A Modest Construct

Despite the paranoid delusions of people who think that uTorrent is now a tool of the MPAA, it remains one of the most popular bittorrent clients for Windows (and soon Mac).

v1.7 was just released, boasting some new features and improvements, including a bug which limited downloads on large torrents. A…

After a long (for μTorrent) span without updates, and a flare-up over BitTorrent, Inc.’s purchase of μTorrent (and the resignation of original developer Ludwig from the project), many became doubtful as to the future of what is, hands-down, the best BT client for Windows.

Today, a bugfix release, v1.6.1, has been…

I could go on for pages and pages of complaints against Big Media and its fascist take on intellectual property rights and fair use. But this is a bit more specific: I stumbled upon a very interesting blog post about BayTSP, a company that monitors download swarms for bittorrent downloads…

Stunningly, an updated version of Azureus has been released less than two weeks after the last release. My thought is that there must have been some important bugs in 2.5.0.2 that necessitated a quick update (I noticed at least one when opening up .torrent files by double-clicking).

Head to the general…

I’m several days late on this one, and granted, it’s a minor release, but it’s still worth a mention. Azureus, the cross-platform Bittorrent client, updated to v2.5.0.2.

I must say that this release, coupled with Java 6, feels really snappy to me (for Azureus), and is currently using only 65MB of RAM,…

No good can come of this.

Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and µTorrent AB have decided to join forces. BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent as it recognized the merits of µTorrent’s exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together µTorrent’s efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent’s…

Everybody’s favorite Win32 bittorrent client has just released its latest major upgrade. Download it now. The most touted features are

• Faster speeds than ever before
• Intelligent configurable disk caching
• Fixes and numerous enhancements

A full changelog below the fold.

Looks like the next version of Wine will support μTorrent, that is, if you don’t like using Azurues, KTorrent, Mainline Client, or some other natively-supported client.

I’m still waiting for Ludwig’s promised port.

Continuing a string of major releases, the developers of the best bittorrent client in existence have pushed out the latest, v1.4

Check out the announcement, grab the executable (130KB), or view the changelog (below the fold).