Posted March 17, 2011, 2:02 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The WebWith Video
The Tunnel, a long-awaited horror movie, is coming to a BitTorrent tracker near you. Set in the abandoned tunnels under Sydney, Australia, the movie will get its world premiere online for free via BitTorrent on May 19, 2011.
Posted March 3, 2011, 2:04 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
The very first build of the new BitTorrent client, codenamed Project Chrysalis, has been released. You can download the first preview version, an alpha test build, directly from here: BitTorrent Chrysalis 8.0 Alpha.
Posted February 11, 2011, 4:17 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
BitTorrent has released a new video catalogue app developed in partnership with the Khan Academy, a not-for-profit educational organization created with the stated mission "of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere." The app offer over 2,000 educational videos…
Posted January 20, 2011, 12:22 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The WebWith Video
BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen is now focused on developing a new P2P live streaming protocol that would be superior to all other streaming solutions currently on the market. Cohen demonstrated the unfinished technology this week, but he has yet to…
Posted January 12, 2011, 2:50 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software, Hardware
BitTorrent has teamed up with the Information and Communications Research Laboratories at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to deploy new standards for consumer electronics. Manufacturers and developers will be able to apply a "BitTorrent Certified" label and logo to…
Posted January 4, 2011, 10:59 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
BitTorrent has announced that the BitTorrent Mainline client and µTorrent have now crossed the 100 million monthly user milestone. On an average day, 20 million users from over 220 countries use either of the two BitTorrent clients, available in 52…
Posted December 20, 2010, 12:31 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software, IT Security
BitDefender has partnered with BitTorrent and µTorrent to safeguard users from malware when downloading media files from the Internet. The new Virus Guard application, powered by BitDefender's security technology, scans all torrent files to ensure they are malware-free.
Posted December 9, 2010, 1:49 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
While BitTorrent is the most popular P2P protocol, it still relies on several centralized points for users to find the files they are looking. There have been several attempts at making BitTorrent more decentralized, and the latest Tribler 5.3 client…
Posted October 3, 2010, 2:36 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
Apple approves BitTorrent app for App Store Apple is known for the stringent guidelines it applies when deciding which software to allow into their App Store – BitTorrent is one of the things on their ban list. However, one developer…
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