BitTorrent has been around for 22 years as of this year. In many ways it is a technology protocol almost as big as Bitcoin in the scope of how it changed the game of moving data around the internet.

Do some P2P file sharers see themselves as the Robin Hoods of the digital age—taking from the greedy content companies and giving to the global have-nots? Amidst all the angst over illegal Internet ...

The research project made some astounding findings. Perhaps the most surprising statistic is that only around 100 users (which could be individuals or groups) account for a massive 66 per cent of the ...

NBC Universal has patented a new system that tries to gain real-time data on torrent seeders, but will it really stop online piracy? iStock Media conglomerate NBC Universal has patented a new system ...

In a nutshell, it's all about the percentage of seeders in a swarm, as TorrentFreak's Ernesto points out: Many people understand these basics. A torrent with 30 seeders and 70 leechers (30% seeders) ...

Bandwidth throttling and traffic shaping are nothing new, but rumors are making the rounds that Comcast is taking it to the next level when it comes to bittorrent traffic. TorrentFreak claims that ...

Those trying to download files and films from the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment leak are being widely frustrated thanks to a large number of Torrent filesharing nodes that advertise fake “seeds.” ...

The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents are the two top file-sharing services in the world. Which one is safer to download from, and how can file sharers protect themselves from potentially downloading ...

So who are these 'fake' publishers? Of course, BitTorrent, isn't the problem-free portal to a virtual goldmine that it's often made out to be. File-sharers sometimes have to wade through a swamp of ...