October 26, 2012
Leaving your computer on to download files can be a smart move, but what happens when the download completes? Your computer will stay powered on, doing nothing but wasting electricity and costing you some money. If you want to leave your computer on to download files, you can have it automatically shut down after the download process completes.
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July 31, 2012
uTorrent is by far the most widely used BitTorrent client, and for very good reason. uTorrent is very small, very fast, and portable. It is packed with every feature you'd need to be a total download manager and this long list of features is complemented by a very configurable list of options and preferences. In this post, I want to help everyone make sure that they've got their uTorrent client tweaked to their liking.
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March 31, 2012
Imagine this - you get all of your entertainment free of charge, courtesy of people who record it for you in their spare time and put it on the Internet. Then these people, who you're not paying, change the format they are offering this free entertainment in. Would you, realizing that you're getting free entertainment because of volunteers, just accept it? Or would you complain about it in the comments section of torrent sites?
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January 8, 2012
Just like the good old Napster days though, public torrent sites and trackers are riddled with trojans and other garbage. The best way to enjoy your filesharing experience is getting an invite to one of the many (but few illustrious) private trackers. While invite-only web is becoming a slight trend, I'm here to share three niche-specific and very reliable private sites that I use to get my complete media fix. Let's get started.
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November 1, 2011
BitTorrent is still a reliable and pretty fast way to download large files. It might not be the best method out there, but sometimes it sure is the easiest. The clients are straightforward enough and the files are easy to come by. Today, I will give you a list of the best BitTorrent clients out there right now – each suited for somewhat different needs.
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September 3, 2011
The most popular torrent client, uTorrent, has been getting a lot of extra effort put into it to simplify its use while expanding its feature set. I must say that the uTorrent developers have done an excellent job to do all of this while still keeping the program lightweight. One of the newer features that you'll find is called add-ons.
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August 24, 2011
Manage your µTorrent downloads from any browser, without having to change settings on your router or get a static IP. With µTorrent 3 and the new remote function all you need to do is set a username and password. Whether you want to simply add a torrent, manage your files or change your client settings, µTorrent Remote gives you full access from anywhere.
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June 15, 2011
For many people, the distributed peer-to-peer download power of torrents isn’t all it’s made out to be. If you’re feeling drowned in fake files, choking from ISP speed throttling, and sick of being told you’re unconnectable - this guide is for you. We'll have your torrent downloads in tip-top shape in no time. If you follow everything I show you here, your torrent overview screen should soon be capable of looking like this.
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January 5, 2011
No one will argue that the most popular BitTorrent client (at least under Windows) is uTorrent. It’s small, it’s fast, and it’s also free. You can’t get any better combination than that, could you? It turns out that you can. The developer of uTorrent is trying to improve the user experience by opening up the [...]
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July 17, 2010
Chances are if you’re reading this article you’re the type with an attic full of silicone chips, sticks of RAM and old bits of printer. I’d hazard a guess and say you’ve got more spare tech equipment up there than Christmas decorations, and it’s time to revolutionize your filesharing with a torrent box. Put simply [...]
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May 18, 2010
Extendability is the new black. Seriously, everywhere you look, applications and games alike are all adding support for upgrades, add-ons, plug-ins and extensions. Whatever you want it, I like it. The industry is slowly coming to terms with the fact that one size doesn’t fit all, and allowing the consumer to pimp their individual user experiences. [...]
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February 4, 2010
By now, most MakeUseOf readers should know all about BitTorrent, the most popular peer-to-peer technology on the web. We’ve talked about the protocol more than once, and even released the Big Book of BitTorrent“”a great place to start if you find BitTorrent too confusing for your use. There are thousands of BitTorrent clients on the [...]
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December 31, 2009
For a long time now, I’ve been searching for a way to start a torrent download from a remote location. And since I’m on the road most of the day, Transmission’s WebUI isn’t any good to me. I couldn’t be bothered to set it up anyway, it would involve having a fixed IP address or [...]
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April 25, 2009
There is a lot of content available on BitTorrent these days. Normally you would go to a torrent site, look for the torrent you want to download, download the torrent file and then add it to your torrent client for download. You can automate this process by using RSS and µTorrent (or any other torrent [...]
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February 20, 2009
Imagine being on the autobahn with the accelerator down and then you realize that you are driving a wrecked car. The plight is not so uncommon on the information superhighway too. Torrent users would attest to the fact that half of our time is spent looking for ‘healthy’ torrents and the other half trying to [...]
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