Posts Tagged ‘Networking’

Directory OF Apps For Web & Mobile

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

All applications and services listed here are free (99.99%), or at least come with a decent free account option. Unlike other similar directories MakeUseOf lists tools that actually WORK, meaning that you won’t find a social networking website used by 50 users, or a community-powered website where there is no community.

Link: MakeUseOf

Get Your Computer Online Using Your iPhone’s Data Connection

Monday, September 8th, 2008

When tapping out an email or pinching and swiping on the iPhone’s web browser just doesn’t get the job done, and you want to use the full keyboard and screen on your laptop in a Wi-Fi-less place, the best way to put your newly jailbroken iPhone 2.0 to good use is to turn it into a cellphone modem for your laptop.

Link: Lifehacker

LinuxMCE: Linux Media Center

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

LinuxMCE is the only all-in-one open source solution that seamlessly combines: Media & entertainment with a server for music and video, plus a PVR (like TiVo or Sky+), Home automation to control everything from lights to heating with a touch-screen tablet or your mobile phone, Phone system with video conferencing, Security system that feeds live video to your mobile device during a security breach.

LinuxMCE builds on the superior networking capabilities of Linux to create a home automation/multimedia/communication network. No other operating system has this capability.

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DNS Vulnerability Checker

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Recently, a significant threat to DNS, the system that translates names you can remember (such as www.doxpara.com) to numbers the Internet can route (66.240.226.139) was discovered, that would allow malicious people to impersonate almost any website on the Internet. Software companies across the industry have quietly collaborated to simultaneously release fixes for all affected name servers. To find out if the DNS server you use is vulnerable, click below.

Link: DoxPara Research