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Comcast and Bit Torrent collaborate on network traffic management

In an astounding turn to events, foes turned friends as Comcast and BitTorrent announced their agreement to collaborate on bringing better traffic management to Internet connections. This includes treating BitTorrent applications the same way as other applications and targeting high bandwidth users in a protocol agnostic manner. ...

Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Productivity, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2008-03-28

Legal applications of BitTorrent

BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file sharing protocol, and its implementation software have received much ire from the content creation industries. However, there are certain fundamental aspects underlying this technology that could solve many issues relating to computing on a wide scale. The IT department at INHOLLAND University used...

Tags: BitTorrent, P2P, Legal Application, Peer To Peer (P2P), Vertical Industries, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Comcast in the hot seat

A public forum has been convened by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday at the Harvard Law School. The question that emerged there, according to CNET's News.com appears to be: Is what Comcast is doing clear enough? Comcast has already confessed to slowing down certain...

Tags: Bandwidth, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Forum, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Free Download Manager (exe)

Download files and convert videos (including flash) faster with open-source Free Download Manager. Its features include integration with all browsers, support of downloads from RapidShare, BitTorrent support, adjusting traffic usage, resuming broken downloads. Adds flash video download, BitTorrent support, upload manager, portable mode and remote control. Version 2.5 build 738...

Tags: BitTorrent, Download Manager, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-01-04

Appliance by Exinda Networks filters recreational traffic

Exinda Networks hopes to gain a foothold in the North American market with its ability to classify "recreational traffic" such as Skype and BitTorrent on enterprise networks. The new feature will arrive as a firmware upgrade, due to be released in a few weeks time, for Exinda's...

Tags: BitTorrent, Traffic, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., WANs, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Network Technology, Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-11-18

BitTyrant (5)

BitTyrant is a new, protocol compatible BitTorrent client that is optimized for fast download performance. BitTyrant is Fast, during evaluation testing on more than 100 real BitTorrent swarms, BitTyrant provided an average 70% download performance increase when compared to the existing Azureus 2.5 implementation, with some downloads finishing more than...

Tags: Azureus, BitTorrent, BitTyrant, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2007-11-13

Comcast on BitTorrent: We're only delaying, not blocking

Comcast is left juggling a potential public relations disaster in the wake of a report last week by Associated Press, which states that the company blocks some of its Internet traffic. It is a topic that TechRepublic members will not find surprising, as we reported on it...

Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Internet, Data Management, Public Relations, Peer To Peer (P2P), Marketing, Corporate Communications, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-10-24

BitTorrent plugin for Mozilla Firefox

The UK/Prague-based open-source firm AllPeers has developed a BitTorrent plugin for Mozilla Firefox that lets users search and share files through torrents in a process as simple as downloading a file via the browser. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing protocol that...

Tags: Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, BitTorrent, P2P, Mozilla Corp., Plug-in, Peer To Peer (P2P), Web Browsers, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-09-15

BitTorrent

BitTorrent's software client allows you to quickly download high-quality digital content such as video, music, and games. Available in over 20 languages, it leverages our community of over 70 million users to securely deliver files to your PC faster than anything else out there. Features include detailed graphs and stats...

Tags: BitTorrent, Tools & Techniques, Digital Media, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-09-21

Comcast on BitTorrent: We're only delaying, not blocking

What would you have have done if you are the one running Comcast?Increase capacityIf you are promising consumers X Mbs of service, then you need to provide it. Another reason why other providers are eating Comcast's lunch.EasyPerhaps Comcast should have done what service providers in Europe and Asia have done:...

Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, paulmah@..., Comcast Corp., BitTorrent

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

Comcast declares war on BitTorrent

According to TorrentFreak, Comcast has decide to go one step further than the BitTorrent throttling that is increasingly practiced on most ISPs over the last two years. In the last couple of weeks, more and more Comcast users have started to notice that their BitTorrent transfers were...

Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-08-18

TrustyFiles Pro (exe)

TrustyFiles Pro lets you search and download billions of files over Edonkey, BitTorrent, Gnutella, Gnutella 2, Fast Track Kazaa, and Overnet networks. TrustyFiles uniquely and simultaneously downloads a single file from these networks and the Web. TrustyFiles connects to all compatible software on these networks, such as eMule, BitTorrent, BitComet,...

Tags: Software, BitTorrent, Gnutella, Network, File-sharing, ImageSkill, TrustyFiles Pro, Peer To Peer (P2P), Tools & Techniques, Networking, Internet, Management

Software downloads 2007-08-09

BitTorrent users take another hit

Some of the Internet's largest torrent trackers have been taken offline or severely cut back this month. For those of you who don't know what a torrent tracker is, it's a server which helps BitTorrent users to locate peers for a download via the BitTorrent protocol. ...

Tags: MPAA, BitTorrent, Statement, Obviously Copyright Infringement, Demonoid, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Justin Fielding

Blog posts 2007-09-26

BitTorrent beta (0-Beta)

The new BitTorrent 6.0 Beta brings together BitTorrent's proven expertise in networking protocols with Torrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI to create a better BitTorrent client. As we continue to develop this new client, we'll be focused on innovative ways to simplify and improve the BitTorrent user experience. Note: Beta...

Tags: BitTorrent, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2007-07-31

BitTorrent users take another hit

Bit Torrent IronyIs it me or does the music industry now employ more lawyers than musicians? I have little sympathy for either side in this battle. I just want to see more creative music being more available at a more reasonable price and all music not being swamped...

Tags: Digital media, P2P, Canuckster, recording industry, music, BitTorrent

Discussion threads 2007-09-27

BitTorrent plug-in for Mozilla FireFox

As the cops in Southpark would say...Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Tags: TBolt, BitTorrent, Mozilla Corp., plug-in, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2007-09-15

When you have time off, do you still spend it on(line)?

For those in the "Other" categoryHow did you spend Labor Day weekend?Some of the above - EDITEDI did some household chores Saturday, a lot of yard work Sunday, and worked on Labor Day itself. Since nobody else was in the facility, I could patch servers and reboot them at...

Tags: Sonja Thompson, killer, BBQ, BitTorrent, Dirty Jobs, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

SolutionBase: Create custom versions of Fedora by 'respinning' it with Revisor

With the introduction of Fedora Core 7, you have more options than ever to create your own custom versions of the distributions, called respins. In this article, Jack Wallen shows how to quickly and easily respin Fedora Core 7 using Revisor.

Tags: Fedora Core 7, Repository, Desktop, Developer, Linux, OpenOffice, Hard Drive, Mozilla Firefox, Administrator, Password, BitTorrent, CD, Open Source, Information Technology, Operating System, Window, Media, Fedora Project, Disc, GNOME, ISO, Open-source Community, GUI, Web Site, GIMP, KDE, Tool, DVD, Productivity, Construction

Technical articles 2007-08-20

Comcast declares war on BitTorrent

What policies do you enforce pertaining to traffic on your local network?RE: Comcast declares war on BitTorrentI think comcast is correct in its actions if the volume of bittorrent traffic is affecting other users. This is especially important since a lot of what bittorrent is used for could be...

Tags: paulmah@..., BitTorrent, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-18

Tomato Torrent (dmg)

Tomato Torrent is a Macintosh BitTorrent client. BitTorrent promotes the accessibility of data on the Internet by allowing anyone to share information with a large audience. Features: remembers recent downloads and where youve saved them to, making resumes quick and easy; set an upload rate for torrents that start seeding;...

Tags: BitTorrent, Tomato Torrent, Internet, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-03-19