Google Filters Torrents From Search Results

Google has been filtering its search results for years. That’s proven very useful for the Chinese government, and of course content owner representatives like the MPAA and RIAA. According to Google, the filtering of torrents from the search results is a response to the DMCA complaints they receive.

Get into Private BitTorrent Sites with Tracker Checker 2

Constantly checking private trackers for open signups can be a drawn out task. Some open only briefly and by the time one gets a tipoff, all the places have gone and registrations are closed again. Tracker Checker 2 automatically checks chosen sites for open signups, getting you into those elusive private sites with a minimum of effort.

A beginner’s guide to BitTorrent

Despite the fact that BitTorrent has been around for a good 6 years now, the lightning fast file sharing protocol hasn’t completely taken off in the mainstream. Since we post a decent amount about BitTorrent around here, we figured it was just time we put out a beginner’s guide to BitTorrent. This is the guide you can send to your friend next time he gets that glassy look in his eyes when you mention BitTorrent and how quick and easy it makes downloading albums educational, public domain videos and other large files.

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Intermediate guide to BitTorrent

Last week’s beginner’s guide to BitTorrent got you all up to speed on what BitTorrent is and how you can use it to download and share large files. It was a pretty good start, but there are a couple settings that any avid BitTorrent-er should tweak to keep their files sharing smoothly over BitTorrent. Today I’ll show your how to set advanced bandwidth allocation, ensure a good share ratio, and guard your computer against anti-BitTorrent nasties that want to spy on your downloads.

How To Organize your BitTorrent downloads with uTorrent

Downloading files using BitTorrent can get messy if you aren’t diligent about organizing your downloads. Luckily uTorrent has a few advanced features, like download labeling, that can help keep your downloads perfectly organized with very little work on your part, and weblog TorrentFreak explains how. Not yet hip to that crazy BitTorrent? Our beginner and intermediate guides to BitTorrent should get you up to speed.

Use uTorrent to Organize Your BitTorrent Downloads [TorrentFreak]

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Search Google anonymously at Googlonymous

Web site Googlonymous acts as a middleman between you and Google so you can search the web anonymously:

Google: Find free comic books

The always handy Tech-Recipes has come up with a way to quickly search for free comic books online using Google. There are a couple ways to accomplish this, but if you are looking for title specific searches, this is what you would do:

Google Pack: Google Pack now includes Star Office

In what looks like a direct jab at Microsoft, Google includes Sun Microsystems’ office productivity suite Star Office to their free bundle of PC software called Google Pack. TechWeb reports:

StarOffice includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, and database applications, along with a library of images and 3D effects. Normally available for $70, StarOffice is free with Google Pack.