint-Nazaire, western France, Monday, July 5, 1999.
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