Maxtor OneTouch III

I want to purchase one of these to back-up all of my work and perhaps use it as a downloading dock for large downloads to take some load off of my work station.

http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/

I couldn't get a clear answer on the site, maybe someone here knows:
Can I set up the Maxtor OneTouch III as a downloading dock, for example for Bittorent?

Thanks