Secure/Anonymous VPN Services

Ceveral years ago, I was using hotspot shield on my Apple computer.
http://www.hotspotshield.com
But being recommended by New York Time, CNN, Fox and all kind of medias owned by bloody bastards doesn't create a great confidence to myself.
And I don't this this is a free software (I hope I don't mistake myself about the term free software, guys)

This is not exactly VPN but there is a little solution you can use on every computer and every browser : http://anonymouse.org
It is totally free, but you'll find some problems if you want to watch videos for example. Nice to read simple pages. You can do a IP location test by enter a IP location test URL.

I wanted to recommand this good URL. This can be useful everywhere you go.

I'm wondering if I really need a VPN when using Transmission to do P2P or torrent to hide my IP.