Torrent

A torrent is the necessary file created when sharing data using the BitTorrent protocol.  More and more organizations are using torrents to share files.  When using one of the many BitTorrent clients you can opt to create a torrent from a file on your hard drive.

The .torrent file contains a great deal of information including the file names, sizes and the date created. Every .torrent file also contains an info hash which is unique to its file and differentiates the torrent from other similar ones.

In order for the .torrent file to function it also contains a tracker, which is a server that tracks live torrent files and statistics. When you locate and launch a torrent file in your client it locates all the other computers which have parts of the file and allows your client to download the file by choosing parts from all the other people sharing the data.

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• AFACT v iiNet: Barrister Tears Into iiNet Key Witnesses

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 461
  The trial continues in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (links to our earlier coverage can be found here ) The case continued in the Federal Court, with AFACT making its closing submissions and tearing into iiNet witnesses CEO Michael Malone ...
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• Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies via BitTorrent

  
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• MTV Roadies 7 : Adatrika: Gallery

  
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• TaffyBox: Search Tool for Legal Torrents

  
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• 9 2009 720p BRRip XviD AC3-Rx

  
  Worldalley.com - iPhone ipa, iPhone Games, iPhone applications — Authority: 161
  Release Group: Rx Release Name: 9.2009.720p.BRRip.XviD.AC3-Rx Release Date: 10/11/2009 Filename: rx-9(720).rXX Source: Bluray Size: 2.03 GB Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi Video: XviD, 3,620 Kbps / 1280×720 / 23.976 fps Audio: English / AC3, 6ch Subtitles: None Runtime: 1h 19m IMDB Rating: ...
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• 9 2009 BRRip XviD AC3-WHiiZz

  
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• TopBytes, DigitalHive, LastTorrents & TopHos - Open for Signup

  
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• Request a torrent.

  
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  15 hours ago

• PC Game Developer Pirates Own Game As Promotion

  
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  A bunch of folks sent in stories about the decision by smaller, indie PC game developer RedLynx to put its own "pirated" game on BitTorrent the same day as it released the game. The one difference is that it removed one feature (a leaderboard, which the company describes as "the soul" of the game) from the "pirated" ...
  16 hours ago

• TopBytes Signups Open – Scene 0Day Tracker

  
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  17 hours ago

• New Updates To Liberty Torrent

  
  Truth In Our Time — Authority: 135
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• Download Torrentless Torrents From Torrentz with Firefox

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 715
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  20 hours ago

• TaffyBox – ค้นหาง่ายๆ ดาวน์โหลดสบายๆ

  
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• RIM unveils tighter Adobe partnership, new app payment platform, OpenGL ES support, more

  
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• Pandorum R5 XViD-DELETHiS

  
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• Game Released For Free on Torrent Sites by Its Developer

  
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  While complaints against piracy from the music and movie industries are pouring in daily, and book publishers as well as game producers are catching up with lawsuits and anti-piracy strategies too, others have adopted an entirely different approach. RedLynx, developer of Trials HD, a game you can quickly become ...
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