Documentary filmmaker and guerrilla artist JaGoFF is kicking off an ongoing effort with BitTorrent today, and we’re very excited to work with them to support independent artists. The first release is a compelling and humorous documentary chronicling a grassroots campaign to preserve the rights for independent artists to promote live shows in Chicago. “The Chicago…
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If you’re hanging out and want to be a part of something very cool tomorrow, well then we might have your Friday night ticket. We’re suiting up for an early R&D technology test, which is open to anyone interested in helping us move our Live Streaming technology forward. Join us and our BitTorrent live testing…
The long awaited new episode of the popular made-for-BitTorrent series Pioneer One is now available directly via BitTorrent and µTorrent software. The torrent may be downloaded here. The exclusive Web series, a true progressive work of art, is about the lone survivor of a lost Soviet mission to Mars and the Cold War tensions he…
Today is a small but notable milestone for µTorrent Plus. We’re launching a new test community and new alpha version! While it’s invite-only for a small group of our most active testers, if you really want to give it a test run, click here (UPDATE: we’re currently out of invites – sorry! If you leave your…
Captive, the first novel ever to be released through our Artist Spotlight program, has been nominated for a Wall Street Journal award! Will you give us a hand and vote for her? Author Megan Lisa Jones, fresh from the novel’s successful launch into the BitTorrent community, has been honored with a nomination for the Wall…
This morning on 9/13/2011 at approximately 4:20 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7), the uTorrent.com and BitTorrent.com Web servers were compromised. Our standard Windows software download was replaced with a type of fake antivirus “scareware” program. (UPDATE: See below for removal instructions.) Just after 6:00 a.m. Pacific time, we took the affected servers offline to…
We’ve been hard at work this year building the new ecosystem of software, content and devices that we first previewed at CES, and today is a major milestone in the device arena. Vestel, one of the world’s leading DTV manufacturers, will preview the world’s first BitTorrent Certified TV at the IFA show in Berlin. We’ll…
Uncompromising and disciplined. Old school punk with a fresh sound, dirty guitar riffs with a catchy hook. That’s how the band Drive A describes their music and the way they approach their image as an up and coming punk rock band of this generation. And now, after having crisscrossed the United States and Canada for…
We’re very excited to release the news that µTorrent will offer a premium, fully equipped client for those who are looking for extra convenience and powerful new features. Expect the first version of µTorrent Plus later this fall. Rest assured, the legendary free, tiny-but-mighty µTorrent client will continue to be available, and will receive the same level…
One of our favorite bands, 80 Proof (a six-piece eclectic rock/reggae band from Southern California), is a finalist in KROQ’s Cabo Wabos Your Shot to Rock contest, which wraps up this Friday. And just in time, the band is releasing a selection of awesome songs directly to YOU. The app is now live in the App Studio/Find Content…