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BitTorrent is often referred to as the best filesharing protocol for sharing large files. But why? What makes BitTorrent so unique? Well, lets take a sneak peek under the hood of your BitTorrent client, and list a couple of features that make BitTorrent as fast, stable, and robust as it is. How it all Starts BitTorrent starts with chopping a file into small pieces, the person who starts sharing the file ( initial seed ) sends those small pieces to available peers in the   swarm . The BitTorrent protocol makes sure that the seed sends a unique piece to everyone, so they can immediately exchange these pieces with each other. Thus, the great advantage is that everyone starts sharing pieces of the file right away. Fair trading Once you have a little piece of the file, your BitTorrent client tries to find other people who might be interested in the pieces you have. The BitTorrent protocol works as a tit-for-tat   game, you only upload pieces to people who offer something to you. T

Vuze, the popular BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus, has received a major update which allows users to automatically convert and play downloaded videos on the iPhone, iPod, Xbox 360 and the PS3. "Now playing, on all your screens" is Vuze's new tagline. Over the past year, Vuze has been slowly transitioning   to an all-in-one BitTorrent application where users can search, download and play videos from the Vuze network and other torrent sites. The latest addition to the client takes yet another step forward. The BitTorrent client has added a new feature that integrates   Vuze   with several media devices. It allows users to automatically convert and transfer downloaded videos to iTunes, and stream the files to the Xbox 360 and PS3. "With today's release, we're unlocking HD content and giving it wings to get from the computer to the other screens in our lives: TV and Mobile," Vuze CEO Gilles BianRosa told TorrentFreak. "We think thi

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