Lifehacker reports a clever tip to remotely download Bittorrent files using Dropbox synchronization tool/service. More here: BitTorrent: Start BitTorrent Downloads at Home from Any Computer with Dropbox

Wired published a very good introduction to Bittorrent. Everything that is important is packaged in this very short article: Background introduction Client softwares required: µTorrent (Windows) or Transmission (Mac) Popular bittorrent tracker to find files: Mininova, The Pirate Bay and isoHunt Basic Bittorrent jargon definition: .torrent file, seeders, Leechers, trackers Advanced important topics: Selective download, Bandwidth control, [...]

Found via slyck and Torrentfreak. µTorrent WebUI public beta has been released. The news is here. With this Web interface, we can remotely control the µTorrent client. The slyck article describe a simple use case. A screenshot of the interface is reproduced below:

TorrentFreak published a review of Allpeers. Allpeers is a Firefox extension designed to share pictures, music and video within Firefox. There is also an interview of Matthew Gertner from Allpeers. Actually the sofware is a Beta but look promissing. In the current version, as reported, you can only share files with people in your buddy list [...]