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Hotspot Shield 1.3 Works With Hulu Again… Sometimes
4:30AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac OS X: Hotspot Shield is a lot of people’s go-to application for accessing US-only content, including the popular video site Hulu—until Hulu blocked the app from working, that is. The latest update hopes to work with Hulu yet again. More »
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StayInvisble Catalogues Free Proxy Servers To Keep You Anonymous
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Looking to add a little more stealth and a little less “Here I am, world!” to your web browsing? StayInvisible not only catalogues free proxy servers but provides tools to test proxies and information about anonymity and encryption. More »
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4:43PM Angus Kidman | Want to watch overseas streaming sites like Hulu or the BBC iPlayer in Australia, or catch up with the ABC’s iView when you’re on an overseas trip? The unfortunate truth is occasionally it’s possible, but generally it’s not. Here’s why. More »
The Hulu/iView/iPlayer Overseas Viewing FAQ
4:43PM Angus Kidman | Want to watch overseas streaming sites like Hulu or the BBC iPlayer in Australia, or catch up with the ABC’s iView when you’re on an overseas trip? The unfortunate truth is occasionally it’s possible, but generally it’s not. Here’s why. More »
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FreeProxy Helps You Circumvent Restrictive Firewalls
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Corporate firewall got you down? No Facebook behind your school’s filter? FreeProxy is a simple proxy tool for routing your browsing through your home computer. More »
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IYHY Strips Websites Down For Fast Text Browsing
1:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | IYHY is a web-based service that acts as a text-only proxy, stripping down websites for faster load times. Like previously reviewed page minimisersBareSite and Finch, IYHY returns just the basic text of the site you plug into it. With Lifehacker.com and and news.google.com as our test sites, though, IYHY beat the two previous sites hands down for clarity and condensation. Formatting is cleaner, no images were mistakenly thrown back into the mix, comments were still visible, and with IYHY there were no annoying [IMAGE] tags scattered throughout the stripped content. For mobile browsing or surreptitious reading at the office, IYHY does a suberb job stripping all non-text elements from a site. There is no login required for the basic proxy service, but with a free account you can save your most frequently accessed sites to save some time—and your thumbs. IYHY [via MakeUseOf] More »
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AlwaysVPN Takes US-Only Sites International
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): AlwaysVPN, a free virtual private networking service, is promoted as a safer way for anyone to browse the web or trading files over a public net connection. It works for that purpose, sure, but it also lets anyone on the disappointing side of a US-only service like Hulu, Pandora, or Fancast get around that often arbitrary restriction. We’ve previously featured a similar service, Hotspot Shield, but AlwaysVPN has the edge in not installing any toolbars (although it does put ads across the top of your browser), working on all three major platforms, and, well, being a go-to VPN proxy if Hotspot is only trickling in. Installation and startup are a simple right-click affair in Windows, while OS X users will have to configure a third-party VPN client, and Linux users compile from source. AlwaysVPN is a free download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems. AlwaysVPN [via gHacks] More »
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BFilter Blocks Web Ads From Any Browser
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: BFilter, a free local-based browser proxy, blocks banner, JavaScript, Flash, and many other types of advertisements from displaying on web pages. BFilter installs itself on your system and has you set up your browser to run through it as a proxy, quickly killing ads as they stream to your system. Unlike many other ad-block tools, BFilter relies on analysing and filtering web code, rather than a blacklist or whitelist—although you can edit the filter to ad individual sites or servers to be blocked. Setting up BFilter was a five-minute affair, even on a browser (Google Chrome) that lacked specific installation instructions, and BFilter worked as promised—although it did block Digg badges for some reason, so a little tweaking is likely necessary. BFilter is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. BFilter Web Proxy [Sourceforge] More »
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How To Watch Videos On Hulu From Anywhere
7:00AM Adam Pash | Hulu may carry lots of up-to-date US programming, but if you’re sitting at a computer outside the States, you’re locked out of the fun. The quick, straightforward video above details how to access Hulu videos from anywhere using previously mentioned Hotspot Shield to create a quick proxy that makes Hulu think you’re browsing from the US. The video focuses on Hulu, but the method should work for pretty much any US-only site. Access Hulu.com From Anywhere More »
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Beat Secure Site Problems in Google Chrome with a Nightly Build
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Users of Google’s Chrome browser behind web proxies, and in other situations, often find that the browser can have a touchy relationship with secure connections (starting with https://) and SSL certificates in general. The Daily Gyan blog recommends a few potential fixes, including using a more up-to-date nightly build, which can be grabbed at the Chromium build page or using the previously posted Chrome Nightly Updater. Other suggestions include grabbing a portable version of Chrome or, if you’re behind a Microsoft ISA proxy server, grabbing a client app to work through it. Got your own solutions to Chrome proxy woes? Share ‘em in the comments. Google Chrome – HTTPS and SSL Over Proxy Issues [Daily Gyan] More »
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