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Researchers: Your IP is logged within 3 hours of downloading a torrent

Researchers: Your IP is logged within 3 hours of downloading a torrent
  • Posted September 4, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News Breaking News
  • A computer security researcher and his team have discovered what they describe as massive monitoring of BitTorrent download websites by copyright enforcement organizations, security companies and government research labs. Tom Chothia from the University of Birmingham, UK, further noted that…

BitTorrent says upcoming uTorrent update will feature ads

BitTorrent says upcoming uTorrent update will feature ads
  • Posted August 13, 2012, 10:08 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Industry News
  • Popular torrent client uTorrent has gone through significant changes since it was acquired by BitTorrent in 2006. Launched in September 2005 as a minimalist, resource-friendly and free application for downloading torrents, is has evolved over the years to do far…

BitTorrent Torque web app turn browser into a file-sharing hub

BitTorrent Torque web app turn browser into a file-sharing hub
  • Posted July 9, 2012, 2:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • The company behind the popular torrent downloading software uTorrent has announced a new project called BitTorrent Torque, an alpha release set of tools that can be run from HTML5-compliant web browsers like Google Chrome, turning them into a fully-fledged file-sharing hub. …

Avast most widely used antivirus, uTorrent most popular P2P utility

Avast most widely used antivirus, uTorrent most popular P2P utility
  • Posted March 19, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Software
  • According to Opswat, a software development company based in San Francisco, Avast continues to be the world's preferred antivirus. Avast was found on more than 16 percent of computers worldwide. For the past few years, Avast has topped the survey (pdf),…

BitTorrent announces 150 million monthly users

BitTorrent announces 150 million monthly users
  • Posted January 10, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Industry News
  • BitTorrent announced a 50 percent increase in the number of individuals using its mainline client and uTorrent. This ongoing surge led to a new milestone for the company as well, hitting 150 million active users per month. That figure is…

uTorrent Plus launches for $24.95/yr with integrated antivirus, more

uTorrent Plus launches for $24.95/yr with integrated antivirus, more
  • Posted December 9, 2011, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, The Web
  • BitTorrent has released a major update for its wildly popular filesharing client this week, marking the debut of its first paid version. Called uTorrent Plus, the software is being sold for $24.95 a year and infuses the (once?) lean, mean, downloading machine with...

BitTorrent updates Mac clients, iPad gets remote makeover

BitTorrent updates Mac clients, iPad gets remote makeover
  • Posted October 20, 2011, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, The Web
  • BitTorrent has announced new stable version of its µTorrent and BitTorrent Mainline clients for the Mac, bringing their feature set closer to their Windows counterparts with support for RSS feeds and Smart Feed subscriptions, scheduling, and more. One of the major new…

BitTorrent to launch paid version of uTorrent

BitTorrent to launch paid version of uTorrent
  • Posted July 15, 2011, 8:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Software
  • BitTorrent today announced that it will launch a premium client called µTorrent Plus this fall. The new client will be aimed at those who are looking for extra convenience and powerful new features.

BitTorrent releases stable version of uTorrent 3.0, offers uChat app

BitTorrent releases stable version of uTorrent 3.0, offers uChat app
  • Posted June 24, 2011, 8:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
  • BitTorrent has released version 3.0 of its minimal client. After eight betas (the first one was released in April 2011), and thanks to 4 million users helping test them, µTorrent 3.0 is now available. You can download it directly for Windows.

Download of the Week: uTorrent 3.0 beta

Download of the Week: uTorrent 3.0 beta
  • Posted April 20, 2011, 10:49 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Download of the Week, Software
  • The beta of uTorrent 3.0 was officially released today. This update to the popular BitTorrent client introduces a wide range of new features and improvements that have been tested in the last few months, including the option to rate and…

uTorrent beta 1.5 for Mac released

uTorrent beta 1.5 for Mac released
  • Posted March 3, 2011, 1:30 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
  • The BitTorrent team has released µTorrent beta 1.5. You can download build 24963 directly from here: µTorrent for Mac. The new version adds many of the features already available on the Windows version:

BitTorrent and uTorrent hit 100 million monthly users

  • 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…

BitDefender offers security solution for BitTorrent and uTorrent

  • 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.

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