We reviewed the first public release of TweetMyPc not long ago, The software program allowed the user to send a Twitter command to a PC running the software which would either initiate a shutdown, logoff or restart.
Many users felt that it was a great idea but lacked custom commands which would increase the functionality and [...]
TweetMyPC 2.0 Update Released
Network Monitoring Software Newt
Newt is a network monitoring software similar to the previously mentioned network monitoring software Networx or Look@Lan. The network monitor uses a multithreaded scanning engine to scan all remote computers and domains to retrieve information about them. The information itself is shown in a spreadsheet like table-format that can be exported into various formats including [...]
Save Energy With All Off
There are times when you need to run a software program on the computer but have to be somewhere else at the same time. This can be a download that you do not want to interrupt while you have to go to work or bed. It can also be a backup job, defragmentation or any [...]
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.
Use WinSCP to securely copy files between two computers
A reader of my site asked which program I was using to transfer files between my local computer and my dedicated server. The question looks easy to answer at first glance but actually it is not that easy. I’m actually using two ways to connect to my dedicated server depending on the tasks at hand. I use Putty to connect to my dedicated server when I want to administrate it: create new virtual hosts, ftp accounts and the like. I do use WinSCP for all other tasks, mainly for opening a secure connection to my dedicated server which uses SSH.
