File-Sharing

RDesc and FreeRapid are two popular desktop clients for downloading HotFile.com files in an automated fashion with minimal user interaction, a new utility has now came-up offering fully automated file downloading for Hotfile free users - simply load the hotfile download links in the software and files will download one-after-another finishing all loaded links without any further user interaction.

Although very easy downloading torrents can get tricky sometimes for technically challenged users, we have shared Torrent2Exe solution for such users making things much simpler; however, new service httpTorrents makes if even simpler by allowing users to download torrent files as regular http links adding benefits like guaranteed fast-speeds and 100% download availability.

Working pretty similar to VIPeers concept httpTorrents provides users with direct download links for faster and easier access; the service is free for now but premium download packages will be available once the service picks momentum.

File-sharing service Megaupload forces free-downloader's to enter image-verification code and wait for 45 seconds to download the file, we had shared many tips, tricks and tools to bypass this limitation but all of them are obsolete now.

Today I am going to share a wonderful, fast and simple way to bypass megaupload limitation allowing you to download files as premium users even with your download manager.

Dropbox lets users sync files across multiple computers and stores a secure backup copy online allowing them to be accessed from any internet connected computer, now with release of free Dropbox iPhone App users can access their Dropbox on-the-go enabling users to access, view and sync files right from the device.

Apart from letting you view and share files, Dropbox iPhone app also allows you to use iPhone’s built-in camera to take photos or videos (requires iPhone 3GS) and upload them instantly to your account, used together with Dropbox shared folders these files are instantly shared with friends and family and synced to their computers.

There is an online service for almost everything these days, and new one of it's kind service Check My Torrent IP plugs a gap which nobody else addressed which is to let users check there publicly exposed IP information while downloading torrents - this can come handy if you are using online anonymity service like TorrentPrivacy or VPN and wants to check whether it is working as expected or not.

There are tons of free and paid anonymous VPN services but majority of them don't allow P2P traffic thus blocking torrent downloading, if you are concerned about your privacy while downloading torrents you have no option but to opt for a specialized high-speed, secure and anonymous paid torrent downloading service like TorrentPrivacy which offers a fully anonymous and secure encrypted SSH tunnel for downloading making your browsing invisible to anybody in between, including your ISP.

The best thing about TorrentPrivacy is its fool-proof setup - all you need to do is to launch the software and choose your nearest location, TorrentPrivacy will now launch its secure custom version of uTorrent allowing high-speed secure torrent downloads, the good news is that we have been provided five free exclusive one-month accounts for out blog readers.

We have reviewed many free VPN service's and most of them require installing and configuring VPN software for getting connected, new VPN service HideIP VPN takes the pain out of using anonymous VPN services by offering PPTP protocol based USA and UK VPN servers - allowing users to enjoy anonymity from PC, MAC, Linux or mobile-devices like iPhone without the need to install or use any third party utility.

It took me just five-minutes to create two separate HideIP VPN PPTP connections for USA and UK servers on my Windows 7 system, now to get connected all I need to do is to click the connection icon of desired country and enjoy fast, anonymous and unrestricted access to region specific content.

Apart from their premium VPN service HideIP VPN offers an limited number of free VPN accounts monthly which gets grabbed pretty quickly, the good news is that we have 75 free EXCLUSIVE invites to giveaway to our regular blog readers.

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is an easy to use professional utility offering DVD ripping and conversion to popular video formats compatible with various devices like Apple iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, PDA, Zune, Sony PSP and mobile phones - the utility allows fast and efficient direct video conversion from DVDs, CSS protected DVDs and region 1-6 DVDs to popular formats like AVI, FLV, WMV, MPEG, MP4, RMVB, MP3 and 3GP etc.

Apart from the regular video conversion process WinX DVD Ripper Platinum also features automatic detection and connection to portable devices and comes with support of advanced features like options to clip video, adjust subtitles and selection of output video quality, normally WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is available for purchasing at a price of $24.95 for a lifetime license but under a special EXCLUSIVE giveaway for MegaLeecher users you can grab a fully licensed free copy of this utility, their is no limit to the amount of giveaway license and you and your friends are free to benefit from the promotion between 15 Sep 2009 and 15 Oct 2009.

Finally, links to download iPod Touch and iPhone OS 3.1 are live and users can download them right now either automatically via iTunes or direct links provided at end of the post, the update is free for all iPhone users and iPod Touch users having firmware version 3.0 - it seems iPod touch users having older firmware version needs to pay $4.95 for getting iPod Touch OS 3.1.

The software upgrade fixes quite some issues and bugs and introduces new features as follows.

To add more value to the existing Rapidshare reward point system leading online file-hoster Rapidshare.Com is introducing the new RapidShare points system 2.0 - with introduction of the new system users earn a Premium-RapidPoint when Premium users download a total of 100 MB traffic volume generated by any of their files bigger than 5 MB, these Premium-RapidPoints will now be counted separately from the classical (Free-)RapidPoints, users can exchange Premium-RapidPoints for Free-RapidPoints and ReferrerPoints.

The good news is to compensation for the waiting time until the new points system kicks in, Rapidshare.Com is offering summer special discount allowing users to create a 30-days Premium Account for only 1998 Free-RapidPoints instead of 10000 points earlier.