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ProXPN – A new free VPN service

HideIP Admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:07:47 +0000

ProXPN is a new free VPN service that secures your existing internet connection. ProXPN creates a secure, highly encrypted connection between your computer and the Internet. This protects your identity and activity online. No records of your activity are kept (unlike a normal internet connection).

Here are the main features of proXPN:

upgrades your internet connection with VPN encryption
secures all types of connections from DSL and cable to 3G
gives you 100% private access to the internet
allows you to access content restricted to the United States
your private information stays private
email cannot be viewed in transit through the proXPN network
instant messaging chats cannot be intercepted via the proXPN network
internet activity (web browsing, online applications, etc) cannot be tracked by your ISP

Below you can watch the presentation video made by proXPN staff:

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ProXPN – A new free VPN service

How to watch the World Cup Final 2010 live online

HideIP Admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:46:36 +0000

This Sunday, Netherlands and Spain will meet in the first FIFA World Cup final ever to not have either Italy, Brazil, Argentina, or Germany. Here are some more facts about this historic match:

Spain and the Netherlands have never played each other before in a major football game.

Holland has a better record with 2 finals (1974 and 1978), but Spain is the favorite given the team’s tight.

Spain’s best World Cup performance was a single 4th place in 1950.

If you are a fan of Spain or Netherlands, or you are just a football fan prepare to watch a great final.

The best choice to watch it online is BBC iPlayer. If you are located outside UK you will need a UK VPN service to get you a UK IP address and unlock the player. Here are are the services that I usually recommend for this:

Also you can watch the Netherlands vs. Spain final here, along with a list of alternative live streams available in different locations.

Enjoy!

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How to watch the World Cup Final 2010 live online

Hulu Plus for iPad and iPhone. Unlock it with VPN from outside US.

HideIP Admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:00:05 +0000

Hulu Plus is now official. Basically, it makes Hulu streamings available on iPad, iPhone and other devices. For $9.99/month. Of course, the users from outside US are excluded.

Hulu Plus is an invite based service for a while. You can request for Hulu Plus invite over here. Even if you don’t have an invite, you’ll still be able to download a Hulu Plus application on the iPad, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. The application will feature a limited number of episodes, but good enough to get a feel on how the paid service would be like.

The launch of Hulu Plus does not mean the end of classic, free and ad-based Hulu. They will be both available. Instead, Hulu Plus comes with the ability to watch programming on mobile devices or set top boxes instead of a computer, plus a few other bonus features including 720p HD video playback and access to complete seasons of TV shows instead of just the last few episodes.

As previously mentioned, Hulu Plus (as well as Hulu) is not available from outside US. But it can be unlocked with the use of a VPN service that provides a US IP address. Here is a list of such services: List of VPN Services that Provide USA IP Addresses. From this list only services that provide PPTP or/and L2TP conections can be used on iPad or iPhone.

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Hulu Plus for iPad and iPhone. Unlock it with VPN from outside US.

The New SmartHide Internet Traffic Encryption Software Is Here

HideIP Admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:47:58 +0000

On June 19, 2010 is announced the release for SmartHide v.2.3.297 that brings some more present-day innovations and changes. The following features have been added:

Secure Personal USA IP Subscription (visit YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, other US sites);
Long-awaited Mac OS X Compatibility;
3 Fast Servers for the Free Online Anonymizer.

Also SmartHide now has a modern website and software design and the tariff plans are more reliable.

SmartHide Homepage Redesign

SmartHide homepage was redesigned to make it more user-friendly and modern. Octopus symbolizes the main concept of SmartHide – the ability for the Internet traffic encryption and to hide IP like octopus does mask his skin.

Personal USA IP launched

The Personal USA IP to visit USA websites from different countries like MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Bebo, Hi5, eBay, CraigsList, Hulu and MORE was launched.

Updated Subscription Plans

At the moment there are 2 types of paid services: Personal Subscriptions and Prepaid Licenses.??

Personal Subscription includes 3 more types: EUR (Personal EUR IP, no shared servers available); USA (Personal USA IP, no shared servers available); V.I.P. (Personal EUR IP, Personal USA IP + 8 shared IPs from different countries).??

Prepaid Licenses consist of 2 classes: EUR License (Personal EUR IP, no shared servers available) and USA License (Personal USA IP, no shared servers available).??

The differences between Personal Subscriptions and Prepaid Licenses are as follows:
Prepaid Licenses do not include Shared Servers, Your card is NOT billed automatically and there is no Personal Manager.

SmartHide Software Skin has been Rebuilt

Now SmartHide has a new face. New appearance of the software is closely connected with the new original website design. The GUI of SmartHide has been styled this way in order to provide users with all SmartHide features in a simple way.

A new info tab has been added to show the account info and latest SmartHide news. Therefore, there is no need to visit SmartHide Homepage in order to get additional info.

SmartHide Supports Apple Mac OS X

After numerous requests from our customers and Internet users, we have created SmartHide MacOS edition. Today all Mac PC owners can easily use SmartHide for Internet traffic encryption and to hide IP on a daily basis.

FREE SmartHide Online Anonymizer now has 3 FREE servers (USA, Lithuania, Germany).

Free Online Anonymizer can be used to get the main idea of the SmartHide service. It has some limitations:

No ability to access social sites such as YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, etc.
No Internet traffic encryption
Slow Internet speed
Real IP address is hidden only when you are using browser. In all other software connected to the Internet a real IP address is visible (email clients, IMs, etc.)

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How to set up VPN on the Motorola DROID 2

HideIP Admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:51:36 +0000

More and more users are concerned about their privacy while browsing from mobile devices. The simplest and the best way to deal with this problem is to use a VPN service. This is why I start a new category of posts that briefly presents how to setup a VPN connection on the most popular cell phones.

Today, Motorola DROID 2. It comes with Android 2.1 and includes support for Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity. Here a step by step tutorial that shows how to setup a VPN connection.

Add a new VPN connection:

Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings

Tap Add VPN

Select the type of VPN to add (PPTP, L2TP, L2TP/IPSec PSK VPN, L2TP/IPsec CRT VPN)

Fill in VPN details such as VPN name, VPN server, etc (the required settings will depend on type of VPN selected)

Connecting to the VPN:

Press the Home icon, press Menu, and tap Settings (figure 1 above)
Tap Wireless & networks
Tap VPN settings (figure 2 above)
The VPN connections you have added are now listed
Tap the VPN you wish to connect to
A dialog box will open asking for your credentials, enter them and touch connect

Disconnecting from the VPN:

Simply open the notifications panel at the top of the screen on your Motorola DROID 2 and click on the VPN notification, then tap disconnect.

[Via KnowYourCell.com]

Why type of VPN service should I use?

When you choose a VPN service to use it with your phone make sure it allows PPTP or L2TP connections. Here are some services that I recommend:

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UK VPN From InvisibleBrowsingVPN – 10 Accounts Giveaway

HideIP Admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:06:07 +0000

InvisibleBrowsingVPN / ibVPN is VPN service that allows Internet users to surf the Web invisibly and securely without leaving a trace and without being tracked. All the programs installed on your computer will automatically work via VPN so that the highest level of security and anonymity is provided.

ibVPN has recently launched a new package that gives access exclusively to UK servers. The package is ideal for those that need a UK IP address to unblock restricted sites.

Premium VPN – United Kingdom

Benefits:

Easy setup. No install needed.
Unblocks BBC iPlayer and other UK restricted websites
Unblocks Facebook and Twitter with UK IP address
Access to 2 UK servers
$4.95/month

InvisibleBrowsingVPN Giveaway: 10 3-Month UK VPN Accounts

InvisibleBrowsingVPN team gives away 10 3-month accounts to the lucky readers of How-to-hide-ip.info. The rules are simple: “Comment to Win“. Leave a comment below making sure you enter a VALID eMail address in the comment form.

Important! More comments will NOT increase your chances of winning as they will be considered only once! If you enter multiple comments using different email addresses is not acceptable either.

Winners will be chosen randomly using List randomizer. All the winners will be contacted via email directly. Contest closes at 11:59 am GMT on June 28th 2010 and the results will be published here, in this post.

Update 6/29/2010:

The winners of the free accounts are:

You will be contacted by email by ibVPN Team.

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SurfBouncer VPN now offers servers in Singapore. Fast and easy access from China

HideIP Admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:59:19 +0000

SurfBouncer now has Personal VPN servers based in Singapore which perform better for customers located in China and other parts of Asia. These new Singapore VPN is in addition to existing servers in the USA (East Coast, Mid West and West Coast), Canada, Ireland and the UK.

Many who have traveled to China know the frustration of a filtered and censored internet. SurfBouncer Personal VPN bypasses these filters, allowing them to surf the web as usual.

Away from home and unable to access web sites necessary for their daily lives and business, they become very concerned about the privacy of their emails and communications. They are frustrated to find many web sites blocked and IP Phones inaccessible, making communication difficult and expensive. When using the Personal VPN service and the U.S. servers, IP phone accounts based in the U.S. now appear as local calls.

The new servers are offered at no additional charge to Personal VPN customers.

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SurfBouncer VPN now offers servers in Singapore. Fast and easy access from China

StrongVPN – Access over 3835 IPs on 92 servers in 12 countries

HideIP Admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:34:53 +0000

Most of VPN providers offer a small range of IPs and servers, but if you are in need for more, StrongVPN is the real solution. With over 3835 IPs on 92 servers in 12 countries StrongVPN is, at this time, unbeatable!

Strong VPN offers a number of plans with different pricing based on how many city/country you want access to and provide two types of accounts:

PPTP accounts - give you access to only their PPTP/L2TP servers
OPEN accounts - give you access to both PPTP/L2TP and OpenVPN servers.

The difference between PPTP and OpenVPN is that PPTP accounts are easier to setup and costs less. But some ISPs block PPTP. In that case you will need an OpenVPN account. OpenVPN is also more secure compared to PPTP.

Every VPN account from StrongVPN has a number of free “switching” included. These switchings allow you to change the vpn server you are using. For example, if your account comes with US and UK VPN servers and your account is on a US server now, using a “switching” quota you can change your access to a UK server. Beyond a fixed free switching quota, you can have more switches for additional payment.

Another package called “PREMIUM” at $30/mo gives you access to all their servers. It includes US VPN, UK VPN, Netherlands VPN, Canada VPN, Germany VPN, Hong Kong VPN, Switzerland VPN, Norway VPN, Russia VPN, Luxembourg VPN, France VPN and Malaysia VPN. You do need to utilize the “switching” quota to switch between the VPNs though.

So, if you are looking for a “truly” strong VPN service then StrongVPN is the solution.

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StrongVPN – Access over 3835 IPs on 92 servers in 12 countries

Free VPN Services – The Good and the Bad

HideIP Admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:59:03 +0000

A few days ago, one of the my frequent readers (Pilgrim) let me know that ItsHidden does not work as it used to do. For some time the free accounts disconnect every 20 minutes. Moreover, the policy of this service is that no support is offered for the free accounts.

The message made me think a little bit about the free VPN accounts and the user expectations. Here is what I think …

First of all, VPN services are not cheap to be built and to be maintained. Powerful dedicated servers have to be purchased, qualified admins have to keep an eye on them, clean IP addresses are need, etc.

An important challenge for every VPN service provider is the support. For a large number of users it can be overwhelming. That is why some some of the services that provide free VPN are not able to offer support.

Most of the time free accounts are offered in order to promote the paid services. After the initial phase of promotion some of the services may stop offering free accounts or limit them, as it is the case of ItsHidden. Some others, like HideIpVPN or InvisibleBrowsingVPN, offer a limited number of free accounts per week.

Some other free VPNs are ad-based, for example, Hotspot Shield and TheFreeVPN. These show ads for every page that you visit. Sometimes it can be very annoying.

What can you expect from a free VPN service?

Low/medium speed
Little or no support
Advertising
Service interruption

My conclusion is that free VPN accounts have to be taken as they are, with the good and the bad. The users always have to keep in mind that they are … FREE.

What free VPN services do you use and what are their limitations?

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Get Unlimited Free VPN that Disconnects Every 7 Minutes

HideIP Admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:30:40 +0000

If you are in urgent need for unblocking a site or to hide your IP address here is a tip: you can get a free VPN account that works nicely, but disconnects every 7 minutes.

USA IP, a VPN provider, offers free trial/demo VPN accounts. The demo access is unlimited in time but you are required to reconnect every 7 minutes.

To access the VPN service follow the instructions below:

1. Download USAIP.pbk from here and save the file to your desktop.

2. Double click on the USAIP.pbk file on your desktop

An application will start as shown below:

3. Select one of the USAIP PPTP connections from the dropdown and click on Connect . (L2TP is also available on Windows7 and VISTA computers)

A new window will appear. Enter your username and password as:
username: demo
password: demo

4. Click on Connect, and your computer will now connect to the USAIP VPN servers.

Enjoy!

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Get Unlimited Free VPN that Disconnects Every 7 Minutes