November 29, 2008 by sharky
Let’s face it: There are hundreds of free web proxies out there that provide anonymous surfing. Of these, most will even unblock MySpace, Gmail, FaceBook or any other no-no when surfing from school or work. Some have taken this a step further and allow for signing into your MSN, AIM or Yahoo! messaging accounts - conveniently through an anonymized (and secure) SSL version of eBuddy.com. Others allow for sending anonymous emails and newsgroup postings, even YouTube viewing. But is there really a "best" web proxy? We’re not sure about that; there’s pro’s and con’s to each one. Either way, here’s our picks for the Top Ten best free web proxies on the Internet, and why.
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More tracker news. New torrent sites. ‘Nuff said. We’ve snooped around and found a whack of new trackers for all your torrenting needs. Top stories: Waffles.fm & What.cd collaborate to bust a member selling invites on eBay; STN - a new Torrent Forum; ScL & iPlay.ro give invites to every member; and 20 new trackers, including 3 new music sites.
We didn’t want to have to rush and come out with another one of these so quickly, but there’s a ton of hot-off-the-press tracker news that just can’t wait. In this third installment, we’ve got some sneak peeks into the newest Gazelle trackers, the triumphant return of eBookVortex, plus a Google Search that covers 50 different torrent sites.
Here’s 25 more utterly useless avatars picked from upstanding denizens of private trackers. If there was an award for the most depraved and ghoulish torrenters, Cinemageddon would win in a landslide. By far, they are the most sick & twisted group of users of any tracker, and there were many avatars we just steered clear of. An estimated one-third of the entire 50 came from CG’s members.
We’ve scoured high and low on private trackers’ forums for the best avatars and user sigs we could find. Be forewarned that these are not for the faint of heart; most contain vulgarity, political incorrectness and other tastelessness that we deemed as appropriate criteria for avatar greatness. You won’t find these on What.cd or Waffles, and trying to use them there will likely get you an unwelcomed warning, or worse. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
With the completely unsuccessful launch of the first FSF Tracker Watch - which nobody saw - we’re more than proud to relive the same pain over again. Here’s even more useless information, torrent news and brand-new trackers to the BT scene.
‘General’ and 0Day trackers are fantastic for finding the latest movies, but if you’re a diehard fan of rare flicks, b-movies, indies, film noirs, cult films and other obscure content, you’ll mostly be out of luck with these trackers. Most torrenting film buffs will agree that while public sites can provide some of the odd stuff; it’s trackers that are completely dedicated to these film genres is where the action is. Members need not bother to search for the latest Hulk or Batman movie - you won’t find those titles within the torrents on these hidden gems. But aside from serving up the rarities and classics, the communities are second to none. Below is a sneak peek into the accounts at 5 popular outlandish movie trackers, and what each has to offer.
The Scenario: You finally picked up that dreamy 1 TB hard drive, and the plan is to move all of your seeding µTorrent folders (and torrents) over to their new home. If you want to continue seeding, then technically you don’t need a tutorial such as this; simply stop each of your torrents, right-click, select ‘Advanced’ and choose ‘Set Download Location…’ and then browse to the new location of the directory. This option will work just fine, but if you’re a heavy µTorrent user with a lot of active (seeding) torrents, then this can be excruciatingly tedious. A more practical solution would be to edit just one file to instantly change all of the paths.