While BitTorrent is the most popular P2P protocol, it still relies on several centralized points for users to find the files they are looking. There have been several attempts at making BitTorrent ...

BitTorrent, Inc. has released the beta version of its next peer-to-peer sharing client. The beta release of BitTorrent 6.0 is the most elegant official BitTorrent client yet. And that's not too ...

"ISPs can disable or hinder the BitTorrent technology" True, but this is primarily done using the blocking of popular P2P ports. These port numbers are easily changeable from within a BitTorrent ...

BitTorrent today launched a new BitTorrent client: uTorrent Web. Not to be confused with uTorrent (stylized as µTorrent), and despite what its name might suggest, you still have to download and ...

There's a new BitTorrent client for the Mac that's sure to turn some heads with its slick design and integrated search feature. Xtorrent, which has just been released as a public beta, was developed ...

Popular OS X and Linux BitTorrent client Transmission is coming to Windows. It’s not quite ready for prime time — gHacks spotted the first Windows build on the official repository — but it’s already ...

BitTorrent is a great and easy way to transfer large files quickly, but your downloads are only as good as the client you use. Last week, we asked you for your favorites, then looked at the five best ...

BitTorrent's peer-to-peer app and its lightweight uTorrent counterpart are susceptible to particularly nasty hijacking flaws. Google researcher Tavis Ormandy recently detailed a host of DNS rebinding ...

The Dofoil outbreak that attempted to infect over 400,000 Windows PCs within hours last week was caused by attack on an update server that replaced a BitTorrent client called MediaGet with a ...

Longtime BitTorrent executive and recent CEO Rogelio Choy left the company just 6 months after its acquisition by blockchain entrepreneur Justin Sun. Coincidentally, Choy’s departure comes just as ...

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 ...

For the second time in five months, the Transmission BitTorrent client for Mac has been infected with malware. The malware, dubbed OSX/Keydnap, is pretty nasty. It’s designed to steal the contents of ...