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Listening Post: "Azureus Wins Sourceforge 'Best Overall' Open-Source Software Award
If you've been looking for an excuse to try a new BitTorrent client for downloading music, movies, and what have you, this could be it. Sourceforge, the open-source software directory/community, has given the BitTorrent client Azareus the 'Best Overall' award (eMule, also a P2P program, came in second). "

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