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Review: Anonymizer Universal, Privacy and Identify Protection

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Anonymizer UniversalThe Geeks received an invitation to test Anonymizer, Inc.’s new consumer-based online privacy and identity protection service called Anonymizer Universal which was released in June. Anonymizer Universal creates a secure and encrypted VPN tunnel between the user and The Anonymizer Network to prevent interception of identifiable information, or “packet sniffing.” The technology protects the user by replacing their personal IP Address with an anonymous IP Address daily. One of the differentiators from other anonymizer’s that are browser-based, Anonymizer Universal works for all Internet activity including accessing the web, obtaining email, streaming music, instant messaging and playing online games.

In addition to traditional Windows and Mac Operating Systems, Anonymizer Universal also protects a user’s mobile Internet activities. For example Apple iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch devices use a “Connect/Disconnect” interface that runs silently in the background to establish and tear down the VPN session. The service only requires a simple download, and can be up and running immediately. Anonymizer Universal’s retail price is $79.99 (U.S.) per year, and is available via the company’s website (www.anonymizer.com) and select Anonymizer Authorized Resellers which provides a license good for one computer and one mobile Apple device.

This video was created to demonstrate the service:

Read the review after the jump…

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White House Unveils A Draft For A Secure Online Identity Cards

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In a step forward for consumer privacy rights, the White House has released a draft plan for a trusted digital identity system. Called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), its main goal is enable individuals to voluntarily get secure identity cards so that they can conduct business online.

One nice feature would be the ability of the individual to dictate how much of their private information was made available to the other party, whether it be an online vendor, their doctor, or a government agency.

The draft is now open for comments and we can expect a final version in Fall.

via The White House blog

Google Voice now open to all US residents

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As a long-time Grand Central user, I was thrilled when Google bought them, then disappointed when it seemed like Google had left it to die, then thrilled again when it re-opened as G Voice with a ton of new, cool and useful features.

Well, now I can share that excitement with the rest of you (US residents for now) that don’t have an account because it has been opened up for signups.
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Five Hacks for Google Command Line

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Google Command Line

The folks over at Lifehacker compiled five really handy Google command line tricks. If you remember, the Geeks mentioned Google released the command line tool a few days ago.

The Lifehackers show you how to use your Google command line as a Google Docs backed up text editor, how to quickly add events to Google Calendar in plain English, how to upload a folder of images to Picasa, how to upload a video to YouTube and how to backup your Google content (including Docs, Contacts and Photos).

Really cool stuff!

GoogleCL is Command Line Tool for Google Services

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For you command-line junkies out there who would like to interact with your Google services in a likewise manner, your prayers have been answered. GoogleCL (Google Command Line) lets you interact with Blogger, Calendar, Contacts, Docs, Picasa and YouTube.

Now you can do things like:

google calendar add “Lunch with Jim at noon tomorrow”

or

google youtube post –category Education killer_robots.avi

There are tarballs available as well as a .deb for Debian. For Mac and Windows, you’ll have to go offsite, but that’s possible too. You can get more info on the wiki page for the project.

Starbucks Free WiFi

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Starbucks Tweet Starbuck tweeted today that coming July 1st, Starbucks will provide free, 1-click WiFi access… and right after Starbucks sent me my new Gold Card which provides 2 free hours of WiFi daily. You see, I have a slight problem and I use Starbucks as a productivity center away from home distractions usually once a week.

So, this doesn’t affect my iPad usage as I have no-click WiFi connectivity at Starbucks stores now, but one-click, no registration WiFi connection will be welcome for laptop usage as I now have to login using an AT&T account. I say, about time Starbucks… weren’t really the leader on that idea!

While everyone’s excited about the free WiFi, Starbucks has also announced intentions to launch its own digital network to provide media company partners, including Yahoo!, WSJ, Zagat, NYT, USA Today and the free weekly iTunes pick download. Yahoo! will provide the portal while AOL will integrate local content from Patch in the Starbuck Digital Network. We’ll have to see when SDN launches how many people stick around the initial portal before VPNing to work or heading to blog on their sites.

Google Pacman Helpdesk Call

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Remember when Google updated their home page to look like a Pac Man game as a tribute to Pac Man’s 30th anniversary? Well, a lady decided to call support to get help on removing the Pac Man game from her “homepage”. I love it when the lady asked “how many calls did you get on that one?” to only be answered by the support guy, “this is actually the first one we got.”

Brian, the support tech on the call, deserves a “Real Men of Genius” Bud Light ad spotlight for holding it together.

Check out the phone call after the jump…
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Google completes roll-out of new Search Engine Index, Caffeine

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Caffeine, Google’s codeword for the latest incarnation of their search engine, has been in slow rollout mode for almost a year now. Today, Google announced that the migration is complete and now their entire search engine index is ‘caffeinated’ so to speak.

Google claims a twofold increase in speed (how long it takes to return search results) and indexes even more of the Web. Caffeine now pays greater attention to newer results such as news and real-time updates especially facing down an age of Twitter and Facebook. The symbolic image of the difference between the old and new indexes is particularly telling.

Caffeine vs Old Google Index

Some amazing statistics on the aptly-named Caffeine (which will presumably only keep growing) include:

  • processes hundreds of thousands of pages per second
  • takes up over 100M GB of storage (that’s roughly 100 followed by 15 zeroes bytes or 100,000,000,000,000,000 bytes!)
  • Adds new information at a rate of 100,000s GB per day
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