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A Cow writes "The Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first to incorporate decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova. The Tribler developers have found a way to make their client work without having to rely on BitTorrent sites. Although others have tried to come up with similar solutions, such as the Cubit plugin for Vuze, Tribler is the first to understand that with decentralized BitTorrent search, there also has to be a way to moderate these decentralized torrents in order to avoid a flood of spam."

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Posted by on under pirate bay, european universities, torrent files, solutis, search capabilities, mininova, bittorrent sites, torrents, peers, cow, flood, harvard, tribler, developers, vuze |

A Cow writes "The Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first to incorporate decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova. The Tribler developers have found a way to make their client work without having to rely on BitTorrent sites. Although others have tried to come up with similar solutions, such as the Cubit plugin for Vuze, Tribler is the first to understand that with decentralized BitTorrent search, there also has to be a way to moderate these decentralized torrents in order to avoid a flood of spam."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Tagi: pirate bay, european universities, torrent files, solutis, search capabilities, mininova, bittorrent sites, torrents, peers, cow, flood, harvard, tribler, developers, vuze
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Google officially announces their acquisition of VoIP service Gizmo5, cheap, modded Xbox 360s flood Craigslist, and Black Friday is coming early to many big retailers this year. Google welcomes...
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What do you do when your home has been flooded? We recently received pictures from a woman in Massachusetts whose first floor -- including her living room, kitchen and half bath -- were under 6 inches of water for over 24 hours following massive rain storms. She -- like many others facing similar circumstances -- is somewhat at a loss as to the next steps to take. So we have compiled some tips and links for anyone facing similar issues. Document the Damage: Fortunately, she took ...
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