The last stop on our tour of BitTorrent clients is Azureus. This is decidedly the most robust of the three, written in Java, containing features BitLord and µTorrent can only aspire to. If BitLord is the smarmy pre-adolescent, and µTorrent the world-wise teen, then is Azureus the mature adult, outwitting them both with a sly grin? Read on. Acquisition and Installation I grabbed the Windows version of Azureus (v3.0) from…

Now that our hosting issues have been resolved, now we can get on with life as usual. Namely, the promised BitTorrent client review. Once I figured out the ASCII code for a “µ”, I was ready to start the review on µTorrent. (it’s 230, for those of you interested in such things). µTorrent bills itself on it’s size (small) resource-friendliness, and configurability. Acquisition and Installation I downloaded all 225k of…

As a BitTorrent n00b myself, I decided to start with BitLord, the client that most people tell me is among the easiest to use. There a couple other clients waiting in the wings that are more feature-laden, but have a steeper learning curve as well. I’m riding this curve with you, so be patient as I share information that I’m picking up along the way. Oh, if you’re new to…

For those of you who haven’t heard of the BitTorrent protocol, I’ll take you through a brief introduction. BitTorrent and P2P networks in general spend a lot of time in the news, being demonized, usually, by both the media and venerable organizations such as the RIAA and MPAA. It is claimed, generally, that the P2P networks are responsible for the lion’s share of the illegal trafficking of music, software and…