BitTorrent (18 articles)

uTorrent gets video streaming functionality

Popular BitTorrent client uTorrent has added a new bit of functionality that'll likely make filesharers very happy indeed. You can begin streaming video before it's finished downloading.

Plenty of people use BitTorrent to watch television shows from the USA that...

Demonoid returns to the web

Back in September, after suffering massive hardware issues, Bittorrent tracker Demonoid went down. But now, the site suddenly appears to be back online, accepting logins from registered users.

An announcement on the front page reads: "Hello! We are currently testing...

Bittorrent protocol gets anti-throttling update

A new version of the Bittorrent protocol is about to launch. Bittorrent is a distribution technique for online content that's used heavily by both legitimate software publishers (like Activision Blizzard) and illicit file sharing sites (like the Pirate Bay).

The...

FlashForward proves a hit on BitTorrent

FlashForward, a television show just launched in the US from the creators of Lost and based on the book by Robert J Sawyer, has proved a surprise hit on filesharing websites.

At the time of writing, Mininova and the Pirate Bay are both displaying nearly 10,000...

Piracy kiosk set up in Weimar, Germany

Since the imminent closure of the Pirate Bay in its current form was announced, many have attempted to scrape the site of its contents to rebuild it elsewhere on the Web. However, one group of German fans of the filesharing site took it one step further.

It's...

Apple rejects uTorrent monitor app

Apple has rejected an application that would allow users to control their Bittorrent downloads on their home computer from their iPhone. The reason? Because Bittorrent is "often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights".

Developer Claudio was told...

Radiohead embraces torrents for music distribution

Late last week, a new Radiohead song leaked onto the web called "These Are My Twisted Words". Today, the band officially announced the song on their "Dead Air Space" blog, which came with not only a link to the band's official web store W.A.S.T.E., but also a link to download...

Illegal file-sharing drops dramatically

A survey of 1000 teenagers, undertaken in January this year, has shown that only 26% admit file-sharing at least once a month, compared to 42% in December 2007. Meanwhile, 65% of teens stream music regularly, with 31% of 14-18-year-olds listening to streaming tracks every...

OpenBitTorrent launches, aims at Pirate Bay refugees

Since the Pirate Bay announced that it was selling out, many in the Bittorrent community have predicted the death of the filesharing community.

Many others however, confidently predicted that the masses would just move to another tracker, as they did when Napster,...

Bittorrent users vow to go underground

Filesharing news site Torrentfreak has announced the results of a poll that suggests that 41% of P2P users would "take steps to hide their identity" if they received a warning letter from an ISP.

38% said they'd ignore the warning, but carry on with more caution,...

BitBlinder promises free, anonymous Bittorrent

Until now, it was difficult to completely anonymise your browsing and filesharing habits. VPN services were available for a small fee each month, but most people rely on the sheer volume of filesharing traffic to keep themselves relatively anonymous in the swarm.

Pirate Bay sued

The Motion Picture Association has filed a copyright infringement case against the people behind Pirate Bay for SEK93 million (£7.9 million).

According to reports online, the claim focuses on "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "The Pink Panther", "Syriana",...

BitTorrent's legitimate download site to launch today

BitTorrent is scheduled to become legit today as it launches its new pay-per-movie download site.

The BitTorrent Entertainment Network has not yet gone live, as there is a holding page up right now.

It will offer films and TV shows from Fox, Warner...

BitTorrent signs content deals with Paramount and Fox

BitTorrent is going fully legit having signed deals with Paramount and Fox to distribute videos for them this spring.

Set for launch in February, BitTorrent's new video store will offer content for a fee from Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, and Fox, as well as...

BitTorrent software to be embedded in routers and servers

P2P file sharing client BitTorrent has announced that its technology is to be embedded into nine new consumer routers to make file sharing easier.

Asus, Planex, and QNAP are the first three manufacturers to announce their plans to embed the download manager...

Warner Bros to offer movie downloads via BitTorrent

It used to be the enemy of Hollywood, now BitTorrent is to become its saviour but today, BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer technology that allows the quick distribution of large files has turned good.

Warner Bros has today announced an agreement with BitTorrent to...

Hollywood signs deal with BitTorrent creator

Hollywood has signed a deal with the creator of the file-sharing software BitTorrent in what it hopes will cut down the spread of illegal movie file sharing on the internet.

The deal, which was signed with the Motion Picture Association of America means that bittorrent.com...

BitTorrent user convicted spelling end to carefree file sharing

It might have become the norm to illegally download television shows and the latest blockbuster movies on the Internet the day they are released, but all that is about to change with the news that a Hong Kong man has been convicted for illegally distributing movies over...