Google’s Android operating system is still only available in the T-Mobile G1 cell phone. Cell phone manufacturers and Google are however planning to release at least 18 Android based devices in this year alone which will surely help in gaining market share in the cell phone market.
T-Mobile G1 users can access the Android Market to [...]
Android PC Remote Access
Shutdown, Restart Or Logoff PCs With Twitter
Twitter is hype. While the service certainly has its good uses, for example to get direct realtime information on events happening anywhere in the world, it is mostly an impracticable service for the individual. Well, it does work if the follower and followed count does not go beyond a few dozens but anything beyond that [...]
Access remote Unix GUIs in Windows: Xming
A friend recently introduced me to the idea of X11 tunnelling, which is accessing programs over SSH whilst still maintaining a graphical interface. Most Linux distributions, and OS X, have built-in X11 support and to connect to a computer and be able to run graphical programs remotely, ssh server -x is the only command which [...]
Teamviewer Client Shortcuts
Lee Mathews posted an interesting Teamviewer tip on his new blog aimed at computer administrators. He explained how to create shortcuts to client computers on the computer of the administrator to quickly access the client’s PCs without having to enter data. All that would be needed to connect is the execution of the shortcut.
Teamviewer is [...]
Windows XP SP3 Update Breaks Windows Home Server Remote Access
Here is another problem that arises after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3. Windows Home Server Remote Access is not functioning anymore after installing the Service Pack 3. An attempt to access the updated computers using Windows Home Server’s Remote Access function displays a dialog that is prompting the user to add their homeserver domain [...]
Late-Night Remoting
Maybe some of you guys know that feeling: You’ve just come home after a long stressful day at work looking forward to an enjoyable evening of watching TV or reading the latest news on gHacks. But as soon as you switched on your TV/Computer, your phone rings. It is your sister (mother in law, father) and you remember the promise – that you gave in a moment of feeble-minded weakness – that you would help if they would face difficulties with their computer. This leaves you with two options: Tell them you aren’t in the mood, which might come back to haunt you on the next family day, or give in to a extended session of “what’s wrong with it?” on the phone.
Instant Desktop Sharing with Teamviewer
Did you ever try to remotely access a computer of a user who is not tech-savvy ? How long did it take to configure the client system correctly ? One great solution for this kind of problems is the software Teamviewer which is free for non-commercial use. Teamviewer uses two software modules: The first is the one that is run by the person who wants to access a computer remotely while the second is run by the user who wants to permit remote access to his machine. The client module is absolutely easy to use. It just needs to be executed and displays a username and a password which the user who wants to access the clients machine has to enter in his Teamviewer software which is called the Supporter Module.
