BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer media sharing tool, but it's not as simple as downloading content in a browser. Our guide shows you how to Torrent, and how to stay safe while doing it.

Click to viewEarlier this week, a Lifehacker reader caught downloading copyrighted material using BitTorrent told us about the scary warning letter she received from her ISP after a big media company ...

Over the last couple week's TiVo let slip that they're going to start adding banner ads when we try to fast-forward commercials (and to make things even more annoying, Congress is considering a bill ...

If you've been plagued with BitTorrent downloads that won't finish, unplaying videos, or—worse yet—videos that claim to require special players, weblog ...

Not a big deal, but if you’ve recently switched machines, it might be the piece of software that you’ve forgotten to install. This Chrome extension, called OneClick, which came out of BitTorrent’s ...

Illicit material is often available on torrent sites like the Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents (pictured here). KickAssTor screenshot 6/24/14 Social media and the community news site Reddit were ...

What is torrenting, and is it safe? Is it legal to torrent, and if not, what happens if you get caught? Here’s everything you need to know to before you start downloading torrents. Torrenting is a ...

At least 23,000 file sharers soon will likely get notified they are being sued for downloading the Expendables in what has become the single largest illegal-BitTorrent-downloading case in U.S. history ...

Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox are busy funding some new, super-duper anti-BitTorrent technology called BitStalker. The difference between it and other anti-BitTorrent systems is that it’s said ...

A US ISP is arguing that not all users of the BitTorrent technology are using it to download pirated content iStock US internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications is arguing that BitTorrent ...