bittorrent

BitTorrent 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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• µTorrent Stable 1.8.5

  
  Virtual Download — Authority: 164
        µTorrent Stable 1.8.5 | 282,30 Kb   µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.   Click on ...
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• TaffyBox – ค้นหาง่ายๆ ดาวน์โหลดสบายๆ

  
  108BLOG — Authority: 118
  TaffyBox เครื่องมือสำหรับคอ BitTorrent ใช้สำหรับค้นหาและดาวน์โหลดไฟล์ BitTorrent ดาวน์โหลดได้ทันที ...
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• aria2: Cross Platform Command Line Tool To Download Files From HTTP, FTP and Bittorrent

  
  UbuntuHQ — Authority: 148
  aria2 is a command line utility for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX you can use for downloading files, which supports HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent, and Metalink. The cli tool can download a file from multiple sources/protocols and tries to utilize your maximum download bandwidth. Really speeds up your download experience. ...
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• Court Gets A Torrent-full About Linux

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 158
  BitTorrent is one of the most contentious technologies available. At least, that is, to the Old Order, those lovely suit-clad corporate types bent on holding technology forever in the days of the — manual — typewriter. The technology, and the suits dreams of a world free of it, are on trial in Australia, where ...
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• In Guantanamo Film Premieres on BitTorrent

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 461
  With support from the three largest BitTorrent sites and many other well known file-sharing partners, the VODO project offers a novel distribution platform for indie filmmakers. Today VODO presents its second release, the world premiere of In Guantanamo, a critical film about the U.S. detainment facility in Cuba.
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• Game Developer Promotes Game on Torrent Sites

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 461
  Last summer the gaming company RedLynx decided to market its new game Trials 2 on various BitTorrent sites. Instead of worrying that the game might end up being pirated, the company decided to upload the bike game themselves as a promotional tool. read more
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• Game Developer Promotes Game on Torrent Sites

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 455
  Last summer the gaming company RedLynx decided to market its new game Trials 2 on various BitTorrent sites. Instead of worrying that the game might end up being pirated, the company decided to upload the bike game themselves as a promotional tool. “Piracy is here, so how can we take advantage of that? The rest ...
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• It just won’t work…

  
  BANDIT — Authority: 129
  When the mainstream media talks about downloading, they call it two different things. Illegal downloading and (legal) downloading. When you and i talk about it, there is only one name. It covers all options, and we never ask which one it is. When i say that i’ve downloaded Inglorious Basterds , you may very well ...
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• How To: Download TV Torrents Automatically With uTorrent

  
  WillINeedIt.com — Authority: 106
  Downloading television episodes via the internet is something that continues to grow and grow. TV networks had found their audiences are preferring to record their favourite programmes on their DVR’s and watch them back at more suitable times, this has seen some of the more internet savvy users take to harnessing ...
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• Vizz.tv Exposed - A Review of the $24 TV Tracker

  
  FileShareFreak — Authority: 121
  Here’s one tracker you won’t be finding invitations floating around for, and that’s Vizz.tv. As many already know, this new TV tracker only offers membership through a $24 yearly fee. As luck would have it, we were fortunate enough to find a subscriber who granted us unconditional access. Presenting the Net’s ...
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• Court Gets A Torrent-full About Linux

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 461
  BitTorrent is one of the most contentious technologies available. At least, that is, to the Old Order, those lovely suit-clad corporate types bent on holding technology forever in the days of the — manual — typewriter. The technology, and the suits dreams of a world free of it, are on trial in Australia, where ...
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• Ignorance or Duplicity: P2P Labeled “the bane of Hollywood” on TV Program

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 433
  In my personal top most annoying things lately, I would have to include people who talk about p2p, BitTorrent and illegal file sharing without having a single clue about any of these. What annoys me, in fact, is this ‘talking being done on TV shows by biased, opinion-forming TV hosts who don’t even do their ...
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• 4 Sites to Download and Watch Asian Movies Free (Torrents + Streaming)

  
  FILEnetworks Blog — Authority: 132
  If you look in any of the major general BitTorrent trackers, chances are that you won’t find a lot of Asian movies indexed. However, there are quite a few torrent trackers and online video streaming sites that *specialize* in such content. Between these sites you’ll pretty much find almost all popular Chinese, ...
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• Millions of File-Sharers Hide Their Identities Online

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 715
  As pressure from anti-piracy outfits on governments to implement strict anti-piracy laws increases, millions of file-sharers have decided to protect their privacy by going anonymous. In Sweden alone an estimated 500,000 Internet subscribers are hiding their identities. Many more say they will follow suit if the ...
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• µTorrent 2.0 Build 17127

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 152
  µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. download µTorrent 2.0 Build 17127 Similar Posts: µTorrent 2.0 ...
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• Global Geek News Podcast #43

  
  Global Geek News — Authority: 103
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• Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies via BitTorrent

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 433
  ‘Paranormal Activity’ - the most pirated film on BitTorrent second week in a row TorrentFreak has published the data they collected with the top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent for the week ended November 1st. All the films included in this chart are DVDrips (unless mentioned otherwise). Last week’s ...
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• Crenk Twitter Lists: Crenk Team, Top Technology News Sources, Tech Talk and Bittorrent News

  
  Crenk — Authority: 529
  Well all know about the new lists feature that Twitter has released. Here at Crenk we thought we would add a few Twitter lists of our own and categories them so everyone can keep up to date with what is happening in the following areas: Crenk Team – http://twitter.com/crenk/team Top Technology News Sources – ...
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• How To Spoof BitTorrent Upload

  
  The Positive Side — Authority: 122
  All private torrent trackers require account registration which mostly needs an hard-to-get invitation to join the system, even if you are lucky enough to get an membership you are required to maintain a minimum upload-to-download ratio also known as share ratio which is usually 1:1 meaning that if you download a 100 ...
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• How to convert torrent to DVD and burn torrent movies to DVD

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 577
  For most of us, downloading torrent files to enjoy free torrent movies, videos or torrent music using a Bittorrent client like utorrent, BitComet, KTorrent, rTorrent, or Vuze is just a piece of cake.However, there are still many people who have no idea about how to free download torrent files or torrent movies. ...
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