April 27, 2012
The online world is fast becoming a dangerous place. A premium VPN service is a small price to pay for the ultimate in online security, allowing you to both download what you wish and avoid being snooped on. Today we show you how to set up one such service, BTGuard, a torrent-friendly premium VPN service.
February 28, 2012
If you’re living outside of the United States, here’s a familiar scenario for you. You’re reading your favorite tech blog, and suddenly see a post about the latest and greatest in web services. Maybe it’s a new way to stream music or watch TV, maybe it’s an awesome new bookstore. Excited, you click through to try it out – only to find out that it’s limited to US customers only. TunnelBear is a slick Virtual Private Network that can help solve that problem.
February 12, 2012
Everyday the onslaught to our freedom and censorship of the internet continues to escalate, but you can help. If you want to ensure certain sites remain available, then look no further than a new, free Wordpress plugin called RePress. It allows you to quickly and easily setup a web proxy without complicated programming.
January 27, 2011
There are many reasons why you might want to learn how to set up a proxy server in Ubuntu Linux to send your browser traffic through. Perhaps you are surfing on an unsecured wireless network, or maybe you don’t want the BOFH at work to see where you are going on the Internet. Whatever your [...]
December 29, 2010
Recently, I’ve become quite obsessed with computer automation. After writing a recent article about Windows Scripting with VB script (a programming language I love), I’ve started exploring different ways people can make their computer smarter through scripts. One common thing many people do to protect their identity when visiting certain websites or while working on [...]
August 20, 2010
I had quite a lot of trouble last week with a company’s browsing restrictions. It used an extensive directory of ‘forbidden websites’ that kept out all but a few popular sites. In effect, no games sites, no personal email, and no MakeUseOf. None of the conventional proxy servers worked, and even Google Translate failed. My [...]
August 12, 2010
After our home computer became infected for the umpteenth time with an Internet Explorer exploit, even after I admonished my kids to avoid using Internet Explorer at all costs, I decided it was time to take drastic action. There are a lot of reasons why you may want to configure a computer so that it [...]
February 4, 2010
One of the most interesting aspects of conducting research into online search trends is that you quickly pick up on what topics are the most popular and most important to the large majority of Internet users. One of the most popular search trends is for services that will send you new proxy server list to [...]
January 19, 2010
Looking at the experiences of one of my friends – the network administrator – I don’t think I’d ever want to be one. Personally, I think this job would continuously put me in a difficult situation. On one side, I would want to always be on good terms with everybody that I worked with. But [...]
November 27, 2009
People often say to me that they don’t like surfing the Internet as they feel every website they go to could hunt them down and knock on their door. Let me tell you this. It is not true. However, bear in mind, that it is possible to find your location, but they would need a [...]
