August 31, 2009
A proxy server is a kind of server/software that sits between a network and another client machine and handles communication between the two. That one function is the primary use of a free proxy server ““ to act as a proxy for a client machine. Proxy servers can also be configured to store (cache) webpages [...]
August 30, 2009
So you say you can’t get on the open seas of the Internet at school/work/home? You’re concerned about men in black suits watching what you see? What you need, then, is a proxy server. You connect directly to the proxy server and it connects you to the rest of the Internet, using its IP address. [...]
May 24, 2009
Tor has been discussed on MakeUseOf before. It’s a multi-platform application that allows you to completely hide (or manipulate) the alleged origin of your network activities. It can be used to surf anonymously and also to access country-restricted services like Hulu, Spotify, and many others. Tor reroutes network traffic through Tor nodes. With SOCKS-friendly applications [...]
April 23, 2009
Okay kids, you’ve been searching the web for how to get into blocked websites in school, with no luck. Face it, you’re living in a world where your parents and your teachers want to protect you from the vile and nasty evils that lurk on the Internet. Why? Are there really child predators hiding in [...]
February 13, 2009
Since its first arrival, the torrent protocol has evolved into one of the most powerful P2P methods available. But due to many reasons such as copyright infringement or bandwidth abuse, not everyone embraces this convenient way of sharing files. Many admins block connections to torrent networks preventing the users from acquiring the torrents and/or the [...]
January 24, 2009
I can see you – well, your computer – naked. This statement is true when we are discussing the internet. Ordinary people would be amazed about much information can be retrieved from someone’s computer everytime that computer is connected to the net. The paranoids have said that this information can and will be abused. Either [...]
December 22, 2008
Tor is a freely accessible network that allows Internet traffic to flow through it securely and anonymously. Tor brings anonymous internet surfing to your browser and helps to prevent websites from tracking users and can also help users to bypass blocked sites by their Internet service providers (ISPs) or government. Tor download bundles are available [...]
December 6, 2008
So you’re at work or school and you want to check your profile or watch a YouTube video. Lo and behold, it’s blocked. Now you have two options – be productive or try and bypass the filter. Usually one would choose the latter, but how would you do that? Here’s some options. XeroBank The xB Browser [...]
December 3, 2008
Hulu and Sling are two great websites for watching high quality movies and TV shows. Both offer plenty of movies (see here and here) and a number of currently popular TV shows to choose from. You can even get watche latest epsiodes for popular TV shows like Heroes, House and Prison Break – all without [...]
September 17, 2008
Ten years ago, nobody ever considered having a website with videos. The enormous size of the multimedia files would make the site almost impossible to access, considering how slow the internet connection was at that time. There were many tweaks invented in order to survive the snail-like internet connection speed in the past. Some were [...]
