Spend enough time on the Internet or around tech-savvy types, and you’re bound to hear about BitTorrent. Likely, if you’re new to the concept, you have a few questions, and probably some ...

BitTorrent downloads are initiated on a desktop PC by launching the BitTorrent client on a special type of file called a ".torrent". The .torrent is small, containing just enough information to ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

BitTorrent has officially jumped into the growing pool of video download services with the announcement that it will start selling legitimate TV and movie rentals via the company's web site. The ...

BitTorrent has been getting somewhat of a bad rap. Although BitTorrent itself sells copyrighted content over its P2P file sharing protocol, the service has become better known for less than legal ...

Blogger Guillermo Esteves loves his BitTorrent, so when he's away from his home computer, he still wants to start up any download at a moment's notice. His solution: Use file-syncing application ...

Downloading a big file via BitTorrent can take a long time, and you don't want to sit there and watch it all day. Here's how to set up the remote web interface in your favorite torrent client, and ...

The company behind the BitTorrent technology has opened the source code of its uTorrent Transport Protocol (uTP). A production-ready implementation of the protocol code in C++ is now available from ...

BitTorrent Strikes Digital Download Deals with 20th Century Fox, G4, Kadokawa, Lionsgate, MTV Networks, Palm Pictures, Paramount and Starz Media BitTorrent, Inc., home to the world’s leading ...