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Hide IP & VPN Q&A

How to watch SciFi from outside US?

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 30, 2009

When you try to access SciFi.com outside US you get the following message: This message is similar to those of other video streaming sites like Hulu.com, NBC.com, ABC.com, Fox.com. The country filters of these sites can be bypassed using Hotspot Shield as described in previous posts: The problem is that Hotspot Shield does not work [...]

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Q&A: The existing hide IP tools work with IE8?

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 21, 2009

As you probably know, Microsoft has released this week version 8 of their Internet Explorer. IE8 is faster (the fastest if we consider Microsoft’s own tests) and more secured (White Paper: IE8 – A Safer Online Experience). The question is how this affect the existing hide IP tools? Will the existing hide IP tools available [...]

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How to Browse with French IP address

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 19, 2009

When you need to change your IP address to a French one you don’t have many alternatives. Most of the hide IP tools available on the market use US servers, providing US IP addresses. Here several ways to get a French IP: 1. Use Web Proxies Web proxies are very simple to use and you don’t have [...]

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How to run Hotspot Shield on Vista 64-bit

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 18, 2009

Hotspot Shield is a small software that creates a VPN between your computer and an Internet gateway. It’s ideal for watching Hulu, ABC, NBC, Fox or other restricted video streaming sites for visitors outside US and also for hiding your IP address for any purposes you may have. The bad news comes for Vista 64-bit users: Hotspot Shield does [...]

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How to choose a hide IP tool (IV) – See what others recommend

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 14, 2009

This series explains how to choose a hide IP tool that is suitable for you. You can choose from free tools or paid ones (How to choose a hide IP tool (I) – Free or paid?) but if you decide to purchase one you should always try before you buy (How to choose a hide IP tool [...]

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How to watch Fox.com Streaming Video using Hotspot Shield

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 9, 2009

If you are located outside US and you trying to watch your favorite show on Fox.com you’ll get the following message: Thank you for your interest in FOX. This episode is currently only available to viewers living in the United States. Part of solution is to change your IP with a US IP address. You can [...]

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How to watch TV shows online in Canada

By HideIP Admin | Published: February 26, 2009

Hulu.com, the well known website that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox and many other networks and studios, is not available in Canada. But there are ways to watch your favorites TV shows without workarounds like Hotspot Shield or GPass. This can be done using local tv station’s websites: CBC, [...]

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How to choose a hide IP tool (III) – IE or Firefox?

By HideIP Admin | Published: February 21, 2009

This post is the third of the series dedicated to explain how to choose a hide IP software to meet your needs. The first post (How to choose a hide IP tool (I) – Free or paid?) answers to the question whether you should choose free products or paid ones. The second one (How to [...]

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How to configure Firefox to work with Ultrasurf

By HideIP Admin | Published: February 19, 2009

One of few downsides of Ultrasurf is that it does not automatically configure Firefox. (This is the case for most of the non-VPN based hide IP tools. But there are always exceptions, like IP Privacy.) If you want to browse using Firefox and being anonymized by Ultrasurf you have 2 options: Install the Ultrasurf Firefox add-on [...]

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How to choose a hide IP tool (II) – Try before buy!

By HideIP Admin | Published: February 16, 2009

This is the second post of the series that explains what you have to keep in mind while choosing a hide IP tool. The first post answers the questions regarding the free or paid solutions: “Are the paid solutions better?“, “Should I consider free tools?“, “What are the pros and cons of the free solutions?“, etc. As [...]

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