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Software

uTorrent Lets You Drag-And-Drop Videos To Mobiles And Consoles

3:00PM September 25, 2011 | Adam Dachis

The latest alpha version of uTorrent for Windows (sorry Mac users) has a great new feature: you can drag and drop media downloads onto your Android, iPhone, Xbox 360 or PS3. Currently it won’t convert the files to a playable format, but that’s expected alongside the upcoming premium release of uTorrent Pro. More »


Entertainment

Aussie Film The Tunnel Getting Official Launch Through BitTorrent

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3:00PM May 16, 2011 | Nick Broughall

The guys behind Aussie horror film have always planned on seeding their film to the world using torrent software, but they’ve just received a huge boost, with BitTorrent themselves committing to include the film’s torrent with every download of BitTorrent or Utorrent. More »


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Microsoft Happy To Let Torrent Apps On The Zune Marketplace

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12:00PM November 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Apple has a history of being a bit random on some of their app approvals over the years, but they’ve been fairly consistent banning one category – apps that let you control bittorrent. Fortunately for torrenters, Microsoft has no such qualms, with several torrent controlling apps on the Zune Marketplace already. More »


Online

How To Seed Moved Or Renamed Files In BitTorrent

6:20AM August 14, 2010 | Jake Champion

BitTorrent etiquette dictates that once you’ve downloaded files, you also seed them to help others’ downloads go quickly. If you need to move or rename your download, everything’s thrown off. Lifehacker reader Jake Champion explains how to seed after moving or renaming files. More »


Software

BitTorrent Open-Sources uTP Protocol

7:41PM May 25, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The protocol behind uTorrent, uTP, has been made open source by BitTorrent Inc, for developers to create BitTorrent clients and programs using the format. [TorrentFreak]


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µTorrent 2.0 Self Throttles So ISPs Don’t Have To…What?

4:15AM November 3, 2009 | Danny Allen

This is weird: The next version of µTorrent, currently in beta, uses an updated version of the BitTorrent protocol that decreases your speed (usually uploads) when it detects network congestion. Will it slow downloads? Not necessarily…apparently. More »


Software

How To: Use BitTorrent Like a Pro

3:00AM March 29, 2009 | John Mahoney

Even if you’ve been casually Torrenting for years, BitTorrent tools keep getting better. Here’s our guide for getting the most out of what is, slowly but surely, changing forever how people acquire and consume entertainments.

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