Found another gem at Rarst’s blog today. Is My Blog Working is an online service that can be used by webmasters and interested users to find out if a blog is responding correctly. It works by entering a blog url in the form on the frontpage of the service. The service will then do some [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

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 [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I will be moving Ghacks to the new web server today which means that you might experience all kinds of problems with the site including disconnects, display errors, script errors or lack of updates because you are still being redirected to the old web server after the change to the DNS. The new managed server [...]

Categories: ghacks

Ghacks has been running on the same server for more than a year now. The server it is running on is provided by German company Hetzner who offer a fantastic deal for the money (€49 for a 4 Gigabyte server with everything that is needed to run websites that have a lot of traffic). A [...]

Categories: ghacks, Server, The Web

Webmasters have to make sure that their websites and files are getting backed up regularly to be prepared when something unforeseen happens. This unforeseen event can be a hacker attack, a database crash, a fire in the data center of the hoster or human error. Whatever the cause is it can have a severe impact [...]

Categories: Online Services, Server

Rogue DHCP Server Detection Tool has been created by the Microsoft Windows DHCP Team to provide system administrators and users with a tool to detect rogue DHCP servers. The team classifies rogue DHCP servers as servers that have been unintentionally misconfigured, unauthorized unknowingly or configured with malicious intent. The impact of these servers on clients [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I host my website on shared hosting. My connection is too slow and unreliable to justify running my own server and I have no need to hire a dedicated server or a VPS. Consequently, many other websites are hosted on the same box as mine and I have often wondered their nature. In addition to [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web, Tools

Opera has finally lift the veil and introduced the “thing” that would reinvent the Internet. It goes by the name Opera Unit and will be a part of the upcoming Opera 10 web browser. Opera Unite basically offers web server capabilities right in the web browser which allows users to share data and files on [...]

Categories: Browsing, Opera

Even for offline businesses, having a website is a huge plus. For those starting new businesses, whether they are Internet based or brick and mortar, designing a website is a necessity. Fortunately, even Internet novices have tools available that will help them develop a fully functional, attractive website. Another advantage that the owner of a [...]

Categories: Web Development