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TorrentFetcher Searches For Torrents From Your Desktop
6:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: Most people use torrent sites like Mininova or The Pirate Bay to search for torrents online, but free program TorrentFetcher lets you search straight from a desktop program and quickly start the transfer in your BitTorrent client of your choice. More »
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The Pirate Bay Officially Shutting Down For Good
2:30AM Adam Pash | The Pirate Bay, the largest, most popular BitTorrent tracker on the internet, has faced seriously troubled times this year, and today, the site’s operators announce that they’re officially closing their doors for good. More »
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httpTorrents Downloads Torrents Via Your Browser
8:30AM Whitson Gordon | BitTorrent is extremely useful for lots of downloading and file-sharing, but if a less tech-inclined friend of yours doesn’t understand BitTorrent or you can’t install a BitTorrent client, new website httpTorrents lets you download files of popular torrents directly via HTTP. More »
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Office 2010 Beta Hits BitTorrent One Week Before Debut
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Like the Office 2010 Technical Preview, the Office 2010 Beta build, dubbed a “Beta 2″ in some circles, has been spotted in the BitTorrent wilds one week ahead of its presumed official debut at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference. More »
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Magnetiser Downloads Torrents When No Torrent File Is Available
10:00AM Adam Pash | Firefox: If you’ve used a BitTorrent search engine that lists lots of torrents but doesn’t actually host any torrent files (like Torrentz), most of the time you still have to go to other third-party sites for the download. Not so with Magnetiser. More »
Communicate
10:41AM Angus Kidman | Recent discussions have made it clear that downloading shows via BitTorrent is by far the most popular way for Lifehacker readers to watch television. The advantages are obvious and often-discussed, but there’s a question that doesn’t get asked so often: in a ‘Channel BT’ universe, how is production of TV shows going to get funded? More »
How Will Channel BT Fund Itself?
10:41AM Angus Kidman | Recent discussions have made it clear that downloading shows via BitTorrent is by far the most popular way for Lifehacker readers to watch television. The advantages are obvious and often-discussed, but there’s a question that doesn’t get asked so often: in a ‘Channel BT’ universe, how is production of TV shows going to get funded? More »
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s hardly likely to be news to the hordes of Channel BT-loving Lifehacker readers, but even Australians without the benefit of strained download limits are watching less television than they used to. More »
Aussies Watching Less TV Than Ever
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s hardly likely to be news to the hordes of Channel BT-loving Lifehacker readers, but even Australians without the benefit of strained download limits are watching less television than they used to. More »
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Fix uTorrent (And Other Application) Quirks In Windows 7
6:30AM Whitson Gordon | If you’re having issues with the popular BitTorrent application uTorrent in Windows 7, such as memory overusage, downloads stopping at 99.9 per cent or false reports, weblog AddictiveTips offers some tips to get your downloads back on track. More »
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uTorrent Portable Puts BitTorrent On A USB Drive
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows (Portable): You’ve always been able to grab uTorrent’s program folder and drop it onto a thumb drive for portable BitTorrent handling. Now the PortableApps.com suite has packaged our favourite torrent client and integrated it with their application menu. More »
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