Free VPNs

1.) AlonWeb – Free VPN client

AlonWeb is a free VPN provider. It uses the standard OpenVPN tunneling service by hiding your real IP address enabling you to visit some restricted websites, but injects advertisements to the pages a user browses through their service. The servers are located in the Netherlands and Panama. You have to choose the server on the website. Users are allowed to transfer 1GB of traffic every month. That is enough to browse normal websites, but not for downloading music or movies. With Alonweb you automatically use the OpenDNS-Servers.

Code:

http://alonweb.com/

2.) PacketiX.NET – Free VPN client

PacketiX.NET is a Japan VPN service. It is actually a premium service, but they have PacketiX.NET online test service as well which is free to use. The service is fast and reliable and it is easy to use as well. Just download the VPN connection manager, install and connect!

Code:

http://www.packetix.net/en/

3.) UltraVPN – an OpenVPN client

UltraVPN is a French VPN client that hides your connection from unwanted ears and allows you to use blocked application. It is also based on OpenVPN service. Traffic is quota is unlimited. Bandwidth is up to 500Ko/s depending on network conditions.

Code:

https://www.ultravpn.fr/

4.) CyberGhost – Free VPN service

CyberGhost is a free VPN service from Germany which helps you route you through a German IP. The free service is limited to 10GB traffic every month, which is more than enough for surfing on websites, chatting and email. The paid service is also affordable.

Code:

http://www.cyberghostvpn.com/files/download.php

5.) Hotspot Shield

Ensure you are private, secure, and anonymous online! Hide your IP while you're online. Access all content without censorship; bypass firewalls. Protect yourself from snoopers at Wi-Fi hotspots, hotels, airports, corporate offices and ISP hubs. Works on wireless and wired connections alike.

Code:

http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/

Enjoy your FREE private ride on the internet, if you have any that I didnt list please feel free to add them.

Upgrade your PSP to cfw 5.00m33-6 from 3.71m33-2

Link to Installer:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7u56gt

Video = How to get CFW on your PSP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkMO6yFa76U

Update to:
(to do this first install 5.00 M33 which is shown in this video and then update to version 2 or 3)

5.00 M33-2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/p45aqr

5.00 M33-3:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xrss3i

5.00 M33-4:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/oi7k7d

5.00 M33-5
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0mygra

5.00 M33-6
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yfj1gw

Changes in this CFW:

- 4.01 to 5.00
- Bug fix: when changing speed in xmb, and the psp turned the brightness to 0 automatically the speed was reseted to 222 again.

props to armandolara94

Koobface Worm

In your social networking sites, have you experienced getting comments, messages, notifications from your friends telling you to view a site but you end up getting nothing when you click on it? Once a user clicks on the link (or at times, pictures), it will go to a site which installs a virus into the user's computer. Once installed, it will send out links via the user's social network account (Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, etc.) without the user's knowledge. This is a scam that is taking over social networks nowadays since they have no control whatsoever over it. So how do you safeguard your account from this malicious worm?

1. Do not accept invitations/messages/comments automatically. Try to filter out the legitimate ones.
2. Be on the lookout on suspicious links in messages. Some messages may contain pictures of a girl stripteasing on a webcam or sometimes a chipmunk toon clip.
3. Warn other users, friends, etc. and notify system administrators.
4. Update your antivirus definition files.

Arm yourself with knowledge.

VIPeers Beta Invites

If you are uploading and sharing stuff on the internet (legally and illegally speaking), do you use:

1. one-click hosts for direct download?
2. old style peer-to-peer technology?
3. torrents?
4. all of the above?

If you answered 'YES' on any one of the questions above, then you must try VIPeers! Though it is only in beta and the system is invite only, you can go over to THIS PAGE about it and you *might* receive and early holiday gift from them.

Taken from VIPeer's 'About' page:

VIPeers® is a new file sharing Web-site where people can upload files and share them on the Web very easily.

VIPeers can handle any type of file such as video, music, photos and it is the best choice for sharing high definition content as it does not have any size limitation.

VIPeers helps you share your content with your friends, family or co-workers in a couple of mouse-clicks. It is in fact the first service of its kind to offer Direct Download Links as well as assisted BitTorrent distribution.

"VIPeers" is also the new brand of our file sharing network which emerged 2 years ago as "Podmailing". Now that we offer many more sharing options than email, the Podmailing brand was holding us back. But don't worry, the Podmailing® service and software is still supported and continues to evolve as part of the wider VIPeers offer.

Interested? Get an account now!

No TV? No problem.

With today's technology, it is easy for those who own a computer to watch TV shows and movies online. Web 2.0 paving the way for easy access to streaming media resources which quite frankly, has free tv shaking on its knees. You can either choose to use a program to watch online shows or just settle for your browser. Both of which will definitely consume your bandwidth significantly. There are of course legal concerns that may entail watching copyrighted stuff off the net so just be on the look out what sites and software are legitimate and what are those that are not. If you're not into streaming movies, you can always revert to downloading. Peer-to-peer technology has evolved from your basic Limewire, Kazaa, eMule and the likes into Torrents. Here are some streaming sites that I've found through googling:

http://www.allybox.com
http://www14.alluc.org/alluc
http://www.channelchooser.com
http://www.fancast.com
http://www.hulu.com
http://www.jadsters.com
http://www.joost.com
http://www.justin.tv
http://www.streamick.com
http://www.surfthechannel.com
http://beta.tidaltv.com
http://www.tvforpc.com
http://www.tv-links.cc
http://www.watch-movies.net

networks

http://abc.go.com/player/index?pn=index
http://www.cwtv.com/cw-video
http://www.fox.com/fod/
http://www.nbc.com/Video/
http://www.tbs.com/video/index/

Just a disclaimer: Some of these sites are just receiving broadcasts from their members thus the legality of which are still questionnable. If you have more sites to recommend, just add your find here.

Caio.co.uk: Get paid reviewing products

I came across this site when I was looking for an online review for the iPod classic I was itching to buy a few months ago. I wasn't aware then that this site offered to pay you if you review a product based on your own experience. The thing is, you will only receive payment if another user thought your review was helpful. At times, you will end up with negative comments if your review was poorly written. Here are excerpts from their FAQs:

1. How can I earn money by writing product reviews?
   Reviews of some products will be awarded a small cash payment every time a member rates them "helpful", "very helpful" or "exceptional". To take advantage of this, write high-quality reviews about these products to ensure that you receive numerous positive ratings by other members.
   


2. How are earnings for member ratings calculated?
   Your earnings for ratings of your reviews by other members are calculated by multiplying the number of ratings per review by the remuneration rate for each of the reviews written. These totals are then added up and your overall earnings calculated once a month. In case of half pennies, the total is rounded up in members’ favour.


3. Do I earn more for writing the first review about a product?
   Yes. If you are the first member to review a product in a pay-per-rating category, you will be paid twice as much for the positive ratings your review receives as the rate indicated by the pound signs next to the product name. You will receive double the rate for the first month after you publish the review only. Thereafter, ratings will be remunerated at the usual rate.

The minimum cashout is £5 which is processed one month after the request. Btw, You will need a UK bank account for you to cashout. You can view my first review: Motorola V3 - a user review and you can signup at Ciao: Get paid to review products and websites.

Upload to multiple sites at once

Uploading to one host is already a chore. What more if you need to upload a file to multiple sites? Here's a scenario: you want to share a file to your friend from another country and uploaded it to Rapidshare. It took you 30 minutes to upload the file. So you send him the download link only to find out that Rapidshare cannot be accessed from where he is. Bummer. You upload the file again onto another host and waste another 30 minutes to get it hosted - but then your connection to the upload server timed out. Sucks doesn't it? Luckily, there are sites that offer mirror uploading.

So what is mirror uploading? It is basically a service that let's you upload your file to their server and let their server do the uploading to other one-click hosters. It's that easy. I've gathered a list of mirror uploaders that I've come across over the past months.

ASAPload

Available mirrors: Badongo, Depositfiles, Easy-share, FileFactory, Megaupload, Rapidshare, Sharedzilla, Uploaded.to, Zshare
Max mirrors to upload to: 4 mirrors

File Ducky

Available mirrors: rapidshare, badongo, sendspace, zshare
Max mirrors to upload to: 4 mirrors

Mass Mirror

Available mirrors: RapidShare, MegaUpload, zShare, Badongo
Max mirrors to upload to: 4 mirrors

Qooy

Available mirrors: RapidShare, MegaUpload, DepositFiles, ZShare, SharedZilla, NetLoad, Uploaded.to, SendSpace, FileFactory, Badongo, Load.to, EasyShare, FlyUpload
Max mirrors to upload to: 6 mirrors

Sharebee

Available mirrors: Rapidshare, Megaupload, Zshare, Badongo
Max mirrors to upload to: 4 mirrors

TinyLoad

Available mirrors: MegaUpload, FileFactory, RapidShare, DivShare, BestSharing, SendSpace, Uploading, FileSend, EasyShare, Badongo, zShare, Amazon S3
Max mirrors to upload to: 12 mirrors

Upload Ground

Available mirrors: RapidShare, MegaUpload, FileFactory, NetLoad, zShare, DepositFiles, Badongo, Load.to, FlyUpload, Sharedzilla, SendSpace, EasyShare
Max mirrors to upload to: 10 mirrors

UploadJockey

Available mirrors: Mediafire, EasyShare, FileFactory, zShare, RapidShare, DepositFiles, Badongo, SendSpace, MegaUpload
Max mirrors to upload to: 9 mirrors

Almost all of these sites have a 100mb file size limit. Also, you have to follow the ToS of the mirrors you are to use. For more info, just view the site's FAQ.