An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link BitTorrent is an incredibly efficient way to move digital information. If you have a video, for example, that you want to send to a friend or ...

Torrent files have been a top choice of users across the internet to share files for almost two decades. This weekend, TorrentFreak reported that the world’s oldest active torrent file has just turned ...

Torrent files are small files that contain information on how to download a larger file using BitTorrent protocol. The protocol, unlike HTTP/HTTPS, needs a torrent client for downloading the client.

Spend enough time on the Internet or around tech-savvy types, and you’re bound to hear about BitTorrent. Likely, if you’re new to the concept, you have a few questions, and probably some ...

Officially, a torrent is a file containing metadata related to a movie, song, software or photo downloaded from a peer-to-peer network -- although the term is commonly used to refer to any of the ...

BitTorrent "hubs" that publish lists of movies, TV shows and other free downloads suddenly went dark this weekend, in a major victory for Hollywood that highlights vulnerabilities in technology behind ...

To the frustration of many students and other avid torrent downloaders, some universities and ISPs have been known to block the download of .torrent files in an effort to curb illegal file sharing.

Some Twitter users were surprised Monday when they clicked a button to share content from third-party websites but instead downloaded a mysterious torrent file. Twitter said the problem, which users ...

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 ...

One of the world's biggest torrent sites has abruptly shut down. Torrentz, a search engine for finding torrent files, has ceased operations, telling users: "Torrentz will always love you. Farewell." ...

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