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 ...

BitTorrent joined the masses of legal video download services yesterday with offerings from five movie studios and a handful of TV networks. The service offers movie rentals for $2.99 to $3.99 and TV ...

BitTorrent has always been as much about giving as receiving, but the company behind two of the major torrenting clients—BitTorrent and μTorrent—and has decided to take this ethos a step further, with ...

Om Malik of GigaOm.com has published a list of five reasons why he foresees trouble with the new legit media download service from BitTorrent. Although I back his general opinion -- that this new ...

Popular BitTorrent tracker Mininova has unveiled a new bookmarking feature that makes it easy to start a BitTorrent download on your home computer from anywhere. The new feature works by creating a ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. BitTorrent gets a bad rap--at least from the likes of the ...

Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. BitTorrent, a startup based on the popular download technology of the same name, will today launch the ...

The creators of the BitTorrent file-sharing network have opened the doors on a legal download service. The BitTorrent Entertainment Network launched on 26 February and gives subscribers access to a ...

This past summer, BitTorrent revealed its Bundle paygate, and last month Radiohead's Thom Yorke used that platform to launch his new album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes. This was a notable milestone, being ...

A new scheme aims to enable artists to profit from users who download their work for nothing via BitTorrent. Typically music obtained via BitTorrent downloads is pirated and, according to the record ...