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		<title>Access US-Only Services Like Hulu, ABC Or Pandora With UltraVPN</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/15/access-us-only-services-like-hulu-abc-or-pandora-with-ultravpn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>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 &#8211; obviously &#8211; for users from other countries who want to access the services.</p>
<p><span id="more-16349"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/virtual_private_network-500x322.jpg" alt="virtual private network" title="virtual private network" width="500" height="322" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-16351" /></p>
<p>UltraVPN was discovered by <a href="http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/yes-it-is-time-to-watch-hulu-from-outside-us-again/">Nakodari</a> 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 &#8211; thanks to popularity &#8211; before the performance of UltraVPN will get a dent or two as well.</p>
<p>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&#8217;s left is to access the websites and services to test the speed and quality of the service. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ultra_vpn-500x272.jpg" alt="ultra vpn" title="ultra vpn" width="500" height="272" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-16350" /></p>
<p>Head over to the Ultra VPN website to <a href="http://www.ultravpn.fr/download.htm">download</a> the client, create an <a href="http://www.ultravpn.fr/account.htm">account</a> and access additional information about the virtual private network. The vpn service has been successfully tested with Hulu, ABC and Pandora.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/abc/" title="abc" rel="tag">abc</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/hulu/" title="hulu" rel="tag">hulu</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mac-software/" title="mac software" rel="tag">mac software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ultra-vpn/" title="ultra vpn" rel="tag">ultra vpn</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/virtual-private-network/" title="virtual private network" rel="tag">virtual private network</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/vpn/" title="vpn" rel="tag">vpn</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/27/use-hotspot-shield-to-access-us-only-websites-like-hulu-and-pandora/" title="Use Hotspot Shield to access US-only websites like Hulu and Pandora (November 27, 2007)">Use Hotspot Shield to access US-only websites like Hulu and Pandora</a> (51)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/always-vpn-to-watch-hulu-and-similar-services/" title="Always VPN To Watch HULU And Similar Services (November 10, 2008)">Always VPN To Watch HULU And Similar Services</a> (18)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/07/vlc-media-player-1-0-released/" title="VLC Media Player 1.0 Released (July 7, 2009)">VLC Media Player 1.0 Released</a> (9)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/26/video-conferencing-and-collaboration-software-ivisit-presenter/" title="Video Conferencing And Collaboration Software iVisit Presenter (September 26, 2009)">Video Conferencing And Collaboration Software iVisit Presenter</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/18/stream-music-with-subsonic/" title="Stream Music With Subsonic (June 18, 2009)">Stream Music With Subsonic</a> (11)</li>
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		<title>Automatically Download Youtube Videos (And More)</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/automatically-download-youtube-videos-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the popularity of video portals like Youtube came the desire to download the videos to the local computer system to be able to watch them (again) offline or to convert them to burn them to DVD and watch them on TV. Hundreds of applications and software programs have been designed to fill that gap [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/firefox.png" alt="firefox" title="firefox" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-13848" />With the popularity of video portals like Youtube came the desire to download the videos to the local computer system to be able to watch them (again) offline or to convert them to burn them to DVD and watch them on TV. Hundreds of applications and software programs have been designed to fill that gap and we already reviewed many of them in the past including popular download manager like <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/orbit-downloader/">Orbit Downloader</a> or the <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a> add-on <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/11/firefox-download-helper-extension/">Download Helper</a>.</p>
<p>Yahoo Downloader is another Firefox extension that has been designed to download videos from portals like Youtube, Yahoo or CNN but also music from sites like Pandora, Last.fm or Imeem. Probably the most interesting feature for many users is the ability to automatically download videos from these websites.</p>
<p><span id="more-14574"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/download_youtube_videos.jpg" alt="download youtube videos" title="download youtube videos" width="438" height="347" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14575" /></p>
<p>The Firefox add-on places an icon in the Firefox address bar. Some users might not like the location of the icon as it is placed on the left side of the address bar. This can however be easily changed by right-clicking blank space on that toolbar and selecting the customize option. The Yahoo Downloader icon can then be dragged and dropped to another location, toolbar or even removed completely as it is not needed for most of the functionality.</p>
<p>A left-click on the icon will display the window of the download that will list all the videos that have been discovered in open tabs in the Firefox web browser.A click on the download it button will start the download. This can be automated if automatic downloads have been enabled in the options of the Firefox add-on. This setting makes it very comfortable to download youtube videos or videos and music from the other supported audio and video portals.</p>
<p>All videos will be downloaded to a location on the local computer system which can also be changed in the options of the add-on. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13059">Yahoo Downloader</a> is a great add-on for users who download many videos or music and want to automate the process as much as possible.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/audio/" title="audio" rel="tag">audio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-youtube-videos/" title="download youtube videos" rel="tag">download youtube videos</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-manager/" title="download-manager" rel="tag">download-manager</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-add-on/" title="firefox-add on" rel="tag">firefox-add on</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox-extension/" title="firefox-extension" rel="tag">firefox-extension</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/lastfm/" title="last.fm" rel="tag">last.fm</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/video/" title="video" rel="tag">video</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/yahoo-downloader/" title="yahoo downloader" rel="tag">yahoo downloader</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/youtube/" title="youtube" rel="tag">youtube</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/29/youtube-it-firefox-add-on/" title="Youtube It Firefox Add-on (April 29, 2009)">Youtube It Firefox Add-on</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/11/youtube-comment-cloud-firefox-add-on/" title="Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On (April 11, 2009)">Youtube Comment Cloud Firefox Add-On</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/25/video-download-add-on-netvideohunter-for-firefox/" title="Video Download Add-On NetVideoHunter For Firefox (May 25, 2009)">Video Download Add-On NetVideoHunter For Firefox</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/29/sort-downloads-in-firefox/" title="Sort Downloads In Firefox (November 29, 2008)">Sort Downloads In Firefox</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/13/grab-download-music-videos-and-flash-from-websites/" title="Grab++ download music, videos and flash from websites (June 13, 2007)">Grab++ download music, videos and flash from websites</a> (9)</li>
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		<title>Automatic Media Downloads With Tubemaster++</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/30/automatic-media-downloads-with-tubemaster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/30/automatic-media-downloads-with-tubemaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many media portals and other websites that offer free videos and music that users can watch and listen to. It ranges from Internet radio stations to music services such as Last.fm or Pandora to video websites which have become an excellent way of listening to music and watching videos. The music and mvoie [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft_windows.jpg" alt="microsoft windows" title="microsoft windows" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11907" />There are many media portals and other websites that offer free videos and music that users can watch and listen to. It ranges from Internet radio stations to music services such as Last.fm or Pandora to video websites which have become an excellent way of listening to music and watching videos. The music and mvoie industry have also realized that these websites can be used to promote their products. It&#8217;s a win-win for all parties. </p>
<p>There are several options when it comes to downloading music and videos from the Internet. Some websites use weak or no encryption at all which means it is possible to download the media directly from within the web browser. Other websites and services protect the media by encrypting it which makes it harder to actually download the files to the local computer system.</p>
<p><span id="more-14015"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/music_downloads-499x418.jpg" alt="music downloads" title="music downloads" width="499" height="418" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14016" /></p>
<p>There are several software programs available that can download from most music and video portals and services. A very versatile one that is automating the process as much as possible is Tubemaster++. Tubemaster++ is a Java application that is using the packet capturing network monitor WinPcap.</p>
<p>The software program will automatically capture music and videos once the application is up and running. All the user needs to do is to visit a media site, service or software and start playing the media from there. Tubemaster recognizes the media and will display it in its interface. The software works with many services including Youtube, Last.fm, Pandora, Imeem and many more. The only restriction is that the service needs to stream the music to the computer system.</p>
<p>The music and videos can be saved in their original format or converted in the software program to common formats like avi or mp3. There are presets for some popular devices like Apple&#8217;s iPod, Blackberries, the Playstation 3 and dozens of other devices.</p>
<p>A video and mp3 search is provided in the program itself which makes it very comfortable to find specific music or videos. The search results are displayed in the program but open in the default web browser where they can be played.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tubemaster-499x418.jpg" alt="tubemaster" title="tubemaster" width="499" height="418" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-14017" /></p>
<p><a href="http://tubemaster.free.fr/down.html">Tubemaster++</a>  (via <a href="http://www.freewaregenius.com/2009/06/30/tubemaster-plus-plus-download-media-from-media-sharing-sites-including-encrypted-sites/">Freeware Genius</a>) is a very comfortable program to download videos and music from the Internet. The program is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. It requires Java and WinPcap to run (which are provided if they are not installed).</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-music/" title="download-music" rel="tag">download-music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-videos/" title="download-videos" rel="tag">download-videos</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/imeem/" title="imeem" rel="tag">imeem</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/lastfm/" title="last.fm" rel="tag">last.fm</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/media-downloads/" title="media downloads" rel="tag">media downloads</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/tubemaster/" title="tubemaster" rel="tag">tubemaster</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/youtube/" title="youtube" rel="tag">youtube</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/automatically-download-youtube-videos-and-more/" title="Automatically Download Youtube Videos (And More) (July 21, 2009)">Automatically Download Youtube Videos (And More)</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/28/youtube-videos-downloader-tubequeue/" title="Youtube Videos Downloader TubeQueue (July 28, 2009)">Youtube Videos Downloader TubeQueue</a> (17)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/21/youtube-file-hack-tool-for-internet-explorer/" title="Youtube File Hack Tool For Internet Explorer (July 21, 2008)">Youtube File Hack Tool For Internet Explorer</a> (8)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/09/youscrobble-a-last-fm-and-youtube-mashup-service/" title="YouScrobble A Last.FM And Youtube Mashup Service (November 9, 2009)">YouScrobble A Last.FM And Youtube Mashup Service</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/01/web-video-downloader-and-converter/" title="Web Video Downloader And Converter (October 1, 2008)">Web Video Downloader And Converter</a> (6)</li>
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		<title>Spotify: Music legally on demand</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/21/spotify-music-legally-on-demand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[gHacks suggested Spotify as an alternative to Pandora last year, and Spotify has recently gained a lot of attention in the British press. I thought it may be wise to discuss Spotify on here.
Spotify is a service which allows users to stream many songs online free and legally. The service is ad-supported and currently available [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/20/global-pandora-down/">gHacks suggested Spotify as an alternative to Pandora last year</a>, and Spotify has recently gained a lot of attention in the British press. I thought it may be wise to discuss Spotify on here.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.spotify.com">Spotify</a> is a service which allows users to stream many songs online free and legally. The service is ad-supported and currently available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France and Spain. The adverts are only a minor annoyance; I find there is about 2 minutes of them per hour of music. A premium service is also available, where adverts can be removed for a cost.</p>
<p>The service requires a desktop client to play the music. Their client is currently only available on OS X and Windows. Using this software, users can search for music, compile playlists and listen to online radio. The music is streamed as an Ogg Vorbis at 160kbps, so it is very high quality! It also scrobbles the music to last.fm.</p>
<p><span id="more-10687"></span>The advertising is tolerable. Generally, they last about 30-45 seconds and either advertise Spotify Premium or, currently, the Disasters Emergency Committee in the UK. Premium (ad-free) Spotify costs either 99p a day or £10 a month.</p>
<p>I am beginning to reconsider if I still have the need to download music. Most songs are available free on Spotify, with the exception of some of the newest releases on certain labels. My only problem with Spotify is that it isn&#8217;t portable, so I can&#8217;t use it on my iPod etc.</p>
<p>Spotify has a bigger collection of music than the &#8216;full tracks&#8217; available on last.fm.</p>
<p>It is currently only invitation only, but I will give the first 4 people to ask an invite each. Just leave a comment asking for one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/webbysworld/3297489972/" title="Spotify by computerjoe, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3297489972_e196388e67.jpg" width="500" height="308" alt="Spotify" /></a></p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/lastfm/" title="last.fm" rel="tag">last.fm</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mp3/" title="mp3" rel="tag">mp3</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music/" title="music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ogg/" title="ogg" rel="tag">ogg</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/online-radio/" title="online radio" rel="tag">online radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/spotify/" title="spotify" rel="tag">spotify</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/stream/" title="stream" rel="tag">stream</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/streaming-media/" title="streaming media" rel="tag">streaming media</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/streaming-music/" title="streaming music" rel="tag">streaming music</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/23/finetune-a-pandora-like-music-website/" title="FineTune a Pandora like Music website (December 23, 2006)">FineTune a Pandora like Music website</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/08/stream-music-contained-in-torrent-files/" title="Stream Music contained in torrent files (January 8, 2008)">Stream Music contained in torrent files</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/23/play-full-length-music-tracks-and-albums-at-lastfm/" title="Play Full Length Music Tracks and Albums at Last.fm (January 23, 2008)">Play Full Length Music Tracks and Albums at Last.fm</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/10/pandora-adds-commercials/" title="Pandora adds commercials (January 10, 2007)">Pandora adds commercials</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/15/how-to-record-internet-radio-with-aimp2/" title="How To Record Internet Radio With AIMP2 (October 15, 2008)">How To Record Internet Radio With AIMP2</a> (4)</li>
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		<title>Always VPN To Watch HULU And Similar Services</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/always-vpn-to-watch-hulu-and-similar-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is only one possibility to be able to access content that is restricted to select countries on the Internet: Virtual Private Networks. They basically route your traffic through their web servers so that the destination only communicates directly with their servers. If those servers are located in the country you want to access the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is only one possibility to be able to access content that is restricted to select countries on the Internet: Virtual Private Networks. They basically route your traffic through their web servers so that the destination only communicates directly with their servers. If those servers are located in the country you want to access the content from then you normally can do so without difficulties.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/27/use-hotspot-shield-to-access-us-only-websites-like-hulu-and-pandora/">Hotspot Shield</a> was the Virtual Private Network that everyone was talking about. Mainly because it offered free access to their network albeit with limited bandwidth usage before they cut you off. <a href="http://alwaysvpn.com/">Always VPN</a> could be a viable alternative to watch Hulu or listen to Pandora from outside the United States.</p>
<p>The Virtual Private Network is easy to setup and can be downloaded as a client for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X or Linux. Once the software has been installed the Virtual Private Network connection can be started from the Start Menu in Windows.</p>
<p><span id="more-8181"></span>Users get the choice between compatible and faster editions and can also change the configuration if they want to tweak it further. Tests with Hulu and Pandora were successful. A lot of buffering was going on though which could have been a temporary problem or caused by the increasing popularity of the service.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hulu-500x308.jpg" alt="" title="hulu" width="500" height="308" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8182" /></p>
<p>There is one more &#8220;thing&#8221; that has to be mentioned. The Virtual Private Network is displaying advertisement on top of each web page to finance the service. </p>
<p>Always VPN can be a viable alternative to Hotspot Shield, especially if the latter service is not working for you or if you already used up all of your bandwidth and want to continue watching or listening to those services.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/always-vpn/" title="always vpn" rel="tag">always vpn</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/hotspot-shield/" title="hotspot shield" rel="tag">hotspot shield</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/hulu/" title="hulu" rel="tag">hulu</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/network/" title="network" rel="tag">network</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/virtual-private-network/" title="virtual private network" rel="tag">virtual private network</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/watch-hulu/" title="watch hulu" rel="tag">watch hulu</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/12/hulu-no-publically-available-kind-of/" title="Hulu now publically available kind of (March 12, 2008)">Hulu now publically available kind of</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/09/19/hamachi-virtual-private-network/" title="Hamachi Virtual Private Network (September 19, 2006)">Hamachi Virtual Private Network</a> (17)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/30/free-avanquest-connection-manager/" title="Free Avanquest Connection Manager (July 30, 2008)">Free Avanquest Connection Manager</a> (2)</li>
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		<title>Deezer offers what Pandora does not</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/06/deezer-offers-what-pandora-does-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/06/deezer-offers-what-pandora-does-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Users from outside the United States try lots of things to get access to Pandora which streams customized Radio to users with US IPs only. Some succeed with the user of proxies, virtual private networks or services like Global Pandora that come and go. Others point their eyes to France to discover a music service that resembles Pandora in many aspects but is way better.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Users from outside the United States try lots of things to get access to Pandora which streams customized Radio to users with US IPs only. Some succeed with the user of proxies, virtual private networks or services like Global Pandora that come and go. Others point their eyes to France to discover a music service that resembles Pandora in many aspects but is way better.</p>
<p>The most obvious difference is that everyone has access to the service called Deezer which does not only provide custom radio stations with music that you (could) like but also ways to search for bands or songs and play them right in the browser. All of that is possible without creating an account at <a href="http://www.deezer.com/">Deezer</a>.</p>
<p>You will need an account however if you want to create playlists, upload an unlimited amount of mp3 that you can listen to online or participate in community matters.</p>
<p><span id="more-3436"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/deezer.jpg' alt='deezer' /></p>
<p>Information are easily accessible. While listening to the Smart Radio feature you can open a band&#8217;s discography page which does not interrupt the music. There you have access to information about albums, related artists and community members who share your taste. Only albums with tracks available will be shown.</p>
<p>I had troubles creating a playlist though. The system accepted my input but did not add the playlist to the menu. Deezer is nevertheless a brilliant better Pandora.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/deezer/" title="deezer" rel="tag">deezer</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music/" title="music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/online-radio/" title="online radio" rel="tag">online radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/11/pandora-the-music-genome-project/" title="Pandora The Music Genome Project (April 11, 2006)">Pandora The Music Genome Project</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/10/pandora-adds-commercials/" title="Pandora adds commercials (January 10, 2007)">Pandora adds commercials</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/23/open-pandora-application/" title="Open Pandora Application (October 23, 2006)">Open Pandora Application</a> (7)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/13/listen-to-pandora-in-winamp/" title="Listen to Pandora in Winamp (May 13, 2006)">Listen to Pandora in Winamp</a> (8)</li>
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		<title>Global Pandora down</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/20/global-pandora-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Pandora was a great service while it did last. Users from outside the United States where able to listen to Pandora, the Internet Radio that would create music stations based on artists or songs that you like. The Music Industry made the decision to block access to Pandora for all users from outside the United States although most users reported that they discovered new music that they found interesting and that the majority actually bought music they discovered at Pandora.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Global Pandora was a great service while it did last. Users from outside the United States where able to listen to Pandora, the Internet Radio that would create music stations based on artists or songs that you like. The Music Industry made the decision to block access to Pandora for all users from outside the United States although most users reported that they discovered new music that they found interesting and that the majority actually bought music they discovered at Pandora.</p>
<p>You are not the only one who thinks that something is not right here. Still, Global Pandora uploaded an announcement to their website that all US IPs of Global Pandora have been banned by Pandora so that access is currently not possible anymore. They ask users to use <a href="http://www.jango.com/">Jango</a>, <a href="http://imeem.com/">imeem</a>, <a href="http://www.spotify.com/">Spotify</a>, <a href="http://songza.com/">Songza</a> or <a href="http://www.shoutcast.com/">SHOUTcast</a> in the interim period.</p>
<p>It remains unknown if <a href="http://globalpandora.com/">Global Pandora</a> will make a comeback because new IPs will most likely get banned after a while as well. They are looking for U.S. servers and shells nevertheless to bring the service back to life.</p>
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	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/global-pandora/" title="global pandora" rel="tag">global pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet-radio/" title="internet-radio" rel="tag">internet-radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/12/access-pandora-without-a-proxy/" title="Access Pandora without a proxy (January 12, 2008)">Access Pandora without a proxy</a> (28)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/15/create-your-own-internet-radio-streams/" title="Create your own Internet Radio Streams (January 15, 2008)">Create your own Internet Radio Streams</a> (3)</li>
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		<title>Create your own Internet Radio Streams</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/15/create-your-own-internet-radio-streams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/15/create-your-own-internet-radio-streams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meemix reminds me a lot of Pandora. It's a music recommendation service that finds related artists and tracks from information that you enter. Once the first artist was found that you have entered additional artists and tracks are played once the song finishes or you click the next track button.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meemix reminds me a lot of Pandora. It&#8217;s a music recommendation service that finds related artists and tracks from information that you enter. Once the first artist was found that you have entered additional artists and tracks are played once the song finishes or you click the next track button.</p>
<p>User can rate songs from -6 (not) to +6 (hot) and change their mood using the mood control. You can select if you want to hear relaxing (1) to party (6) tunes on another slider and if you want to be surprised or not. Files can be downloaded using Orbit Downloader and Grab++. They are in mpx format which XMPlay can play without difficulties.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.meemix.com/">Meemix</a> does have other features like a friends list, ways to find and listen to stations from other members of the website. It is also possible to block songs, buy songs and add other songs from the album to your favorites. Best of all, Meemix is available to everyone and not only US listeners.</p>
<p><span id="more-2872"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/meemix_internet_radio.jpg' alt='meemix personal internet radio' /></p>
<p>Browsing other Radio stations is kinda cool. You can listen to the most popular stations, browse genres, stations with highest fan growth and newest stations. Great service that looks really promising.</p>
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	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet-radio/" title="internet-radio" rel="tag">internet-radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/meemix/" title="meemix" rel="tag">meemix</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music-recommendation/" title="music recommendation" rel="tag">music recommendation</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/radio-streams/" title="radio streams" rel="tag">radio streams</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/11/pandora-the-music-genome-project/" title="Pandora The Music Genome Project (April 11, 2006)">Pandora The Music Genome Project</a> (1)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/12/access-pandora-without-a-proxy/" title="Access Pandora without a proxy (January 12, 2008)">Access Pandora without a proxy</a> (28)</li>
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		<title>Access Pandora without a proxy</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/12/access-pandora-without-a-proxy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/12/access-pandora-without-a-proxy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandora is a music service only available to users from the United States that is creating radio stations starting with an artist or song the user recommends and adding related artists and songs to that. It was free for everyone some time ago but due to rights issues it was restricted.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pandora is a music service only available to users from the United States that is creating radio stations starting with an artist or song the user recommends and adding related artists and songs to that. It was free for everyone some time ago but due to rights issues it was restricted.</p>
<p>The usual method to access Pandora is to use a proxy that is located in the United States so that Pandora believes that you are from there to. A far better solution was posted in the comments of this blog yesterday.</p>
<p><a href="http://globalpandora.com/">Global Pandora</a> offers the Pandora interface on a independent website that requires no registration. Just enter a song or artist and a radio station will be build and you can listen to it. All without using a proxy, hiding your real IP or registration.</p>
<p><span id="more-2828"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/global_pandora.jpg' alt='global pandora' /></p>
<p>It even offers way to create an account and share music with your friends. All the choices that you have at the original Pandora website as well. I did no try those though and would be cautious to use them. This service is great but it would mean that you would enter your login data, like email, username and password on their site and this is a security risk.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/global-pandora/" title="global pandora" rel="tag">global pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet-radio/" title="internet-radio" rel="tag">internet-radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music/" title="music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/online-music/" title="online music" rel="tag">online music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/07/using-streamripper-to-save-internet-radio-tracks/" title="Using Streamripper to save Internet Radio tracks (April 7, 2008)">Using Streamripper to save Internet Radio tracks</a> (11)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/27/the-best-way-to-record-internet-radio-streams/" title="The best way to record Internet Radio streams (October 27, 2007)">The best way to record Internet Radio streams</a> (10)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/21/spotify-music-legally-on-demand/" title="Spotify: Music legally on demand (February 21, 2009)">Spotify: Music legally on demand</a> (27)</li>
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		<title>Use Hotspot Shield to access US-only websites like Hulu and Pandora</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/27/use-hotspot-shield-to-access-us-only-websites-like-hulu-and-pandora/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/27/use-hotspot-shield-to-access-us-only-websites-like-hulu-and-pandora/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Websites like Hulu and Pandora stop non-US-American visitors right at the doorstep telling them that the contents of the website are not available to them at all. Only US-Americans are allowed and able to view the contents, in the case of the mentioned sites movies and Internet radio.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Websites like Hulu and Pandora stop non-US-American visitors right at the doorstep telling them that the contents of the website are not available to them at all. Only US-Americans are allowed and able to view the contents, in the case of the mentioned sites movies and Internet radio.</p>
<p>Lob was pointing out in my article on accessing Hulu from outside the United States that there was another possibility to watch Hulu movies even if you would be living (currently or permanently) outside of the United States. His suggestion was to download and install a software called <a href="http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/">Hotspot Shield</a> which is a free VPN solution located in the United States.</p>
<p>Download and installation worked fine and I did not have to configure anything by myself to get the VPN service up and running. A quick test at <a href="http://hulustuff.blogspot.com/">Hulustuff</a> (I do not have an invite yet for Hulu, if anyone has one left feel free to pass it on to me, that would be really nice) revealed that most videos were working while some told me this: &#8220;Sorry, this video is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience.&#8221; </p>
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<p>This did not seem to be a problem with the VPN but a internal problem., maybe the video was not available anymore at all or Hulu had difficulties streaming the content.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/hulu/" title="hulu" rel="tag">hulu</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/vpn/" title="vpn" rel="tag">vpn</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/always-vpn-to-watch-hulu-and-similar-services/" title="Always VPN To Watch HULU And Similar Services (November 10, 2008)">Always VPN To Watch HULU And Similar Services</a> (18)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/06/access-hulu-from-outside-the-united-states/" title="Access Hulu from outside the United States (November 6, 2007)">Access Hulu from outside the United States</a> (50)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/01/web-video-downloader-and-converter/" title="Web Video Downloader And Converter (October 1, 2008)">Web Video Downloader And Converter</a> (6)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/15/watch-tv-online-legally/" title="Watch TV online legally (October 15, 2008)">Watch TV online legally</a> (9)</li>
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		<title>Tune into Pandora from outside the United States</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/20/tune-into-pandora-from-outside-the-united-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandora recently announced that classic music is being added to their music database and I decided to take a look at the service and see if it still had this US only restriction in place and if it would be possible to access Pandora from outside the United States. I knew that it should be possible to access Pandora this way as long as the service that I would be using would not spill my IP but display its own which of course had to be from the United States.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pandora recently announced that classic music is being added to their music database and I decided to take a look at the service and see if it still had this US only restriction in place and if it would be possible to access Pandora from outside the United States. I knew that it should be possible to access Pandora this way as long as the service that I would be using would not spill my IP but display its own which of course had to be from the United States.</p>
<p>I first tried accessing directly which redirected me to a restricted website explaining why I was not allowed to listen to Pandora from my location outside the United States. So, the ban of everyone from outside the United States is still in place at Pandora. </p>
<p>My second try was with the excellent Secure Tunnel solution which I use for some time now that allowed me to watch Hulu and download from NBC Direct as well. I activated Secure Tunnel in <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/category/browsing/opera/">Opera</a> and Pandora would load and play fine as if I was a user from the United States.</p>
<p><span id="more-2305"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/11/pandora-access-denied.jpg" alt="pandora access denied" /><br />
<img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/11/access-pandora-from-outside-the-united-states.jpg" alt="access pandora from outside the United States" /></p>
<p>As you can see the first screenshot is displaying the apology that they can&#8217;t serve me at Pandora while the second screen is showing a working Pandora interface with <a href="https://www.secure-tunnel.com/index.cfm?linkID=E34B6967041D6862">Secure Tunnel</a> (aff, not free).</p>
<p>A user commented a while back in the Hulu article that I wrote that it was able to access Pandora with web proxies as well as long as they would be based in the United States. I tried that with several of them and I did not see the restricted website but when Pandora was starting to load it displayed that they were having technical difficulties at the moment which was not true because I was listening to Pandora just fine in Opera.</p>
<p>Please let me know if you have found a proxy that is working with Pandora so that I can confirm this method and search for some proxies to add to this article.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music-discovery/" title="music discovery" rel="tag">music discovery</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/27/use-hotspot-shield-to-access-us-only-websites-like-hulu-and-pandora/" title="Use Hotspot Shield to access US-only websites like Hulu and Pandora (November 27, 2007)">Use Hotspot Shield to access US-only websites like Hulu and Pandora</a> (51)</li>
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		<title>Grab++ download music, videos and flash from websites</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/13/grab-download-music-videos-and-flash-from-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Browsing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grab++ is a freeware addition from the developers of the Orbit Download Manager which runs in the background scanning all elements of a website for multimedia content. All content (music, video, flash) that is found is added to the list with information about its name, size and domain.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grab++ is a freeware addition from the developers of the Orbit Download Manager which runs in the background scanning all elements of a website for multimedia content. All content (music, video, flash) that is found is added to the list with information about its name, size and domain.</p>
<p>To download an element you simply check the box and click on the download button at the bottom of the screen. The download will then be send to the Orbit Downloader where the selected file(s) will be downloaded automatically. You do need the <a href="http://www.orbitdownloader.com/" target="_blank">Orbit Download Manager</a> and the <a href="http://www.orbitdownloader.com/grab++.htm" target="_blank">Grab++</a> addition to download the elements.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/06/grab.jpg" alt="grab++" /></p>
<p><span id="more-1660"></span>The following websites and services are currently supported amongst others: Pandora, Yahoo, Myspace, IMEEM, Radioblogclub,Youtube, Dailymotion, Myspace and others. I tested it for instance with Gametrailers.com and it worked perfectly.</p>
<p>Grab++ is currently available as a beta but it worked without problems using the latest version of <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a>. The developers plan to integrate Grab++ into their download manager in the long run and support more sites such as Last.fm and the RTMP protocol.</p>
<p>A slighlty more complex alternative to grab++ would be the freeware <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/13/how-to-easily-save-multimedia-streams/" target="_blank">URL Snooper</a>.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-manager/" title="download-manager" rel="tag">download-manager</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/download-music/" title="download-music" rel="tag">download-music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/grab/" title="grab" rel="tag">grab</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/video/" title="video" rel="tag">video</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/30/automatic-media-downloads-with-tubemaster/" title="Automatic Media Downloads With Tubemaster++ (June 30, 2009)">Automatic Media Downloads With Tubemaster++</a> (6)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/13/windows-vista-codec-pack/" title="Windows Vista Codec (February 13, 2007)">Windows Vista Codec</a> (12)</li>
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		<title>Aggrega is a Pandora Clone for Music Videos</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/05/aggrega-is-a-pandora-clone-for-music-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/05/aggrega-is-a-pandora-clone-for-music-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 16:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet users from outside the United States are officially excluded from using Pandora to create their own radio stations with songs similar to the ones they have entered at the creation of the music station. Aggrega will surely profit from Pandora's move although it does not offer the same service. By signing up with Aggrega you can create so called custom channels which are created automatically after assigning a name and a group, artist or genre to them. All videos seem to be taken from Youtube as of now which  should not be a problem because I think they are added manually to the database. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Internet users from outside the United States are officially excluded from using Pandora to create their own radio stations with songs similar to the ones they have entered at the creation of the music station. Aggrega will surely profit from Pandora&#8217;s move although it does not offer the same service. By signing up with <a href="http://www.aggrega.com/" target="_blank">Aggrega</a> you can create so called custom channels which are created automatically after assigning a name and a group, artist or genre to them. All videos seem to be taken from Youtube as of now which  should not be a problem because I think they are added manually to the database. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/05/aggrega.gif" align="left" alt="aggrega" />I would not be able to explain otherwise why some bands are not found although their music videos are available at Youtube. After creating a channel you have the option to create another one or view the already created channels. If you choose the second option you see your channels on the left side and videos that have been found at Youtube on the right one.</p>
<p><span id="more-1507"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/05/aggrega2.jpg" alt="aggrega" /></p>
<p>You may now play each video, delete selected ones or add more videos to the channel. The most interesting option is of course the play video option. It lets you view the selected video, change the name, artist or album it is showing and rate the video and the artist separately. A new video is automatically loaded after the current one finished its playback. It is also possible to select one of the next upcoming videos which are shown on the left side with thumbnails, song name and artist name.</p>
<p>Aggrega is a nice service which is able to distinguish itself from Pandora by adding a visual component. The creators need to add more artists and songs to the database or improve the search script that searches Youtube and finds the music videos. It is no problem to find well known artists such as Madonna, Blur or Silversun Pickups but it becomes problematic if you search for lesser known artists.</p>
<p>found at <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/05/05/aggrega/" target="_blank">mashable</a>.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/aggrega/" title="aggrega" rel="tag">aggrega</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music-videos/" title="music videos" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/social-music-site/" title="social music site" rel="tag">social music site</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/11/20/tune-into-pandora-from-outside-the-united-states/" title="Tune into Pandora from outside the United States (November 20, 2007)">Tune into Pandora from outside the United States</a> (8)</li>
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		<title>Access Pandora from outside the USA</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/access-pandora-from-outside-the-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/access-pandora-from-outside-the-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 12:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandora stopped their Music Genome Project from streaming to clients that would access the Pandora website from outside the United States yesterday. They are now checking the IP of every visitor and depending on his location he is either presented with the normal Pandora website or a letter which explains the situation that he is not allowed to use Pandora due to licensing difficulties. Internet Radio should be accessible from anywhere, just like normal radio that does not know boundaries as well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pandora stopped their Music Genome Project from streaming to clients that would access the Pandora website from outside the United States yesterday. They are now checking the IP of every visitor and depending on his location he is either presented with the normal Pandora website or a letter which explains the situation that he is not allowed to use Pandora due to licensing difficulties. Internet Radio should be accessible from anywhere, just like normal radio that does not know boundaries as well.</p>
<p>Before I explain how to listen to Pandora from outside the United States I would like to ask a question: &#8220;I did use Pandora to find new music and I actually did buy some of the music that I found. Since I&#8217;m not allowed to use Pandora anymore I won&#8217;t find new music this way which means I won&#8217;t eventually buy new music. Do you think that this is a clever strategy ?&#8221; I have no usage stats for Pandora but would be excited to know the ratio of US to International users of the service.</p>
<p><span id="more-1502"></span>Accessing Pandora from outside the United States is actually easier than you thought. All you need is a so called cgi-proxy which is located in the United States. Just search for cgi-proxy on Google &#8211; you will find hundreds of those proxies on the Internet. Just enter the url of pandora.com in the proxy form field and hit enter. Pandora should load as usual. (You could use Rapidwire.net for example for this)</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/access-pandora/" title="access pandora" rel="tag">access pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/block-access/" title="block access" rel="tag">block access</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ip-block/" title="ip block" rel="tag">ip block</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a><br />

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		<title>Pandora stopped International Streaming</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/02/pandora-stopped-international-streaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 21:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandora.com made the decision to stop streaming music to users who are not living in the United States. To be able to do this they implemented a script that checks the IP address of every user connecting to the server and if that IP happens to be located outside of the United Stats of America you will not be able to connect to the streaming client anymore. Pandora already updated their FAQ section to reflect this changes, here is what the entry said:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://pandora.com/" target="_blank">Pandora.com</a> made the decision to stop streaming music to users who are not living in the United States. To be able to do this they implemented a script that checks the IP address of every user connecting to the server and if that IP happens to be located outside of the United Stats of America you will not be able to connect to the streaming client anymore. Pandora already updated their FAQ section to reflect this changes, here is what the entry said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Delivery of Pandora is based on proper licensing from the content rights holders &#8211; we have always believed strongly in honoring the guidelines as determined by the artists, labels and publishers. In the U.S. there is a federal statute called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that provides this license for all the music you hear on Pandora. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent license outside the U.S.</p></blockquote>
<p><span id="more-1494"></span>A tiny note on the frontpage is stating that &#8220;Pandora is currently for US listening only&#8221; which is another blow into the faces of music lovers. Pandora surely did not decided for themselves to limit their services which leads to the question why the Music Industry is trying everything to stop people from listening to music which they probably would have bought. But you won&#8217;t buy something that you don&#8217;t know, don&#8217;t you think ? Did not think the Music Industry could get any lower than they already are. They apparently can.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet-radio/" title="internet-radio" rel="tag">internet-radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora-news/" title="pandora news" rel="tag">pandora news</a><br />

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		<title>Pandora adds commercials</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/10/pandora-adds-commercials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandora streams music over the internet which is related to a artist or song that you have entered at the beginning. The service is great to find new artists that make a similar kind of music than artists that you like to listen to. The service was completely free until now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pandora streams music over the internet which is related to a artist or song that you have entered at the beginning. The service is great to find new artists that make a similar kind of music than artists that you like to listen to. The service was completely free until now.</p>
<p>They have decided to add advertisement to their service. According to <a target="_blank" title="pandora music" href="http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2007/01/09/pandora-exec-speaks-about-advertisements-in-stream/">Pandora&#8217;s CTO Tom Conrad</a> about 10% of the users are receiving a nine second advertisement once a day. This looks like testing the waters for me. If few users complain about the ads they might introduce this to all listeners and probably even increase the amount of ads that are displayed each day.</p>
<p><span id="more-1086"></span>I personally think that it is not such a big problem if you compare it to terrestrial radio stations for instance. It could become one if they would decided to increase the advertisements. One should also consider that websites that offer such services have to generate money somehow to be able to pay the bills for servers, bandwidth and service.</p>
<p>A alternative would be <a target="_blank" title="finetune" href="http://www.finetune.com/">finetune.com</a> which can also be used to get new suggestions.</p>
<p>What is your opinion on the matter ?</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/advertisement/" title="advertisement" rel="tag">advertisement</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/finetune/" title="finetune" rel="tag">finetune</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/monetize/" title="monetize" rel="tag">monetize</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music/" title="music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/radio/" title="radio" rel="tag">radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/service/" title="service" rel="tag">service</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/stream/" title="stream" rel="tag">stream</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/21/spotify-music-legally-on-demand/" title="Spotify: Music legally on demand (February 21, 2009)">Spotify: Music legally on demand</a> (27)</li>
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		<title>FineTune a Pandora like Music website</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/23/finetune-a-pandora-like-music-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you do now Pandora you feel right at home when entering the FineTune website. Guests may use only part of the streaming radio services offered at the website but it is good enough for a rough overview of what FineTune has to offer. Just enter an artists name in the search field and FineTune will search for the artist that you have entered and related artists and start with the playback of songs that the search found.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you do now <a target="_blank" title="pandora internet radio" href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a> you feel right at home when entering the <a target="_blank" title="finetune internet radio" href="http://www.finetune.com/">FineTune</a> website. Guests may use only part of the streaming radio services offered at the website but it is good enough for a rough overview of what FineTune has to offer. Just enter an artists name in the search field and FineTune will search for the artist that you have entered and related artists and start with the playback of songs that the search found.</p>
<p>The search reveals many albums of the artist as well and you can either add selected songs to a playlist that you can create after you registered an account or listen to the songs for 30 seconds. Adding playlists is rather easy. You click on the + symbol in front of the songs and it is added automatically to your playlist. There is a limit of three songs per artist and you need to create a complete playlist of 45 tracks to be able to listen to it.</p>
<p><span id="more-1033"></span>This is a severe limitation of course but it seems that they have to comply with some restrictions to be able to offer the service at all. If you have added at least songs from three artists you may click the I&#8217;m lazy button which adds suggested songs automatically to your playlist to fill it.</p>
<p>Once it is filled to the brim you may listen to it. Once a playlist has been created it becomes public and everyone may listen to it and write comments about it. Instead of creating your own playlists you may also listen to playlists created by other members or so called stations which are playlists created by the finetune team.</p>
<p>You may even add playlists into your blog or myspace, code is provided to do so. I personally like this even more than Pandora but that is more a matter of taste.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/finetune/" title="finetune" rel="tag">finetune</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet/" title="internet" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/mp3/" title="mp3" rel="tag">mp3</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music/" title="music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/radio/" title="radio" rel="tag">radio</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/stream/" title="stream" rel="tag">stream</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/25/play-your-mp3-collection-remotely/" title="Play your MP3 collection remotely (January 25, 2007)">Play your MP3 collection remotely</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/15/how-to-record-internet-radio-with-aimp2/" title="How To Record Internet Radio With AIMP2 (October 15, 2008)">How To Record Internet Radio With AIMP2</a> (4)</li>
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		<title>Open Pandora Application</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/23/open-pandora-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Pandora is a freeware application that adds features to Pandora, the famous music service that finds new music of similar taste for you. Pandora itself is designed to function in your browser making it rather uncomfortable to listen to the music. Enter Open Pandora:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Open Pandora is a freeware application that adds features to Pandora, the famous music service that finds new music of similar taste for you. Pandora itself is designed to function in your browser making it rather uncomfortable to listen to the music. Enter Open Pandora:</p>
<p>The tool adds functionality to Pandora like the ability to minimize Pandora to the tray with the tray icon tooltip displaying the currently played song. It offers full control from the tray or an multimedia keyboard (play, pause or skip). It has some rather unique features as well, namely the ability to send song information to last.fm, Microsoft messenger or xfire.</p>
<p><span id="more-867"></span>Last but not least global shortcuts make it easier to use Pandora. You can change stations, hide and unhide the window or change the station to quickmix with them. Oh, one thing that I almost forgot to mention &#8211; it is able to display the songs lyrics in an external window.</p>
<p><strong>Read More:</strong></p>
<p><a href="<a target="_blank" title="open pandora" href="http://openpandora.googlepages.com/download">&#8220;>Open Pandora</a></p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/music/" title="music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/open-pandora/" title="open pandora" rel="tag">open pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/04/11/pandora-the-music-genome-project/" title="Pandora The Music Genome Project (April 11, 2006)">Pandora The Music Genome Project</a> (1)</li>
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		<title>Run Pandora in System Tray</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2006/08/12/run-pandora-in-system-tray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I´ve written some articles on Pandora before; For those who have not heard of the service let me shortly explain what it is all about. Pandora is a music service thats looks at your choice of music and tries to find music that matches this taste. You are free to add a song title, a album or artist and Pandora creates a radio station that plays music that is like the music that you have chosen. The music plays then in your browsers window until you close it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I´ve written some articles on Pandora before; For those who have not heard of the service let me shortly explain what it is all about. Pandora is a music service thats looks at your choice of music and tries to find music that matches this taste. You are free to add a song title, a album or artist and Pandora creates a radio station that plays music that is like the music that you have chosen. The music plays then in your browsers window until you close it.</p>
<p>It would be much nicer if Pandora could be minimises to the system tray instead. This would mean that there would not be another window cluttering your workspace. Dan created a small application that makes it possible to <a target="_blank" title="run pandora in system tray" href="http://www.cfdan.com/posts/Wrapper_Application_For_Pandora_Running_In_Task_Tray.cfm">run Pandora in the system tray</a>. His tool acts as a wrapper application and works fine.</p>
<p><span id="more-707"></span>There are of course other means to achieve the same result. Some days ago I wrote a story about <a target="_blank" title="minimse every window to system tray" href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/07/30/how-to-minimize-every-window-to-the-tray/">rbtray</a> which basically is able to minimise every window to the system tray. This should work with Pandora as well.</p>
<p>Finally I also found a way to <a title="pandora in winamp" href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/13/listen-to-pandora-in-winamp/">import the Pandora radio stream into winamp</a>. You might want to take a look at this article as well.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/global-pandora/" title="global pandora" rel="tag">global pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/system-tray/" title="system-tray" rel="tag">system-tray</a><br />

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		<title>Save Pandora MP3 Streams with Pandoras Jar</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/25/save-pandora-mp3-streams-with-pandoras-jar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 07:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote an article on saving pandora streams with 3tunes a few days ago and it seems that a few people do have difficulties making the application work. One user commented on the open source program Pandoras Jar which worked for him quite well and I decided to test the tool for myself and write a little review after doing so.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wrote an article on saving pandora streams with 3tunes a few days ago and it seems that a few people do have difficulties making the application work. One user commented on the open source program Pandoras Jar which worked for him quite well and I decided to test the tool for myself and write a little review after doing so.</p>
<p>Pandoras Jar is written in java and therefor requires the <a target="_blank" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp">java runtime environment</a> and <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">firefox</a>. Download Pandoras Jar from the link given above and unzip it into a directory of your choice. Run pandora.jar, if a little window (Pandoras Jar) appears Java is working fine and you are ready to fire up firefox and enter localhost in the address bar and hit enter.<br />
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<p>The application connects to the pandora website and begins playing your radio stations immediatly. Please note that you need an account with pandora.com to listen to unlimited songs. The mp3s are saved in the pandoras jar folder.</p>
<p>So, if the 3tunes application did not work for you try pandoras jar and check if this one is. Here is a short feature list of the tool:</p>
<blockquote><p>save mp3 artist/album/song.mp3<br />
ID3 tagging artis/album/song/track/year/genre<br />
fetches artist bio &#8211; via last.fm<br />
fetched last.fm [track stat]<br />
fetched last.fm [similar songs]<br />
fetches last.fm [top fans]<br />
fetches and saves album art &#8211; via last.fm<br />
tags ID3 cover art &#8211; (embeds album image in MP3, viewable in ITUNES / IPOD)<br />
add track to your last.fm account [recent tracks]<br />
organizes mp3&#8217;s by station</p></blockquote>
<p>[tags]pandora, last.fm, music, mp3, save streams, mp3 streams, download mp3, free[/tags]</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandora/" title="pandora" rel="tag">pandora</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/pandoras-jar/" title="pandoras jar" rel="tag">pandoras jar</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/save-pandora-streams/" title="save pandora streams" rel="tag">save pandora streams</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2006/08/12/run-pandora-in-system-tray/" title="Run Pandora in System Tray (August 12, 2006)">Run Pandora in System Tray</a> (7)</li>
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