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Olympics 2012 on BBC and NBC

{ Posted on Aug 08 2012 by admin }
While i am not a sports fan in general,  many people will be watching the Olympics this year unless of course they can't get coverage in their country or with commentry in English. While the BBC has a wonderful site here with live ...Read More »

Belarus tightens control over Internet with new law

{ Posted on Jan 06 2012 by admin }
Taking effect from today, the new Belarusian internet law requires service providers and internet cafes to identify all users and log all surfing activity including websites visited. The law is intended to ban people from accessing opposition sites banned by ...Read More »

Occupy Wall Street use VPN to beat surveillance

{ Posted on Nov 16 2011 by admin }
You have probably seen them on tv lately protesting in major US cityies, camped out in financial centers and confronting the police. But what you might not have thought off is that these guys need internet to function. Without constant ...Read More »

Share your VPN with these DD-WRT routers

{ Posted on Aug 18 2011 by admin }
If you are one of the growing number of people who have several internet enabled devices at home such as a game console or TV and ever wondered how to get them to work with the VPN then here is ...Read More »

Advertise on VPNReviews.com!

{ Posted on Jul 08 2011 by admin }
I am working on the ads system at the moment, should be live by the weekend July 10. Ads now live! I have been getting requests for this for two year but have been too busy. The site is one of ...Read More »

PirateParty looks to vpn for votes

{ Posted on Apr 20 2011 by admin }
The Pirate Party in Canada is considering launching a VPN services in face of the possibility that the Conservative party might win the current Canadian elections and who are expected to pass bill that according to them will “provide unprecedented systematic ...Read More »

Zdnet recommends VPN to protect against Firesheep

{ Posted on Feb 09 2011 by admin }
Firesheep is the latest security threat to hit the internet and anyone using public Wi-Fi hotspots should REALY be concerned. Although it is based on traditional packet capturing, the makers of Firesheep managed to build a tidy little interface and ...Read More »

VPNReviews.com hits 16,000 visits for October!

{ Posted on Nov 02 2010 by admin }
Since I launched this site about two years ago, traffic has been flowing in and increasing month on month thanks to the growing vpn market and related Google searches. Stats for October ended with slightly over 16,000 visits! Activity on the site ...Read More »

VPN in mainstream media

{ Posted on Nov 02 2010 by admin }
During the past 2-3 years VPNs have been growing in popularity mainly for their ability to bypass GEO-IP blocking on websites in the UK and USA. They were relatively unknown but are now being noticed by mainstream media as more and more users and looking ...Read More »

Public WiFi hotspots open to hackers. BT Openzone, The Cloud and T-Mobile suggest using VPN.

{ Posted on Oct 29 2009 by admin }
In a recent article the Guardian reports on a report by the Watchdog on Wi-Fi security stating that "hotspots provided by the UK's top three Wi-Fi networks - BT Openzone, The Cloud, and T-Mobile - are all vulnerable to attack by ...Read More »

SSL VPN: The Alternative Solution

{ Posted on Jun 27 2009 by admin }
I have always used PPTP vpn because it is by far the simplest to setup and works great most of the time. I use it when travelling to watch the US and UK TV shows online and for security at ...Read More »

Making money online with VPN

{ Posted on Apr 16 2009 by admin }
One of the easiest way of making money online is by promoting other people’s products or services. Affiliate programs are the most common and oldest way of doing this and are perfect for anyone looking for easy ways to generate ...Read More »

Why use a VPN account?

{ Posted on Apr 10 2009 by admin }
VPN is one of the fastest growing internet services and for good reason too. They can be used for so many things, including things you wouldn't think of at first. I started using them back in 2007 when visiting friends in the Unied Arab ...Read More »

VPN on your Nokia phone or PDA!

{ Posted on Apr 10 2009 by admin }
If you just bought a new Nokia phone then you probably noticed it came with an IPSEC based vpn client software. That client provided by Nokia is completely useless for normal usage and requires a special Nokia approved server which ...Read More »

Other uses for VPN

{ Posted on Apr 10 2009 by admin }
VPN accounts are a great way to bypass GEO-IP blocking on websites. Some websites like Hulu.com, Pandora, Fancast and many others only allow users from the USA to access the site. While others like ITV and Channel 4 only allow ...Read More »