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Lately, the uTorrent development team has been very busy, launching new builds even as frequent as two days in a row. The newest release for uTorrent 3.1.2 is 26740 and it comes with a slew of fixes that improve overall functionality of the application.
The team attempted in this release to repair the problem with t... |
13 February 2012
04:13 GMT |
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This time around BitTorrent kept the release candidate period quite short, as they launched the stable version for uTorrent 3.1.2 over the weekend. uTorrent moved only through three RCs before hitting the stable mark.
The only trouble taken care of for this release to hit the web was an issue with adding torrents, n... |
6 February 2012
09:35 GMT |
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The development for uTorrent 3.1.2 has entered release candidate stage recently, with two RCs being rushed out in the past two days.
The first release candidate, made available on January 30, took care of some issues regarding various asserts, such as adding torrents with labels or ratings and fixed a DHT issue wher... |
1 February 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Vuze is a BitTorrent client that can be used to download torrent files. It uses the Azureus engine and it's one of the most used applications of its type on the Linux platform.We reviewed other BitTorrent clients, like Transmission, and when you get to the basic level, all the applications are basically identica... |
21 January 2012
08:55 GMT |
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After CD Projekt took action against those who have pirated their role playing game The Witcher 2 a number of critics said that the actions of the developer were excessive and that they should have done a better job at screening those who were targeted.In a statement to Eurogamer CD Projekt offered some explanation f... |
16 December 2011
04:41 GMT |
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Just three days after BitTorrent launched the stable version of their free uTorrent (after 10 release candidates), BitComet shows a stable version of their own torrent client.
BitComet 1.31 sports several bug fixes as well as user interface improvements. As far as the latter are concerned, you can save the heights o... |
12 December 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Unlike Opera, BitTorrent need a bit more than two release candidates to release a stable version for their torrent client, µTorrent. They reached the 7th RC version, which features only fixes.
The development team mended a bug that caused VLC to crash upon the second use, erroneous hash failures (multihash in ... |
6 December 2011
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We’re not accustomed to pay for our torrent downloader, but BitTorrent proposes an enhanced client, filled with extra features incenting to shell out the money. As the regular µTorrent nears a stable version, the company offers the chance to get the Plus edition at the exclusive price of 25 bucks, which ... |
29 November 2011
08:17 GMT |
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Although not advertised as RC2 on the download page yet, a new µTorrent build (26508) has emerged. The new release features both fixes and some changes regarding the display of torrent state and the application column.Repairs address the flickering progress bars for checking torrents and a shutdown hang caused ... |
28 November 2011
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The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC) filed a new lawsuit against The Pirate Bay’s administrators, demanding two more ISP blockades in Finland and compensation fees.
According to TorrentFreak, the Helsinki District Court w... |
28 November 2011
10:36 GMT |
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The new BitComet features a cleaned up and improved code and it is also smaller in size. Users should notice a VIP download button in the task list toolbar as well as a new command in the View menu, Ctrl+F, for finding tasks.
Some other modifications you can easily see include the possibility to switch the file list... |
11 November 2011
07:52 GMT |
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BitTorrent developers are experiencing a huge increase in the number of Mac users, which is why they’re “stepping things up” with the release of a new stable µTorrent and BitTorrent Mainline for Mac, as well as a new Web interface for the iPad coded in HTML5.The people at BitTorrent are finall... |
20 October 2011
15:41 GMT |
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BitTorrent, the well known file sharing cross-platform protocol, has gotten a new update on the Mac. The BitTorrent Mac client has reached version 7.0.2 Build 23548 which, according to our tests, is now fully compatible with OS X Lion.BitTorrent version 7 is a native cocoa client for Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) and up. It... |
11 August 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Christmas has come early for video game pirates, as an early build of Gears of War 3 has been leaked onto bittorrent sites over the weekend, for the Xbox 360 platform, months before its scheduled release this September.
Gears of War 3 is set to end the trilogy of third-person shooters made by Epic Games that appea... |
4 July 2011
04:40 GMT |
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The last torrent published by LulzSec before it disbanded this weekend has been removed from ThePirateBay because it contained a piece of malware.Under the name "50 Days of Lulz," the release contained information stolen by the hacker group from AT&T, AOL, FBI affiliates, gaming forums, NATO's e-Bookshop site an... |
27 June 2011
12:37 GMT |
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been leaked onto torrent websites, as an early beta build of the game appeared on various illegal download sites on the web.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is set to revive the long dormant franchise, and Square Enix, its publisher, is pulling out all the stops in order to make sure that t... |
1 June 2011
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The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group which aims to advance the interest of video-game developer and publishers, has said that the five most important countries when it comes to online game piracy are Italy, Spain, China, Brazil and France.
The ESA says that peer-to-peer sharing, like that done thr... |
17 February 2011
02:59 GMT |
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BitTorrent, the company behind the uTorrent and the BitTorrent Mainline client, has announced that its two products now have over 100 million monthly active users. The company also shared other impressive numbers showing that the protocol is as popular as ever."This is an exciting day for our team. Our vision is to b... |
4 January 2011
04:05 GMT |
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Piracy conducted via torrents for video games, including the PC, mobile devices and home consoles, is significantly smaller than piracy for other entertainment mediums, like music and video, and for software, as shown in a new set of data offered by the blog TorrentFreak.
The data from TorrentFreak shows that, whe... |
3 January 2011
17:51 GMT |
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A lot of scams promising full downloads of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1" have popped up online, following news that part of the upcoming movie was leaked."Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" is the first part of the final installment of the Harry Potter film series and is one of the most an... |
17 November 2010
06:29 GMT |
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Last week, developer Derek Kepner admitted that he was likely “on dangerous ground” having a BitTorrent-based application in the iTunes App Store. Today, he can confirm it, as Apple recently called the developer to inform him that his IS Drive application was getting yanked.“Just got a call from App... |
6 October 2010
09:54 GMT |
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A BitTorrent-based application called “IS Drive” was approved by Apple this week. Available for $4.99, the app allows you to check and manage the downloads in your ImageShack Drive account. For downloaded videos, users can even view thumbnails (if ImageShack is able to provide them).Basically, IS Drive al... |
3 October 2010
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Members of the Anonymous group, who have recently attacked the ACS:Law website, have now published a database containing the company's emails on the Internet.Anonymous is currently leading a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) campaign dubbed "Operation Payback" against film and recording industry organizations... |
25 September 2010
03:06 GMT |
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The team behind the popular Deluge open source BitTorrent project, has announced a few hours ago the immediate availability for download of the highly-anticipated Deluge 1.3.0 release, after many months of hard work to bring you the latest features into a powerful torrent downloader software.Even if it's too ear... |
14 September 2010
07:02 GMT |
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Topeka, Kansas changed its name to Google, Kansas, but it was just temporary move to get the company’s attention. But a remote Russian village, Gar, is permanently changing its name to TorrentReactor after the BitTorrent indexer apparently ‘bought’ the village altogether. After paying $148,000, in a... |
9 August 2010
04:08 GMT |
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ViewCave, a new online film distribution and video streaming company based in California, will be alternatively releasing content in torrent form through Mininova's service. After a court decision forced the famous torrent tracker to remove all infringing content, Mininova's management finds a glimmer of ho... |
27 May 2010
10:49 GMT |
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Transmission, the popular BitTorrent client, has been promoted to version 2.0.0 Beta 1, adding "Local Peer Discovery" for finding peers on the local network, optimizations, a new Compact View replacing the Minimal View, the ability to allow trackers to be pasted into the Create Window, and more. According to the rele... |
24 May 2010
06:49 GMT |
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This article is also available in Spanish: Lleve tus descargas al siguiente nivelWe’re all familiar with the cliché saying that in our century, information is power but since most of us do not live in a James Bond movie, the continuous improvement of data transfer technology is most welcomed as an optim... |
6 May 2010
12:31 GMT |
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A joint study conducted by researchers at the University of California in Riverside, USA with help from the Telefonica Research company in Barcelona, Spain, has concluded that uTorrent provides 16% faster download speeds than its main competitor, Vuze.The study was conducted in the month of August 2009 on more than 1... |
9 April 2010
09:59 GMT |
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A California court has issued an order for IsoHunt's administrators to remove all of the infringing torrent files from their website. To get around the judge's decision, Gary Fung, IsoHunt's founder, is trying to have the court approve a lighter version of the torrent search engine as an alternative to... |
1 April 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Transmission 1.90 final was released this week. With the release of Transmission 1.80 final, developers added support for magnet links, and trackerless torrents. Version 1.90 now adds display information for all selected transfers in the inspector's tracker and peer tabs, a filter to the message log, small inter... |
18 February 2010
09:47 GMT |
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Originally developed by Eric Petit, Transmission is a BitTorrent client similar to the popular Vuze. The peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application has select code licensed under the liberal MIT License, but is generally licensed under the GNU General Public License. The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface ... |
21 January 2010
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A BitTorrent client similar to the popular Vuze, Transmission is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application whose code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface designed to integrate tightly with any O... |
11 December 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Transmission 1.80 Beta 1 is now available for free download for users of Mac OS X. A BitTorrent client similar to Vuze, Transmission’s code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface designed to inte... |
7 December 2009
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LimeWire X is a free P2P file-sharing program that uses the Java platform to locate and share all kinds of files over the Internet. It is one of the few solutions of its kind for the Mac, and it is compatible with all major platforms. The program’s open source code was developed (in part) by a devoted programme... |
27 November 2009
06:29 GMT |
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Vuze has been updated to version 4.3.0.2 for Mac OS X, adding support per-url config for http seeds and the max_speed setting, and other changes. Vuze is similar to uTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client mostly used by PC owners. According to the release notes for Vuze 4.3.0.2, the new features include Core - support... |
20 November 2009
06:40 GMT |
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The BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology has been around for quite a few years; its huge popularity ensures that it will be around for at least as many. Anyway, the BitTorrent protocol has evolved over the years to the point where BitTorrent trackers, the sites which managed the initial communications between clients,... |
17 November 2009
10:14 GMT |
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LimeWire X is a free P2P file-sharing program that uses the Java platform to locate files, as well as share files. It is one of the few solutions of its kind for the Mac, and it’s compatible with all major platforms. The program’s open source code was developed (in part) by a devoted programmer community.... |
13 November 2009
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Lime Wire LLC has released a new version of what the company calls “the fastest P2P program on the planet.” The 5.4.0 release is a major one, with tons of new features (Mac-specific too), as well as various tweaks and bug fixes well worth the savvy user’s attention. So, here’s the full breakdo... |
30 October 2009
08:04 GMT |
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The developers at BitTorrent Inc. handling the Mac version of uTorrent have announced a new Alpha version of their torrent download manager, confirming a completely revamped user interface, improvements in the speed display, and more. uTorrent is a free-to-use application for Mac OS X and Windows, while Linux users c... |
20 October 2009
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LimeWire X, the free, peer-to-peer (P2P), file-sharing app for Mac OS X has reached version 5.3.4, adding core improvements and tweaks. LimeWire X uses the Java platform to locate files, as well as share files, and it is one of the few P2P, file-sharing solutions of its kind for the Mac. LimeWire X is compatible with... |
17 September 2009
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µTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client now available for Mac OS X as well, has been updated to version 0.9.2 beta. The software follows the rules of a protocol such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). BitTorrent can be used to deliver any type of file. However, BitTorrent is purely a content-distribution meth... |
16 September 2009
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After huge positive reactions in the Swedish press and Government officials, Black Internet, Pirate Bay's ISP, will mount an appeal to the court ruling, which forced it to cut the internet connection for the renowned tracker. At first, Black Internet's CEO, Victor Möller, announced that due to a lack o... |
15 September 2009
10:38 GMT |
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Transmission, a BitTorrent client similar to Vuze, or uTorrent, has been updated to version 1.75 final. Transmission is open source, while most of the code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface design... |
14 September 2009
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Transmission, a BitTorrent client similar to Vuze, or uTorrent, has received a new update recently, bringing the piece of software to version 1.75b1. Transmission is open source, while most of the code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. The progr... |
8 September 2009
06:19 GMT |
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LimeWire X is a free, peer-to-peer (P2P), file-sharing client for Mac OS X. It uses the Java platform to locate files, as well as share files, and it is one of the few P2P, file-sharing solutions of its kind for the Mac. LimeWire is compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella Network. The relea... |
4 September 2009
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Fear is what drives innovation, and after the latest frights in Gary Fung's day-to-day illegal existence, Hexagon.cc is what came out. Having been sued by many music and film companies, and later pursued by the police, the founder and creator of the IsoHunt torrent tracker has revealed his new project, Hexagon.c... |
3 September 2009
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Developed by David Watanabe, Xtorrent is an advanced torrent client that aims to bring a friendly interface and powerful features to the world of BitTorrent. Unlike similar BitTorrent clients for Mac, the full version of Xtorrent is not free, but the features speak for themselves.“Xtorrent is all about search,&... |
2 September 2009
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Vuze, the popular Mac OS X BitTorrent client, has been updated to version 4.2.0.8 adding drive detection for the PlayStation Portable, less CPU usage for seeding, UI fixes, and more. The piece of software is free to download and install on any kind of Mac, as long as it’s running Mac OS X 10.3 or later. Accord... |
2 September 2009
08:32 GMT |
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Handled by developer Eric Petit, Transmission is a BitTorrent client similar to Vuze, or uTorrent. The piece of software is open source, while most of the code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. Transmission boasts a simple, intuitive interface ... |
25 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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