One of the reasons people put down BitTorrent is because it can, at times, be slower than traditional protocols like HTTP and FTP. But the technology isn’t at fault, it’s the upload speeds of users that are capped, which prevents files from being shared more efficiently.
We all know that BitTorrent is probably the best way to transfer large files, but this doesn’t mean that one should increase the filesize because they distribute something over BitTorrent.
Just as many social bookmarking sites are said to be run by a small group of active users, the same seems to hold for BitTorrent communities where 10% of the users upload as much as the rest of the 90% put together.
The award winning Canadian documentary ‘The Corporation’ has been released on BitTorrent for free. Filmmaker Mark Achbar just released an updated “official” torrent of it. Everyone is free to download, watch, discuss, and share it.
Done the impossible is the story behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of the cult TV show Firefly. Firefly was ressurected thanks to efforts of the fans of this popular sci-fi show.
In the documentary “done the impossible” the fans tell their part of this success story. They explain why and how they managed to get [...]
Elephants Dream is a computer generated short movie. The movie was produced in about 8 months and the rendering of the graphics took 125 days with each frame using 2.8GB of memory.
The great thing about the project is that the movie is made entirely using Open Source software.
The movie is 11 minutes, including the [...]
Are you a big fan of Tech TV? If so, you really need to check out the 300+ Tech TV collection torrent. This compilation is probably the most extensive Tech TV collection on BitTorrent
Targetpoint, an ad-company that is offering targeted ads is targeting BitTorrent sites. Targetpoint recognizes the potential that most BitTorrent sites have, and is already a partner of several torrent sites. Most of the time it stays with serving ads on a pay per click basis, but they sometimes go even further, and try to buy these sites.
During the past two weeks the Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN forced 6 (small) torrent sites to stop their services. Brein is known for its intimidating techniques, and is successful in taking down sites, mostly set up by hobbyists.
According to lightreading, P2P traffic is not hurting the major U.S networks at the moment. This was the conclusion of interviews with the leading technology executives from three of the four largest carriers in the U.S. At the same time it means that throttling BitTorrent, and other P2P traffic can not be justified at the moment.
In November 2005 BitTorrent and the MPAA announced that they were going to cooperate in the “war against piracy”. The agreement was called a “historic event” and a “major breakthrough”. But now, 4 months later BitTorrent.com is still indexing pirated movies and other copyrighted material.
