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BitTorrent in Your Browser

by Tom Conlon on May 2, 2007 at 09:02 AM

BitTorrent in Your Browser
Since its inception in 2001, the BitTorrent method of file-sharing's high download speeds and near user anonymity has earned it the ire of record labels, movie studios and just about anyone else that owns any sort of intellectual property. But for the BitTorrent user, the need for a separate client program to connect with downloads (instead of a Web browser) had been in a pain in the copyright-violating behind.

Not anymore! FoxTorrent is a new plug-in for the Firefox Web browser that lets you download files and monitor their progress from within a browser window. You can watch videos and listen to audio as it downloads, and FoxTorrent will even continue downloading files if you close the browser window -- all without hogging bandwidth or memory. The only real cost? Your eternal soul, you low-down, law-breaking, file-stealing scofflaw, you.

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