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uTorrent Reaches Milestone With 2.0 Release

uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005 and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent applications. The client is used by more than 50 million users worldwide and this number continues to rise. Today, uTorrent version 2.0 was officially released.

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 P2P News No Comments

Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes ‘Legal’

Mininova’s decision to delete all infringing torrents from its index marks the end of an era that started five years ago. In December 2004, the demise of the mighty Suprnova left a meteor crater in the fledgling BitTorrent landscape. This gaping hole was soon filled by the dozens of new sites that emerged to fulfil the public’s increasing demands for torrents.

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Thursday, November 26th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

uTorrent’s 2.0 Beta Finally a Good Citizen

uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005, and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application by far. Recent estimates show that uTorrent is the client of choice for more than half of all active BitTorrent users. Needless to say, all significant changes to uTorrent affect millions of users and the entire BitTorrent infrastructure.

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Sunday, August 9th, 2009 P2P News No Comments