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.
When I first switched to the Mac and asked friends of mine who had already been using the platform for a while, what the best BitTorrent client available was, most of them named either Transmission or Bit on Wheels. I tried both out, and from the two, my c …
With the help of IBM, the University of Arizona will put together a course designed to essentially teach people how to apply Web 2.0 services like BitTorrent, blogs, wiki’s and social networks in a business setting. Most of America’s youth alrea …
What the heck is RSS? For those who are not familiar with the term, RSS is an acronym that stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. It allows you to keep up-to-date on content from sites you are interested in. Most news sites, blogs and podcasts have RSS …
Ashwin Navin, president and co-founder of BitTorrent predicts a backlash against Apple’s ‘locked-in’ ecosystem in the next three years. Navin told Jemina Kiss at the Mipcom festival: “Apple is a phenomenal company – we’ve hired engineers fro …
A week ago several respectable sources including Digg and Slashdot reported that Btjunkie is the largest BitTorrent search site on the web. But both the methodology and the legitimacy of the source are doubtful. The sites refer to this article, tha …
Widgets are hot. Yesterday we posted the Fenopy BitTorrent search widget, and today a “Multi BitTorrent Site Search Widget. The widget allows you to search for torrents on 17 BitTorrent search engines, directly from Dashboard. The widget is created …
Fenopy is a relatively new torrent search engine. It was launched this June, but it is already attracting quite a lot of traffic. Fenopy is constantly looking for features that may enhance the “user experience”, and usability of the site. Last month th …
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