There's also Screamer Radio, a Windows program that does a similar thing. I've used it for about 10 years to stream music on my work PC. IT understandably doesn't allow installation of personal apps, but Screamer Radio has a portable version that works perfectly well. I regularly use it to listen to jazz, funk and blues stations from Canada, Switzerland, Russia, Australia and France, as well as US stations from other cities and some of the SOMA.FM ambient-style stations.