Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you're downloading.
A few months ago BitTorrent Inc. debuted their torrent App platform in the experimental ‘Griffin‘ client, which is currently in use by a few million users. Two weeks ago the company announced the next big rollout of the Apps platform with integration i …
Professor Richard Dawkins needs no introduction and any attempt at one will inevitably fall short considering his impressive track record. With several honorary doctorates and many awards, he is one of the best known and most renowned scientists today. …
In January 2005, perhaps inspired by the previous year’s Operation Fastlink FBI raids, Wired ran a now-famous article titled The Shadow Internet. The article was one of the first attempts to publicly document ‘The Scene’, the shadowy collection of individu …
KickassTorrents made a name for itself last year, scooping a well deserved entry in the list of most popular torrent sites of 2009. Even though the site was only founded last year, it has quickly gown out to be one of the leading BitTorrent sites with m …
Every year hundreds of new torrent sites are launched, but only a few of these manage to rise to the top. Take.fm is one of these newcomers, and since it has something unique to offer it is likely to stick around. Take.fm is a torrent indexer, meaning t …
With more than 100 million downloads of the application since 2007, Vuze is one of the most recognized BitTorrent brands. The client is used by millions of people each day and has a steadily growing user-base. Over the last year Vuze’s BitTorrent clie …
In our earlier article, BitTorrent Releasers Slice The Top Off Movie Piracy Pyramid, we took a first look at the growing phenomenon of blockbuster movies appearing on the Internet directly via BitTorrent. Traditionally, most movies have trickled down from …
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