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Old 05-03-2009
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New Browser w/bit torrent built in

Well it's based on, and looks just like Firefox but has Bittorrent built in and claims to speed up downloads. I am trying it and so far it's pretty good.
It's called Wyzo.
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Old 05-03-2009
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Are you really sure you wish to use P2P?

Before you continue to use this program, I would recommend a careful read of...
Should I continue using Limewire?

or any number of other such discussions.

All P2P will pose a threat to you...
for reasons that Kimsland clearly sets forth in the above discussion.
(Including the quote from Kritius)

But then... you probably know all that... just others may not.
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Old 05-03-2009
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Thats snazzy, probably won't ever use it though, downloading the torrent along with the actual file may slow down downloads for small files :P. Probably not, but I don't think the speed increase would be worth it.
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Old 05-03-2009
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I haven't tried it. Does anyone know what client it reports as? Because I think a lot of people that are serious with torrents are members of private sites, and most private sites have an enforced list of clients you can use. I would be surprised if this works on a lot of private sites.
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Old 05-06-2009
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New Browser w/Bittorrent built in
Opera?
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Old 08-06-2009
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It seems quite odd that I (somebody who lacks interest for anything P2P) am aware of this,
http://www.torrentoolbar.com/ and the people interested don't? It isn't built into the browser, this one is just a toolbar you install on your browser...
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