MaximumPC 2007 04

How do we love thee, Hamachi?

Let us count the ways, even

though there’s really just one.

But, boy, are we smitten.

Hamachi makes it possible to

effortlessly (and we mean effort-

lessly ) set up a VPN connection

between any computers jacked

into the Net.

Once you’ve connected your rigs,

you get secure access to any network

function imaginable—fi re up your

iTunes shared music; rock an old-

school, network-based game (IPX,

anyone?); spin up your favorite remote

desktop application; you name it. And

did we mention that the process is

effortless? http://www.hamachi.cc

A handy menu reveals all the

personalized programs you can

run off your thumb drive with

PortableApps installed.

Three buttons to rule them

all; Hamachi’s network

interface is that simple.

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VPN for noobs

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Forget about U3 and Ceedo, we’ve

got a better portable application

package! PortableApps deliv-

ers a free bundle of computing

goodies that can be loaded onto

any device—thumb drive, hard

drive, iPod, whatever! Plug your

drive into any computer and you’ll

be rocking a fully customized

PC experience—from your per-

sonal Firefox bookmarks, to your

Thunderbird email, to IM con-

tacts, to OpenOffi ce documents;

plus, you get portable antivirus

and backup programs. All apps

run from within the secure and

anonymous confi nes of your

PortableApps environment—

unplug the drive and remove any

trace of your activities.

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Torpark

The secret-agent web browser

We take the Vegas approach to web surfi ng: What happens on

the web stays on the web. Or so we hope. The Torpark browser,

though, helps provide peace of mind. Designed to fi t on a USB

thumb drive, Torpark keeps the sites you visit from knowing

who you are by running page requests through the Tor network,

allowing you to enjoy an anonymous web experience. The

network can be slow, but you have the option of “fl ushing” the

circuit you are on for a faster connection, and should you decide

to come out in the open, you can seamlessly jump off the Tor

network for speedier web browsing. http://www.torrify.com

By using the Torpark browser, your web

whereabouts remain private.