WinSSHD is a free for personal use SSH server for the Windows operating system. It supports secure remote access via console (vt100, xterm, bvterm) or gui (remote desktop or WinVNC), secure file transfers using SFTP or SCP and secure TCP / IP connection tunneling. The personal version offers most of the features offered in the [...]
Simple ftp with Gftp
Whenever I need to use the ftp protocol to transfer files in Linux I always turn to one application: Gftp. Gftp is a GTK+ application that makes ftp as simple as it gets. Released under the GPL, Gftp has a lot of features (for an ftp client) and installs on most *NIX machines. The only [...]
The reinventing of the Operating System
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has found that logging onto the computer has become quite mundane and boring. Yes, I like Windows 7, and Snow Leopard isn’t looking too bad either, but its kind of frustrating because we haven’t had any major revolutionary ideas in the past three OS updates for both [...]
Photo Hosting Site Flickr Improves Search Result Pages
One of the latest search engine trends seems to be search controls for refining searches. Google added some advanced search controls not long ago to Google Search and Google Image Search. Now the photo hosting site Flickr redesigns the search results page to provide users with additional information and controls. The Flickr Search results now [...]
Make Wikipedia more usable with Vector
Wikimedia recently conducted a study into how to make their projects, like Wikipedia, more usable and user friendly. The study highlighted a number of interesting points, like that many users had never been to Wikipedia’s homepage, instead finding articles through search engines. These points have helped steer development. One of the first things to come [...]
Set up Claws Mail to work with Gmail
“Once more unto the breach my dear friends, once more!” I’ve written about Claws Mail quite a bit (see “Claws Mail: The unsung powerhouse email client“, “Claws Mail must have plugins“, “Create Message Filters in Claws Mail“, “Encrypting email in Claws Mail“, and “Make Claws Mail aware when you need top or bottom posting“.) In [...]
Block Images To Surf Faster
Bandwidth and speed are usually not a big concern for many users with broadband Internet connections. It is however something that users who connect to the Internet with slow connections have to be careful about. Users with slow connections like those connecting from smartphones can increase the speed of their web browser by blocking elements [...]
Blackout Changes Website Color Schemes
It usually makes sense to avoid white computer backgrounds when working in a dark environment or at night. A white background at night can be bad for the eyes due to the bad light conditions. You know what I’m talking about if you ever worked on a bright computer screen in the night after some [...]
External Hard Drives: How do I Choose Which One to Buy
Lately, I’ve realized that my computer is full of data and is close to its limit. Normally, I burn data onto a CD or DVD and then delete it off my system. The problem is that over time, the CDs have developed a few unreadable areas. So, I’ve pretty much lost a few chunks of [...]