gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » abc http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Access US-Only Services Like Hulu, ABC Or Pandora With UltraVPNhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/15/access-us-only-services-like-hulu-abc-or-pandora-with-ultravpn/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/15/access-us-only-services-like-hulu-abc-or-pandora-with-ultravpn/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:24:04 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=16349 Many companies and organizations limit their services on the Internet to users of a specific country. This is especially true for streaming based services that stream media like music or videos over the Internet. It usually comes down to usage rights as the main reason for the limitation. Others say the limits are there to save money and bandwidth as the target audience is usually also limited to the countries the services are allowed in.

One of the best ways of accessing these services from outside the supported countries is to use a VPN, a virtual private network. This is helpful for citizens on holidays who want to access the services abroad but also – obviously – for users from other countries who want to access the services.

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UltraVPN was discovered by Nakodari from Addictive Tips and we have to say that it is one of the easiest solutions right now. It works great currently and gives access to Hulu, Pandora and all the other US-only websites and services out there. The streaming quality is excellent unlike that of other free competitors (like Hotspot Shield). Our guess however is that it is only a matter of time – thanks to popularity – before the performance of UltraVPN will get a dent or two as well.

Installation is a breeze. All the user needs is to create an account at the UltraVPN website (only username and password required). The VPN setup is available for Windows and Mac OS. The username and password have to be supplied on startup. The vpn service will notify the user that the computer has been connected to it. What’s left is to access the websites and services to test the speed and quality of the service.

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Head over to the Ultra VPN website to download the client, create an account and access additional information about the virtual private network. The vpn service has been successfully tested with Hulu, ABC and Pandora.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/15/access-us-only-services-like-hulu-abc-or-pandora-with-ultravpn/feed/ 11 Alternatives to uTorrenthttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:49:32 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/ There has been a lot of controversy about the recent acquisition of uTorrent by Bram Cohen, the creator of the Bittorent protocol. Most users seem to be disturbed about the partnership between Bittorrent and the MPAA which started in fall 2005 with the agreement that illegal searches would be removed from its own Bittorrent search engine. The fear that the cooperation will affect the development of the popular uTorrent client seems to grow with every passing day.

“Following the acquisition, patented content delivery innovations made by BitTorrent, Inc. will be integrated in the µTorrent client in a manner that will remain seamless to the community of users. Ultimately, the integration of best-of-breed BitTorrent technology will result in an improved client and an enhanced user experience. It will also accelerate BitTorrent’s plans to provide high-performance content delivery services that power websites seeking the most efficient platform for distributing large, high-quality files. Lastly, the incorporation of µTorrent’s lightweight codebase strengthens the adoption of BitTorrent technology in embedded systems, including televisions, mobile phones and other non-PC platforms.”

Utorrent on the other hand does not seem to be the only bittorent client which seems to be affliated with the content industry. There are at least rumors that Azureus was sending stats of your sessions over the network as well. And finally a photo appeared on Flickr that shows the author of Bitcomet and Aswhin Navin of Bittorrent.

Alternatives:

Some users prefer to switch clients based on those rumors which is totally understandable. But which clients can be used except the most popular ones ? Here is a list of alternatives.

It will be hard for every client in that list and possible future clients to come close to the excellent functionality and performance of uTorrent.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/20/alternatives-to-utorrent/feed/ 16 Another site that offers tv streams for freehttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/29/another-site-that-offers-tv-streams-for-free/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/29/another-site-that-offers-tv-streams-for-free/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:13:22 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/29/another-site-that-offers-tv-streams-for-free/ Wow those sites seem to popup like nothing else at the moment. Everton from connected internet was writing about streamick and I decided to add an article of my own to give you an alternative to all those other streaming sites out there. Streamick offers more than 300 tv channels to choose from including BBC One, ESPN Starsports, CNN & several other news channels.

This is basically a collection of free streams that are available on the internet and can’t be compared to programs like tvu player that stream popular tv channels like ABC, Comedy Central and FOX. The only advantage you get with streamick is that it displays the streams directly from within their website.

To be honest, many channels that are offered at their website are crap. Local channels about Miami or New Orleans don’t appeal to a world wide audience. Neither do many of the other channels offered there Boardriders TV and High TV for example.

My suggestion would be to give it a try, take a look at the offered streams and see if they offer any that might be of interest to you.

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