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I fondly remember my days in high school, trying to find ways to beat the system instead of reading and writing my next book report in the library. It was 2005, Windows XP was all the rage, and I was fortunate enough to have learned how to employ a fair bit of rudimentary networking concepts […]

Few things on the Internet are more irritating than finding out that your Internet connection has been restricted and you don’t have the ability to watch your favorite shows. Cable channels aren’t as popular as they once were due to the rise in streaming video and audio services, either. , , , , , , […]

Sports are incredibly fun and exciting…as long as you can see the game live. That’s one reason why traditional broadcast networks and cable channels have survived in spite of streaming digital video – they reserve the rights to show the game live to prevent people from pulling the content through their web browsers. Conversely, some […]

There’s nothing more irritating than finding out that access to your favorite streaming content has been blocked. And this isn’t a new concept, either. Tons of streaming content sites like Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, Hulu, and others have restricted their content based on geographic regions. But sports fans feel the pain of being blocked stronger than […]

Sports fans around the world have, at some point run into the unfortunate implementation of blackouts. Simply put, they are a pain in the neck and may prevent you from keeping up with the latest league happenings or the outcome of your favorite team’s match. Blackouts have left many avid sports followers wondering why they […]

There’s an old biology adage that says organisms need to “adapt or die.” While that saying might sound a little harsh, it’s certainly true of the modern Internet. There’s always new viruses and attacks being discovered in the wild, and software is changing at an ever-accelerating pace. Things change quickly, and you need to make […]

Have you ever wanted to setup your own personalized Linux HTPC, but didn’t want to spend hours at the terminal prompt running tedious commands? Perhaps you, like so many others, felt intimidated by the BASH shell. I know I’ve had times when I wanted to pull my hair out because I was chasing a package […]

Within the last few years, there has been an explosion of competing solutions in the digital media streaming industry. In the industry’s infancy, there were only a few key players, and users who wanted access to free media were limited to only a few options. Today, however, things have changed dramatically, and users have a […]

In the late nineties, it seemed that only the nerdiest of the nerds even knew what Linux was. At that time, it was a mostly command-line driven operating system that required a deep understanding of Linux architecture and hours spent learning how to work in the BASH shell. But oh, how the times have changed. […]

The BBC iPlayer is loved by millions, but there are some unfortunate restrictions that can be a real pain the rear and prevent you from viewing your favorite content. If you’ve recently tried accessing iPlayer from abroad for the first time, you’ve likely been presented with the irksome warning message that reads, “BBC iPlayer only […]