ghacks Technology News

HTTP File Server

Making files accessible online can be done in several ways. One possibility that is quick and easy to achieve is with the help of HTTP File Server. The free portable software can be used to pick folders or files on the computer’s hard drive and make them available online. If it is only about the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows 2003 Software

Windows 2003, also known as Windows Server 2003, is the successor of Windows 2000 server. It has been Microsoft’s flagship product in the last years and got recently replaced by the newest Microsoft server product Windows Server 2008. One could say that Windows Server 2003 incorporated many features of Windows XP while Windows Server 2008 [...]

Categories: Windows

FTP Server Setup

Being able to activate a ftp server when needed can be an efficient way of providing file access and file upload capabilities to customers, coworkers and friends. Most users shy away from setting up an ftp server fearing that the setup is complicated and that they might overlook an important setting that will give the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Sockso Music Server

Setting up your own music server is an interesting way of connecting your music library to the Internet. A fast enough connection at home and Java are the only two requirements for setting up the music server which can then stream music to the same computer, a network or the Internet. Sockso is a multi-platform [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software

Server Monitoring With Observu

Each webmasters has fears that his websites are getting hacked or that the server goes down. Happening usually in a moment when the webmaster is unaware of the problem (sleeping time). Server Monitoring can ease the mind of webmasters quite a bit. I have already covered the server monitoring service that I’m using to monitor [...]

Categories: The Web, Tools

Monitor Your Servers With Livewatch

Livewatch is the server monitoring service that I’m using to monitor my dedicated servers 24/7 to make sure that they are running. The main advantage of Livewatch over similar services is that you can check every element of the server and not only the http connection. It is for example possible to check the http [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

Control Servers from Mobile Phones via SSH

If you are running dedicated servers, virtual private servers or even hosting accounts, you need some backup plans to cover eventualities. I was away for the last five days and had to make sure that I could react immediately when I would receive notice of an emergency. You need to know that I run a [...]

Categories: iPhone, Mobiles

Capivara Java File Manager

Capivara is a Java Open Source file manager that supports the FTP and SFTP protocol plus file synchronization. It does not have the massive functionality of a software like WinSCP, which by the way supports file synchronization as well. One advantage of Capivara is that it was programmed in Java which means that it can [...]

Categories: Open Source, Software

Monitoring Internet Reachability in Real-Time

What’s the first thing you do when your Internet connection is not working ? I changed my reasoning from thinking that it was related to my computer to one that assumed the Internet Service Provider was responsible for the outage. Well that’s not 100% true but I know several signs that tell me if it [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

Page 5 of 71234567

© 2005-2012 Ghacks.net. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - About Us