bit torrent

BitTorrent (proper spelling) is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol original designed by Bram Cohen in April 2001. Those who share files using BitTorrent can choose one of many clients and seed the file which is distributed in small parts. Any user with a BitTorrent client can locate a torrent file and choose to download the file. As they finish downloading parts they in turn share those parts with others in a distributed fashion.

BitTorrent receives a great deal of negative press as it is commonly associated with the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted material. This has resulted in Internet Service Providers using traffic shaping to slow down BitTorrent traffic.

While there is a great deal of illicit BitTorrent use, BitTorrent is also a preferred method for legitimately distributing large files. Development communities like Fedora, studios like Paramount and Fox as well as publishers like Electronic Arts use the BitTorrent protocol.  The distributed nature of the protocol eases network load of the main seeder and opens the door to more robust file sharing/distribution.

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• Fuck You, Hulu

  
  this is the samaBlog — Authority: 117
  And the rest of the entertainment industry as well. So with our new TV setup in the house , we’ve taken to watching Hulu on the big screen. Overall, it’s pretty good. It’s been relatively fun to watch old shows from time to time, and we’ve even managed to catch some cable shows in there, like White ...
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• Saturday lists

  
  Interesting Pile — Authority: 440
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• Halite 0.3.2

  
  ajua Online — Authority: 123
  Halite is a lightweight BitTorrent client. It is free and open source.It has less features than most clients, but it consumes very little resources and can be controlled remotely via web. It is second to uTorrent, but is very good nonetheless.Related posts: uTorrent 1.8.4.16301 Deluge 1.1.9 Enable and Install ...
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• The Dominating Private Trackers - Part I - The Best of The Best

  
  FileShareFreak — Authority: 121
  Here at FSF we review countless new trackers, but it’s about time we took a look into the oldskoolers to pay homage to the dominating trackers. You know the sites we’re talking about: ScT, SCC & GFT - to name the top three - as well as TV, RTT, TL, TiT and other contenders such [...]
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• Office 2010 Beta Hits BitTorrent One Week Before Debut [BitTorrent]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 817
  Like the Office 2010 Technical Preview , the Office 2010 Beta build, dubbed a "Beta 2" in some circles, has been spotted in the BitTorrent wilds , among other places, one week ahead of its presumed official debut at Microsofts Professional Developers Conference. This time, though, its not all that hard to guess how ...
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• Is Net Neutrality A Trojan Horse For Bad Copyright Law?

  
  Boztopia.com — Authority: 103
  Tech bloggers, Internet rights advocates, copyfighters,and fair use supporters have been beating the drum for months now on the dangers of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a massive updating of global policy regarding piracy, copyright laws, and the like that could have dire consequences for the ...
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• More Thursday lists

  
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• TVTrigger Is Like iTunes for TV Torrenting

  
  NewTeeVee — Authority: 712
  Remember how iTunes popularized podcasts? The same could soon happen to TV torrenting, thanks to a new BitTorrent application called TVTrigger . Windows-only TVTrigger is like an iTunes for your torrent downloads. It sits on your desktop, giving you access to a programming guide with a few thousand TV shows, complete ...
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• More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out [BitTorrent]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 543
      Just about every BitTorrent trick you need to know that we haven’t shown you , Maximum PC covers in their BitTorrent guide , like remote management, rolling your own torrents, and even getting somebody else to do the dirty work for you. The other major bit they’re missing— where to get torrents where ...
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• More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out [BitTorrent]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 543
      Just about every BitTorrent trick you need to know that we haven’t shown you , Maximum PC covers in their BitTorrent guide , like remote management, rolling your own torrents, and even getting somebody else to do the dirty work for you. The other major bit they’re missing— where to get torrents where ...
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• More Tips for Torrenting Your Brains Out [BitTorrent]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 895
  Just about every BitTorrent trick you need to know that we havent shown you, Maximum PC covers in their BitTorrent guide, like remote management, rolling your own torrents, and even getting somebody...
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• Indie movie makers embrace piracy

  
  Third Pipe, the future of broadband — Authority: 127
  Imagine the reaction of a Sony pictures suit receiving news that one of the company’s new releases had rocketed to the top of the most shared bit torrent list. We’d hear plenty of complaining, demands for tougher laws and blaming the internet for losses. The reaction of some indie producers is exactly the ...
  4 days ago

• Magnetiser Downloads Torrents When No Torrent File Is Available [Downloads]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 817
  Firefox: If youve used a BitTorrent search engine that lists lots of torrents but doesnt actually host any torrent files (like Torrentz ), most of the time you still have to go to other third-party sites for the download. Not so with Magnetiser. When you search a torrent aggregation site like Torrentz, all you see ...
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• BitComet 1.16

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 152
  BitComet is a p2p file-sharing freeware fully compatible with Bittorrent, which is one of the most popular p2p protocol designed for high-speed distribution of 100MB or GB sized files. BitComet is a powerful, clean, fast, and easy-to-use bittorrent client. It supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, ...
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• Torrent Sites of the Month

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 433
  KICKASSTORRENTS Genre : General Language :English Registration : not required – the site kicks ass indeed! With more than 2,550,000 torrents indexed this fast-mounting torrent tracker seems set to become a reference on the BitTorrent scene. First off, the site has one of those clean, stylish looks ...
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• Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies via BitTorrent

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 433
  Zombieland - the most downloaded film this week TorrentFreak has published the data they collected with the top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent for the week ended November 8th. All the films included in this chart are DVDrips (unless mentioned otherwise). ‘Zombieland’ has made a comeback on the chart, ...
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• TaffyBox: Search Tool for Legal Torrents

  
  Orangeinks — Authority: 127
  Torrent is one of the best things that ever happened to file sharing. The only problem is that with all the issues surrounding torrent sites nowadays, most people think that torrent itself is illegal. Torrent is not illegal in itself. The technology is completely legal and a very effective way of sharing files. What ...
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• TopBytes, DigitalHive, LastTorrents & TopHos - Open for Signup

  
  FileShareFreak — Authority: 121
  4 trackers; 57,787 torrents. As luck would have it, all four of these great private trackers are open for signup at the same time. TopHos, normally closed to public signups isn’t just a tracker, it’s a community! TopBytes recently did some major housecleaning and re-opened registration today. DigitalHive is often ...
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• TaffyBox – ค้นหาง่ายๆ ดาวน์โหลดสบายๆ

  
  108BLOG — Authority: 115
  TaffyBox เครื่องมือสำหรับคอ BitTorrent ใช้สำหรับค้นหาและดาวน์โหลดไฟล์ BitTorrent ดาวน์โหลดได้ทันที ...
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• FrostWire “Arctic Shield” Released

  
  FrostWire — Authority: 92
  Download FrostWire “Arctic Shield” The newest FrostWire release “ Arctic Shield ” (version 4.18.4) has arrived. By the request of our users the latest version adds some serious connection and anti-spam improvements . FrostWire “Arctic Shield” is by far the most significant update of 2009 and ...
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