remote desktop

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Computers

Man Uses Remote Desktop to Catch Laptop Thief, Watch Porn Remotely

3:00AM Jesus Diaz | A NY laptop-theft victim finally caught the criminal thanks to the use of a remote desktop application he had installed in his computer. However, it wasn’t as easy as connecting to the notebook over the internet and locating him: His investigation lasted for almost a month, watching his laptop screen as the thief used it for everything except for giving a clue about his whereabouts. And yes, you know exactly what “everything” means: More »
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
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Control Your PC From an iPhone

11:23PM Seamus Byrne | Here’s a free way to control your PC from an iPhone, thanks to Nate True at cre.ations.net. Using TightVNC, software that lets you remotely control your PC desktop (sorry, it’s not Mac-friendly yet), he’s made a couple of simple changes that let you use the iPhone’s touchscreen interface to control your PC from afar. Here’s how it works: More »
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