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How To Investigate A Fake BitTorrent Tracker
4:00AM Ernesto | Ed. note: Ever go on a BitTorrent scavenger hunt but end up with bum files from a fake tracker? All-things-BitTorrent site TorrentFreak explains how to quickly determine the authenticity of a torrent tracker. More »
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Snag A Membership At Semi-Private BitTorrent Site Demonoid Today
7:00AM Adam Pash | BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was a popular choice in our recent comparison of the five best public BitTorrent trackers, but the catch with Demonoid is that — although it’s a great public tracker &mdash ;it’s only semi-public, meaning that the best Demonoid experience comes with an account. Registration for Demonoid is normally closed to new users, but today Demonoid’s opened its gates to new users here. No idea how long it’ll last, so grab one while they’re hot. [via FreakBits]
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uTorrent 2.0 Brings Performance Updates, UDP Support And More
6:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: uTorrent is far and away the most popular BitTorrent client among Windows users, and they’ve recently pushed out a shiny new 2.0 release, bringing with it bug fixes, performance improvements, UDP support, automatic bandwidth regulation and more. More »
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4:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | A great BitTorrent client is all well and good, but you need a great tracker to get the actual torrent files and stoke the bandwidth-burning fire in your client of choice. Here’s a rundown of five of the most popular options. More »
Five Best Public BitTorrent Trackers
4:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | A great BitTorrent client is all well and good, but you need a great tracker to get the actual torrent files and stoke the bandwidth-burning fire in your client of choice. Here’s a rundown of five of the most popular options. More »
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Create Custom RSS Feeds For Downloading Torrents Remotely
4:00AM Whitson Gordon | Ever stumbled onto a torrent on-the-go and wished you could start the download on your home computer? Free service ReactorFeed allows you to create a custom RSS feed and add items from popular torrent sites that your home BitTorrent client can automatically start downloading. More »
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Transmission BitTorrent Client Updates To Support Magnet Links
7:30AM Adam Pash | Mac/Linux: The popular open-source BitTorrent client Transmission has updated to version 1.8, bringing with it support for magnet links, trackerless torrents, Quick Look in Snow Leopard, and several more improvements and bug fixes. More »
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TorrIndex Is The First Magnet-Only Torrent Index
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | As sites like the Pirate Bay move away from the hosting of download-directing .torrent files, magnet links, one of the pieces of BitTorrent’s future is becoming more viable. More »
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Torrent Magnifier Brings Multi-Site Torrent Search To Your Desktop
6:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: We’ve featured a desktop torrent searcher before, but it only searched one site. If you want multiple tracker searching with seed and peer information, Torrent Magnifier runs on your desktop as a standalone program or a Windows gadget. More »
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Nerrot Is The Simplest, Least Spammy Torrent Site You’ll Ever Use
7:30AM Adam Pash | If you’re a BitTorrent lover but aren’t too keen on all the pop-ups, racy ads and clutter that’s everywhere on most torrent sites, new BitTorrent site Nerrot is the cleanest, most bare-bones torrent site we’ve ever seen. More »
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