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.
We’ve carried articles in the past about the Scene. So legend goes, these people are ultra-secretive but of course there’s always a few who like to talk, despite being targeted by law enforcement in cases such as Operation Fastlink and Operation Bucca …
It’s hard to predict the future, especially when it comes to technology. However, that didn’t put us off and we gave it a shot. We asked the people behind the 4 largest BitTorrent sites on the Internet to tell us how they envision the future of BitTorrent. …
Both what.cd and waffles.fm are set to continue from where oink left off, with the same rules and requirements. Each of them aiming to provide music lovers with a place to both share and discuss music. What.cd (currently offline at time of publication) …
Up until today LimeWire was only available as an .rpm package. Unfortunately these packages didn’t work on the latest Ubuntu versions without having to apply a workaround. Luckily, the LimeWire developers didn’t sit still, and today they release a new vers …
Overturning earlier convictions for illegal duplication against two students who set up a peer-to-peer network in 1994, January 2007 saw the top criminal court in Rome state that downloading films, music or software from the internet is not a crime if done …
TorrentFreak: What is the best thing about your job at BitTorrent Inc? Bram Cohen: I really enjoy making products which I personally want to use, and like to empower people to do things they couldn’t do without BitTorrent’s efficiency and reliability. I …
Webby artists of 2005, The Kleptones will be producing the soundtrack for the movie. The Kleptones are known for their mash-ups of rap, rock and R&B music. This week they started their podcast at the project website. This first podcasts is a ‘moodcast’ to …
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