How To Forward Ports on Your Router

We cover a lot of articles that feature accessing files and features from inside and outside of your network. This usually entails forwarding ports, something that may seem daunting for beginners, but it’s actually pretty simple to do.

There are plenty of projects we’ve covered that use your computer as a server for other devices. When you’re inside of your network, things are great and they work. When you’re trying to access things from outside of your network, things get significantly hairier, so let’s take a look at why that is.

How to Use LogMeIn Hamachi to Access Your Files Anywhere

Whether you’re at work and forgot some file on your home computer, want to play some music on a train, or just want to move some files between your computers, accessing your files from anywhere is a life saver.

What we are going to do is download and install Hamachi, setup a network name and password and then join the network from another computer. Still think it’s hard? Here’s a detailed how-to, but first let’s get to know Hamachi.

5 Ways To Try Out and Install Ubuntu On Your Computer

Want to try out Ubuntu, but not sure where to start? There are lots of ways to try out Ubuntu – you can even install it on Windows and uninstall it from your Control Panel if you don’t like it.

Ubuntu can be booted from a USB or CD drive and used without installation, installed under Windows with no partitioning required, run in a window on your Windows desktop, or installed alongside Windows on your computer.

How to Run Windows Software on a Chromebook

Chromebooks don’t normally run Windows software — that’s the best and worst thing about them. You don’t need antivirus or other Windows desktop junk, but you can’t install Skype, full Microsoft Office, or other Windows desktop applications.

Luckily, there are ways to use Windows desktop programs on a Chromebook — either running them remotely on an existing Windows system or getting your hands dirty in developer mode and running them on your Chromebook itself.

How to Access Windows Remote Desktop Over the Internet

We’ve covered several solutions for accessing your desktop remotely over the Internet, including TeamViewer and VNC. However, if you have a Professional edition of Windows, you already have Windows Remote Desktop installed.

By default, Windows Remote Desktop will only work on your local network. To access Remote Desktop over the Internet, you’ll need to use a VPN or forward ports on your router.

Before you continue, enable Remote Desktop on your computer and ensure you can access it from other computers on your local network.

5 Ways to Run Windows Software on a Mac

Macs have a thriving ecosystem of software, but some programs still only support Windows. Whether you want to use business software or play Windows PC games, there are many ways to run Windows programs on your Mac.

9 Free Online Services and Software for Converting PDF to Word Compatible Format

The Portable Document Format (PDF) was introduced by Adobe in the 90′s and as the name implies, PDF is simply meant to be a type of self contained document that you can distribute easily. It doesn’t matter what operating system or software you have installed, as long as you have a reader to view it, the document will always look the same. Unlike a simple text file, a PDF document can contain many elements including text, images, hyperlinks, tables, fillable forms and etc.

How do You Prevent ‘Secondary’ Accounts from Shutting Windows 8 Down?

Sharing of a family computer works out well most of the time, but what happens if someone shuts the computer down via their account while you still have work documents open in yours? Is there a way to prevent other accounts from shutting the computer down?

Security Questions Are Insecure! How to Protect Your Accounts

We all know we should create secure passwords. But, for all the time we spend worrying about our passwords, there’s a backdoor we never think about. Security questions are often easy to guess and can often bypass passwords.

10 Things You Didn't Know Gmail Did

 

Gmail is really useful. It's free without feeling cheap. It doesn't add ads to the signature line of your email messages, and it gives you a very generous amount of storage space. Here's a few things you may not have known you can do with Gmail.

How to Use Two Gmail Accounts on Your Android Phone

Google's free Gmail is a powerful and capable email client that can do much more than just send and receive email. For those who use more than one Gmail account, you may have wondered if you could have more than one Gmail account on your Android phone. Well, you can and here are the steps to make it happen.

(Note, this process is geared for Android 2.2 and above.)

VIDEO: Simple steps to setup your home CCTV

Find the videos below for you to setup your home CCTV

Net Guard Meters and Monitors Your Internet Traffic

Depending on who your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is, you could be limited to the amount of data that is uploaded and downloaded every month. I’m lucky enough to be on an unlimited and uncapped service, but that same ISP also offers free broadband where the bandwidth is capped at 2GB each month which is mainly for light users. The trouble is it wouldn’t take much effort to go over a low usage limit these days and possibly incur extra charges.
With that in mind, if you have some sort of usage limit on your broadband connection or would just like to keep track of what is using the bandwidth, a tool that could be of great use is something to monitor what programs on your PC are using the internet and how much data they’re consuming.

Privacy Eraser Cleans & Optimizes Your PC, Securely Shreds Files

Windows and the applications that run on it have a tendency to store temporary data. All web browsers, for instance, automatically save cookies and browser history information to reduce webpage load times. Other programs also sometime save various preferences and settings leading to a slower system and putting one’s privacy at stake. Privacy Eraser is a Windows tool that helps you optimize and protect your system by cleaning up all such traces and past computer activities. The program is very easy to use, sports an excellent UI, and comes in two different variants. Let’s take a closer look at its free version.
Setup of Privacy Eraser is extremely easy, a simple download and installation following a straightforward wizard is all that’s needed to get the job done. And thankfully it’s free from any intrusive toolbars and unwanted crapware, something that many users will find welcoming.

View Cached Images From All Web Browsers In One Place With ImageCacheViewer

One of the many major aspects of any web browser’s performance is image caching. For those unfamiliar with this concept, caching helps the browser temporarily store website components such as images, scripts, and other page information in one place to reduce internet bandwidth and improve load times for when you revisit a website. Browsing this data can become a tedious task, especially if you use multiple browsers. A new free tool from NirSoft called ImageCacheViewer aims to help by letting you view cached images from all your browsers in one place.

RightToClick Enables Right Clicking on Sites that Disable It

I came across this tip from my mentor Gordon Whitson and i decide to share it with you, this one works when using Mozilla Firefox.

Firefox: Some sites (like IMDb) prevent you from performing certain actions, like right clicking, on their pages. Firefox extension RightToClick disables these scripts, giving you the ability to right click, select text, or perform other actions forbidden by a given web site.

21 Command Prompt Tricks and Hacks

 

The Windows Command Prompt tool, and many of its commands, might seem boring or even relatively useless at first glance, but as anyone who has ever used the Command Prompt very often can tell you, there's much to love!
Below are several Command Prompt tricks and other Command Prompt hacks that I guarantee will get you excited about many of the mundane sounding Command Prompt commands like telnet, tree, or robocopy... okay, robocopy sounds pretty cool.

10 Software to Recover Product Key Licenses from Computer

There are many backup software on the market and some of them does a really good job in making sure that there is an exact copy of the important files available at the backup drive. Although backing up of files is important, many people forget to backup the Windows product key or third party software license that is installed on their computer. When their computer crashes and had to reinstall everything from scratch, they had to go through the trouble of searching for the license number to activate the software that they’ve purchased. If the license key are misplaced and forgotten, they’d have to contact the software support team and provide them with proof of purchase so that they can reissue the license.

Benefits of Using a Wireless Internet Router for Your Needs

A high speed internet accessibility is a necessity that no business or family can survive without it. Regardless of the activities that you carry out with your PC, acquiring a wireless internet router is a necessity. You must have tried to download, upload or send an essential and argent document, but got frustrated by poor internet connection. Well, the sole road for solving and avoiding additional frustrations is by purchasing a Wi-Fi router. If you own a business or a personal computer at your residence, you should consider purchasing the wireless router. Does this spark an idea? You should continue reading this article and learn about the numerous ways on how to benefit for using this device.

Facebook cracks down on 'Like-baiting'

Facebook pages that explicitly ask News Feed readers to 'Like' their posts will be demoted in Facebook's ranking

 

Facebook has announced that it will penalise organisations that explicitly ask News Feed readers to like, comment or share a post, claiming that it undermines Facebook's ability to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time.

Genius reveals 8 ways to extend your iPhone battery

Battery drain has always been one of smartphone users' biggest bugbears. Former Apple Genius Bar worker Scotty Loveless offers tips on how to extend the iPhone's battery life 

 

VIDEO: How to setup a wireless Network @ home

Most people still find it difficult to setup a simple wireless network, below is one of the easiest video to watch for you to understand how to do this. To download this video and others, kindly follow this link on how to save youtube videos

Enjoy below

Quick Tip: How to Find Your Router's IP Address

Today I'm giving you a quick tip on how to find your router's IP address on your Mac computer.

Connect Computer to Router

The first thing you'll need to do is connect your computer to your router through an ethernet cable. This will allow a direct connection to your router for collecting its data.

VIDEO: Easy Steps To Install CCTV

Download this video and learn simple steps to install a CCTV for home/office use

Check if Email Address Exists or is Valid at Email-Checker.com

 
When I got to know about Gmail, my first selection of username is obviously alex@gmail.com but then the registration page reports that “Someone already has that username” so I had to choose another username. I was shocked to know that Google actually reserves the username Alex because I just found out that the username is still not yet being taken! One logical way to test whether an email address is valid or not is by sending a test email to the recipient email address. If the email bounces back immediately, then it means that the email address is not valid while if you’re not getting anything in return after waiting for a few minutes, then the email address probably exist.

Easily Send and Receive Emails from Multiple Email Accounts

 
It is common for someone to have multiple email accounts today because most of the time the email accounts are required as the universal login. One example is having a Gmail will allow you to login to Google Docs, Google Drive, YouTube, Google+ and etc. The same goes to your Outlook.com where your account can be used to access public online services such as SkyDrive and Calendar offered by Microsoft. You would also probably have another email account given by your ISP because of your broadband subscription. Finally, if you’re an owner of multiple domain names, you’d definitely create an email account for the domain from cPanel.

15 Free Temporary Email Services to Avoid Inbox Spam

 

 Everywhere you go online, it seems that somebody is asking for your email address whether there’s a valid reason for it or not. This can range from newsgroups, mailing lists or discussion boards, to shopping or voucher sites or simply to download a piece of freeware. Everybody wants it because they know how valuable it can be. The problem is, every time you give out your email address, you run the risk of being bombarded with spam, even if you think you have opted out.  You might be able to unsubscribe from some of these messages, but sometimes it can take weeks to get off the mailing list, or more often than not the option just doesn’t work at all. But thankfully there’s a solution by using disposable or temporary email addresses.

10 Portable Email Client Software

 

Email client software allows you to easily check all your emails from multiple email accounts by automatically downloading them to your computer via POP3 or IMAP protocol. It also allows you to send out emails by just launching the program without going through your web browser and manually logging in. Another advantage in using an email client software is you are able to access the downloaded emails and view them in offline mode which is very useful if you do not have an Internet connection at that time.