utorrent hogging system resources...causing heat issues

I recently upgraded to uTorrent ver 0.9.0.4 & since then I am seeing my CPU usage hover around 90% [using iStat] & 100% of that 90% is being used by utorrent. This is causing my MacBook heat up...earlier it used to run at a cool 35deg celcius, now its at 60 with the fans on fun blast...& all this is with only utorrent running, nothing else.
Due to this switching bet. apps such as iphoto & firefox has become slow.Earlier it used to be instant, now there is a lag of about 5 seconds before the response...

Any solutions/ideas...please help
Thanks in advance

Solution is simple: Stop using uTorrent for now. It's in beta testing and still has issues to be ironed out. This overuse of system resources may be one.

yeah...that seems to be the only solution for now...will wait for the next update