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 ...

If you've spent any time on the internet since the early 2000s, you've probably heard of BitTorrent, the popular file-sharing tool used for movies, programs, and other large chunks of data. But ...

File-sharing bad-boy BitTorrent has been making rumbles about launching its own video download service, and industry watchers have been keeping an eye on developments as the company announced a stream ...

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 ...

BitTorrent has officially jumped into the growing pool of video download services with the announcement that it will start selling legitimate TV and movie rentals via the company's web site. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peers join and leave a swarm all the time. This is due to users closing their client programs, turning off their computers or pausing downloads. For a popular download this has little impact, but when ...