January 1, 2009
If you’ve been browsing MakeUseOf for a little while, you probably know how much we like torrents. The Bit Torrent distribution system allows for rapid dissemination of large files to thousands of people. It’s not the most user friendly system in the world, though. If torrents are relatively new to you, you’ve probably run into [...]
October 29, 2008
The internet allows for a huge increase in connection and community as well as media – more specifically, music. With such a demand, a wave of new file sharing was born that is now called called BitTorrent. This allows users to share files easily by storing separate files, not on one person’s computer, but multiple [...]
August 23, 2008
I have been a avid user of BitSoup and The Pirate Bay for years. But occasionally I find myself staring at a Google search box….torrent + file. This works OK but if you want to see all your results, you have to keep clicking back and forth to multiple torrent tracker sites. This is where [...]
February 15, 2008
Torrents are by far the most popular form of file sharing. People use them to download music, movies, software, books, games etc. In case you’re new to this then go straight to our mini tutotrial at the end of the post. As for all others, I would like to introduce you to a number of [...]
