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Miro 2.0 - Watch TV Podcasts and Videos in HD

Miro is an open-source and cost-free application for watching Internet TV in 
high definition quality. It's available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. 

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/06/miro-20-watch-tv-podcasts-and-videos-in.html
Transmission BitTorrent Client - Lightweight Alternative to Deluge

Transmission is a lightweight BitTorrent client built in GTK, with a clean 
and simple interface. Although most people prefer more popular clients like 
Vuze, Deluge or KTorrent, Transmission incorporates all the major features 
one needs for downloading torrents and can prove a very good alternative to 
those, especially if you don't need all those whistles and bells.    

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/07/transmission-bittorrent-client.html
Deluge: for All Your Torrent Needs

Using torrents has become quite an everyday routine for most of us. Though 
eating up all your bandwidth in one bite, they surely can take the load off 
traffic-heavy servers. How? Each of us becomes a peer that "seeds" tiny bits 
of the download, leading to exponentially growing speed and availability. 
Most of the times, people associate the word "torrent" with piracy, which 
certainly doesn't come as a surprise, but there are a lot of other legal uses 
of this great technology.      
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Deluge-For-All-Your-Torrent-Needs-115218.shtml
A lot of stuff is shared legally on torrent.

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9 of the Best Free Linux BitTorrent Clients

BitTorrent is an open source peer-to-peer file protocol for sharing large software and media files. It is a well established protocol which accounts for a significant proportion of internet traffic.

http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20090522214018134/BitTorrent.html

Qt vs. GTK: Kopete, KMess, Pidgin and Emesene

A clear win for GTK and Emesene here, because of its simplicity, speed and looks. KMess is a close second though, and even in beta looks like a better, easier chat client than the dinosaur Kopete.

http://celettu.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/qt-vs-gtk-kopete-kmess-pidgin-and-emesene/

BBC Gets Ready for BitTorrent Distribution

Today the BBC published the first episode of R&DTV, a Creative Commons licensed show that users are allowed to remix, redistribute and share. The first episode of the monthly technology show features Digg’s Kevin Rose, among others. The BBC hopes to use BitTorrent for the distribution of future episodes.

http://torrentfreak.com/bbc-gets-ready-for-bittorrent-distribution-090409/

EU Invests $22 Million in Next-Generation BitTorrent Client

A few weeks ago we reported that the EU Greens launched a pro-filesharing campaign named “I Wouldn’t Steal”. In a continued effort to support the development of P2P technology, the European Union has now invested $22 million in the development of an open-source BitTorrent client.

http://torrentfreak.com/eu-invests-22-million-in-next-generation-bittorrent-client/

SXSW 2009 on BitTorrent: 6 GB of Free Music

The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States. For the fifth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-free, RIAA-safe collection of songs totaling 6 GB, which can all be downloaded for free, thanks to BitTorrent.

http://torrentfreak.com/sxsw-2009-on-bittorrent-6-gb-of-free-music-090312/ [[category:200907_bbc]] [[category:200907_bbc]] [[category:200907_bbc]]
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