Looking for an instant, easy and safe solution to surf the web more securely? Look no further than Spotflux – a free tool for Windows and Mac (a mobile version is in works, and will be available soon) that encrypts your connection through a virtual private network (VPN) and protect your computer from all kind of dangerous web data, that includes malware, unwanted tracking services that could expose your sensitive information like passwords...etc. Spotflux saves bandwidth and hides your IP address keeping your location private to maintain your online privacy.

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VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC plays absolutely anything. It supports an enormous number of multimedia formats, and does not require you to download additional codecs. VLC features a complete streaming server, with extended features like video on demand, on-the-fly transcoding, granular speed controls, frame-by-frame advancement and more. It can also be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC Media Player now features fully customizable toolbars, customizable Skins, supports playback for broken files as well as zipped files, and so much more.

VLC Media Player 2.0 RC1
VLC Media Player Portable
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