The plethora of peer-to-peer software makes it hard to keep track of all flavors of all different networks and clients. Starting today we'll blog a list with the most popular P2P networks and respective clients. It's unlikely that the list will ever be complete — it should be considered a work-in-progress — but we promise to do our best to keep it updated on a regular-basis

BitTorrent

This week we start with the BitTorrent protocol that has grown so much in popularity since the last year. As a clean alternative to spyware-loaded clients that infest other networks, BT has proved to be best suited for fresh and popular files. The newest trend being adopted by file-downloaders is the use of RSS feeds with BT clients. This combination, already being called the "poor-man's TiVo", will very soon become the focus of attention from TV and cable networks.

As always, feel free to jump on the comments with your opinions, recommendations and ideas for making BitTorrent the next killer-app of file-downloading.