BitTorrent today launched Project Maelstrom, the company’s distributed browser, in beta. The company also released new tools on GitHub that let developers and publishers build content for the browser.

Could BitTorrent turn out to be an Internet service provider’s best friend? Half a dozen years ago, the popular file-sharing protocol was nothing but a headache for ISPs as broadband users filled ...

In its long fight against Internet piracy, the Recording Industry Association of America is gunning for the technology that enables it: BitTorrent. Brad Buckles, RIAA’s VP for anti-piracy, has told ...

Peer-to-peer file sharing is getting its hooks into Twitter, thanks to an update from BitTorrent, the company that makes the popular µTorrent client and which is seeking to make a big, legitimate ...

Back in November, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Andrew T. Reynolds signed an affidavit asking a judge to put five domain names under the control of the US government. All ...

As a file-sharing platform, BitTorrent was founded in 2004. File sharing is the primary service to download movies, music or games using torrent. There is no limit to file capacity. BitTorrent offers ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an effort to clear its name association with pirated movies, music, and games, the company BitTorrent works to set the record straight. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET covering the ...

No court has found the BitTorrent protocol inherently unlawful. But using BitTorrent to trade copyright-protected files will likely put you on the wrong side of the law. A Princeton study published ...