San Francisco - BitTorrent, a provider of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with place-shifting software company Orb Networks to enable BitTorrent downloads to be played on any connected device. The BitTorrent software client will be bundled with the Orb PC application, which allows users to access the media on their computers and home television services from any Web-enabled video device.

Emeryville, Calif. - Orb Networks, a developer of media place-shifting technology, announced that it has enabled live TV streaming to Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch. The video stream must originate from a PC with a TV tuner card. The company said it created a special application called OrbLive to get around the iPhone's extreme limitations on supported video formats.

London - Orb Networks is set to announce that its remote PC media access application will support Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and iPod Touch, The Register reports. Orb's place-shifting software gives users streaming access to the music playlists, songs, photos, videos and TV content stored on their PCs; for the Apple devices, streams will be delivered as MP4 files. The Orb application will also purportedly allow iPhone users to send a link to streaming versions of songs stored on their computers to friends via a link during an SMS chat session.

Emeryville, Calif. - Orb Networks, a provider of media place-shifting software, announced on Thursday that it has passed one million registered users for its MyCasting application. The software lets users stream all of their home and Web-based digital media remotely from any Internet-connected device.

Emeryville, Calif. - Orb Networks, a developer of "place-shifting" technology that lets users access premium home TV channels while away from home on Internet-connected devices, said on Friday that it has integrated its software with a set-top box made by Futarque. The set-top will offer both broadcast programming and all of the personal media on a user's PC, delivered to a TV, with Orb's MyCasting software serving as the bridge between the PC and set-top.

Emeryville, Calif. - Orb Networks on Monday introduced a new TV interface for its service for Nintendo Wii owners that allows them to access the digital entertainment on home PCs from their televisions through the Wii. Emeryville, Calif.-based Orb said that 50,000 gamers have begun using its MyCasting software bridge for the Wii, accessing YouTube videos and listening to their PC music collections. The company announced last week that it developed a similar bridge for Sony's PlayStation 3.

Emeryville, Calif. - Amino, a provider of IPTV delivery technology, announced this week that it has partnered with Orb Networks, whose MyCasting service allows users to access their PC content from any Internet-connected device. Under the deal, Orb's software will be integrated into Amino set-top boxes, enabling consumers to access their PC digital media directly from their televisions.