BitTorrent is just one of many protocols for exchanging data via the internet. Others include HTTP, the protocol behind the web, and POP3, the protocol which delivers email to many computer desktops.

BitTorrent the company is all-but inextricable from its namesake -- a piracy-enabling file transfer technology that debuted in the early aughts. Can it escape? By Alex Pham Among the (many) oddities ...

BitTorrent downloading is the quick and unlimited sharing of large files between internet users – it is also, by name, a software company that facilitates this. It uses a small amount of internet ...

If you suspect that BitTorrent is an internet-related tool used only for nefarious purposes, you're not far wide of the mark. But behind its success as a means of sharing copyrighted material among ...

Big BitTorrent sites like The Pirate Bay may be popular, but they can also be haphazardly organised, filled with low-quality downloads, and tainted by an onslaught of ads and popups (not to mention ...

BitTorrent is good for more than downloading copyrighted content—it's a technology that can be used to distribute game patches, share files, and now to send secure messages. BitTorrent's new Bleep ...

BitTorrent Sync hopes to usurp Dropbox by providing cloud storage using the fastest connections possible. BitTorrent More than 10 million customers have signed up with BitTorrent Sync, a new ...