qBittorrent 3.3.5 was released today and it includes new features, such as a torrent management mode, a new cookie management dialog, as well as other improvements and bug fixes.

qBittorrent is a BitTorrent client that aims to provide a free software alternative to μTorrent, available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.

The application comes with an integrated search engine, web interface, sequential download support, bandwidth scheduler, advanced RSS support with download filters, torrent creation tool, IP filtering and other useful features.

The application comes with a very basic user interface, which allows dropping a torrent file or pasting a magnet link to start streaming it.

Deluge 1.3.0 was released about a week ago bringing a lot of changes to the WebUI which now handles a large amount of torrents better (among other improvements). The GTKUI was also tweaked to handle a large number of torrents better by adding a client-side cache to reduce the RPC traffic. The Deluge developers say the GTKUI is now using 20% of the bandwith the 1.2 client was using.

Reddit is one of the best resources for finding new and interesting content and sometimes even more. Speaking about this "even more", there is now a new tracker called BaconBits created by a Reddit user, which can only be used by Reddit users who have at least 100 comment karma and have signed up for at least 3 months.

The interesting part about this private BitTorrent tracker is that there is no minimum ratio. You will, however get a "warn" if your ratio drops below 0.2.

A couple of days ago I was telling you about BTaccel, a browser-based BitTorrent client you can use to download .torrent files for you, and then you can download torrents from their website via HTTP.

Well, today we received an invitation code so Web Upd8 readers get 150 more invites for BTaccel. When you signup, enter this invite code: 100GBwebupd8150


What can BTaccel be used for? Well, for one: you can use it to download torrents from work or school if you have the BitTorrent ports blocked because when downloading from BTaccel, you use port 80 which is for browsing thus always open. And second: it protects your privacy and no one will know what your are downloading (you won't show up among the peers when downloading, etc.).

BTaccel is a browser-based remotely hosted BitTorrent client. All you have to do is enter a .torrent address and it takes care of everything and notifies you when the torrent has finished downloading so you can download it from their servers via HTTP. Another advantage is the fact that you can start a torrent from any computer with a browser and then finish the transfer at home, when it’s convenient.

In order to use it to download torrent files, you’ll need to sign up with an invitation. MakeUseOf offers you 150 invites: when registering, enter this promotional code: 100GBmakeuseof150

If the above invites run out, you can still get one by following @btaccel on Twitter.

In case you don't know, Limewire an cross-platform P2P client (works on Windows, Linux, Mac, etc) and is actually the most widely-installed client in the world. In the most recent beta version, the Limewire team have greatly improved the program's torrent handling capabilities.

By adding LibTorrent to the mix, Limewire now includes the engine powering such apps as Halite, Deluge, Miro, Free Download Manager, and more. As a result, the new version gains support for IPv6, Mainline DHT, UDP tracking and HTTP seeding, local peer discovery, and peer exchange (PEX).

Interestingly, being the most widely-installed app doesn't translate into actual use. As TorrentFreak points out, in a survey of nearly 200,000 bittorrent peers only 43 were using Limewire.