BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer networking company, is today taking the wraps off two big updates to Sync, a file-sharing app that BitTorrent presents as server-less alternative to cloud-based storage ...

Torrenting has been part of the internet lexicon for several years and is one of the most popular online file-sharing methods. Torrents were made famous by the BitTorrent (CCC:BTT-USD) platform, the ...

If all goes to plan, tomorrow we will see the launch of BitTorrent Speed. BitTorrent is the well-known file-sharing protocol used to legally share copyright-free content to other people around the ...

If you haven’t been paying attention to BitTorrent over the last few years and still equate the company with piracy, its plan to become a legitimate media company may come as a surprise. But ...

BitTorrent today announced that a patch has been rolled out in the libuTP protocol used by many of its clients, fixing a vulnerability that allows attackers to carry out distributed reflective denial ...

BitTorrent is taking the wraps off the next phase of its strategy to turn its peer-to-peer file sharing network into a revenue-generating business, and compete more squarely against cloud-based ...

The BitTorrent protocol has downloaders help send the file to other downloaders, reducing the burden on the original owner. This usually results in all participants downloading the file faster. The ...

BitTorrent Inc., the San Francisco developer of the world’s most popular tool for online piracy, has been trying for years to persuade studios, labels and other content owners to put torrent-sharing ...

It’s a turbulent time in the world of content distribution. Despite a successful protest against overly restrictive anti-piracy legislation, law enforcement has demonstrated its already considerable ...

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