Torrent Magnifier: A desktop BitTorrent search tool

Torrent Magnifier is a BitTorrent search engine that searches multiple BitTorrent trackers including btunkie, Mininova, and Fenopy. Of course, there's nothing new about a web page that lets you search for torrents from different trackers. You can also do that at Torrentz, SumoTorrent, Torrentfly, and any number of other sites.

But here's what makes Torrent Magnifier different: There's a desktop client. Just enter a query and hit the search button, and Torrent Magnifier will search for torrents. No web browser necessary. Well, at least not until it's time to actually download a torrent. At that point, you hit the Go button and the torrent download page will open in your default web browser.

Is there any real advantage to using the Torrent Magnifier desktop client over a web-based version? I can't think of one. But it's certainly something that sets Torrent Magnifier apart from the crowd. There's also a Windows Gadget version of the search tool as well as an Internet Explorer 8 accelerator.

[via Addictive Tips]