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Europas Awards 2014 -

We were delighted to sponsor / Trust for Best Security Europas the ceremony held in London on Tuesday night.

Founded in 09 by Mike Butcher (editor usually TechCrunch.com) the Europas is Europe's answer to the United States Crunchies, giving technology startups that are not based in Silicon Valley or in London, the opportunity to show their tech talent. The event brings together like-minded thinkers and companies under one roof in celebration of all things technology.

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Last night tech-sequins event welcomed 800 guests, technology, media, and which party hard at night to celebrate the many recent successes Internet companies in Europe.

last year, Mike Butcher entered by riding on a Harley Davidson, performance this year by the winner of Eurovision Conchita Wurst was featured -. although some say he was a lookalike

judges included some of the most known and respected technology journalists, investors and entrepreneurs in the business, including YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, and journalists TechCrunch, Wired and investors Google Ventures

category / privacy Best security was one of four new award this year and won by ZenMate -. a Berlin company privacy, and the presentation was made by our COO, Danvers Baillieu. Danvers was a regular Europas since 2010 when he picked up the "Best service provider for start ups", in his former capacity as the founder of Bootlaw.

We are very proud to have been part of this event for startups and European investors, and look forward to 2015. Europas prices

You can view the complete list of winners by visiting their website

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British government rushed through emergency legislation to "protect" Britain -

Thursday (10 July 2014), the British government issued an emergency law, which is precipitated by Parliament next week, to strengthen the powers that can be used to force all communication service providers to store meta data for 12 months. The bill also stipulates that foreign companies will have to comply to communications data requests made by the British authorities.

In April of this year, the European Court of Justice ruled that the existing powers to force ISPs and other companies to open an Internet session and phone records of people is invalid. Without this ability, the British government apparently can not keep the country free "criminals and terrorists." But activists much privacy and digital rights such as The Open Rights Group are concerned that this is going to invade the privacy of individuals.

bills were apparently secret agreement by all major political parties in the UK and are expected to become law in a matter of days . This coincides with increased concerns about jihadi terrorists and security checks increased in the UK and US airports, however, the British government has told the BBC that the time is linked to a campaign to get media companies to comply with the ruling of the European Court in April.

What this means for HMA! Pro VPN?

The data retention bill and Investigations Powers only applies to metadata and not the content of emails, calls or texts. However, in the case of a VPN service such as ours, this would include all log data. At present, this is not a change in the laws of the UK and it still requires the UK Home to a specific order for a single company to comply. To date, these powers are not used to constrain HMA! retain data for 12 months, and in the state, we have given no indication that this position will change.

The other part of the proposed legislation is to extend the right of the British authorities to request data from foreign companies. Again, this has no impact on us that we are not a foreign company, and it is more likely to be directed against companies such as Twitter and Facebook that have a presence in the UK, even if their servers are controlled abroad. !

here in Hide My Ass, we keep an eye on developments and last night, we were presented a Channel 4 News report on this subject:

Be the first to test run the new HMA! Mac client -

We are very pleased to release the beta version of HideMyAss! V2.0.15.4 VPN client (for Mac) and put it in the hands of our users

New features and improvements :.

1. All major icons have been redesigned to give a sleeker, more contemporary look and are optimized for Retina displays
2. HMA! Pro VPN now supports the menu bar, allowing you to control your VPN connection; connect, disconnect and change IP
3. Users' can now repost the application when it is minimized
4. proxy settings We also made more user friendly, offering an experience even better using HideMyAss!

Please note that we are now frozen support for the OS X version 10.6 to version 1.17. Customers using OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) can continue to use the version (v1.17) exists which is downloadable from our website.

We always welcome any comments or questions you might have if, please, do not hesitate to let us know on our Google page Beta Community.

Does VPN Netflix blocks? -

In May earlier this year, Hulu, film service and television in popular streaming blocked a number of VPN users to be able to access to its network.

the question on the lips of thousands of Netflix customers in Australia at present is whether they will be blocked from accessing the American version of the streaming service. Currently, Netflix is ​​not available in Australia as Australians would pay for a Netflix subscription and use a VPN to bypass geographic restrictions in place. This means they can "virtually" live in America, and watching Netflix Americans.

However, according to TorrentFreak some members of major studio entertainment, including Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Pictures who are represented by The Home Association Distributors Entertainment Australian (Aheda) want Netflix to block users or even ban the users who use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to access the service.

Why is this happening? Well, it basically boils down to the cost of licensing and how rights are managed for TV shows and movies. For example, the studios that own the rights in America are losing money when users access content outside of the States, and they are not happy. Not one bit.

VPNs Banning is wrong!

Of course, it is impossible to ban all VPN access as Hulu discovered, but it is also wrong.
For example, an American who travels to Australia, would not be able to access their Netflix account even if they have paid for it. This does not seem quite fair, now does it? And if Netflix does bow down to pressure and blocks VPN users, they would also block Netflix users in states that use VPN to protect their personal and confidential information. One or two Internet service providers in the United States were found in bandwidth speeds and download accelerator on many video streaming sites such as Netflix, many Americans use a VPN to get around this so that they can stream TV shows and movies without any problems speeds.

A VPN is not all about access to geo-restricted content, it secures devices using Wi-Fi and protects your data from prying eyes and also allows you to surf the web anonymously. Privacy tools should be encouraged, not discouraged

Netflix users have paid for the service !; it should not matter if they are in the US, UK or Australia, they are legitimately pay for it, not illegally download material from a torrent site. TV and movie studios would be wise to remember that!

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New version of HMA! VPN client for Windows Pro v2.8.11.1 -

We released a new version of HMA! VPN client for Windows Pro v2.8.11.1 which addresses the issue with non-Latin (eg Cyrillic) alphabet Windows systems, which crashed when launched, so that the client could not load initial data.

Example of connection log:
error LoadIpInfo: Указанное значение содержит недопустимые знаки управления. Имя параметра: value. Retrying ... Attempted 10 1
LoadStaticData error Указанное значение содержит недопустимые знаки управления

If you encounter this problem, install the new version should resolve

How to .. Download : Login to your account here and go to the download page and install the new version
If you have any update problems or found a bug, please let us know

we always like. you hear, and to improve our service where we can, so please feel free to send us an email or leave a comment here on our blog, or forum.

North Korea Foreign blocks access to Facebook and Twitter! -

Kim Jong-Un is back in the driver's seat after mysteriously disappearing from the public eye for about 6 weeks. He returned, but with a walking stick - and an official explanation of his absense, of course, was not given. Some reports say he had an operation to remove a cyst ankle, although I lean more towards the theory that he broke it after gorging on too emmental. But now he's back and he is certainly making up for lost time. Oh, and he no longer walk with a stick, happy days in North Korea! * Sarcasm * intentional

The reports of the Russian news agency TASS emerged that Pyongyang imposed a national ban on Facebook and Twitter. This now means that foreign visitors, diplomats and humanitarian organizations were a small handful of people who could use these sites will not be able to. This is the first time that Pyongyang has blocked foreign access to social media networks, and again, no reason was given for the ban. Whether permanent or temporary ban has yet to be seen.

Recently NGOs, embassies and other foreign organizations were banned from using Wi-Fi, for security reasons. It really looks like Pyongyang is serious crusade to tighten its grip on most communications in the state.

Internet access is mostly inaccessible to ordinary North Korean citizens, mainly those from elite families, universities, and a number of research institutions, factories (probably cheese ), have access to Kwangmyong -. the country that provides intranet content Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and other approved government propaganda

An interesting article by Tim Urban Huffington Post who visited the country last year was told a north Korean guide "No north Korean people have access to the Internet because the government fears that people would see things that would feel unfairly critical of the West and the government wants to protect the reputation of the West preventing people from going on the Internet. Ah, so they care about us, they block the Internet to protect our good name! It makes sense now.

at HMA ! we all deplore government censorship, which is why we launched our campaign the Riot Pussycat against it. You can show your defiance against dictatorial leaders like Kim Jong-Un publishing cat videos, and photos using #ThePussyCatRiot. You can also buy litter boxes for cats featuring the faces of some of the internets most popular Internet dictators. All proceeds go to the charity Index on Censorship. And do not forget to watch our video 'The Dictator' -. That captures the ridiculousness of these blocks on the sites

I bet Kim Jong-Un can still access an open Internet, and asked "how to beat your addiction to cheese?"

to more information about HMA! Pro VPN, visit our website or email us or contact us via LiveChat.

How to use the incognito mode and clear cache on Internet Explorer -

We recently showed you " How to stop websites to know your position " d explain how a website or a service can always recognize your location even when you use a VPN or proxy.

We've covered how you can delete cached navigation data on your machine, and how to use incognito mode and files set clear cache for Safari (Mac OS), and Google Chrome.

This tutorial shows you how to use the incognito mode, hide clear and also provides other privacy options and localization of Internet Explorer as luckily IE does not have built-in location services

first, you must ensure that you use the latest version of Internet Explorer -. visit Windows Update .

Now, let's take a look at the options we have in the " tools " menu.

If you do not see the "Tools." menu, simply press the ALT key while Internet Explorer is running and the pop-up menu

here we have:

Delete browsing history (CTRL + SHIFT + DEL)

This is a useful option will clear all kinds of cached data that can reveal your location and also allows web sites know if you've ever visited ( . for example, if you visited a website using a foreign IP address)

in the next window, you must select the following options, then click " Clear "

Internet files -Temporary
-cookies [1945008données] -ActiveX filtering and protection against tracking

InPrivate Browsing (CTRL + SHIFT + P)

This opens a new browser window " Incognito Mode ". This prevents the browser from caching data and disables extensions and toolbars, and also prevents them from using the data previously cached that can reveal your location or recognize you.

You can use this to test whether a site is blocked or locate you using cached data.

tracking protection

With the tracking protection feature, you can download lists that help to block content sites that are known to track your location and personal information.

do not forget, there are a number of other ways a website can still recognize you, be sure to visit our Help Center and forum for more great tips!