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WebEx and GoToMeeting cost $$. Teamviewer is free, but only for personal use….

How would you like a dynamically compiled single-click VNC, with no GUI, using a repeater, for free?

First off, let’s answer some questions… What is single-click? What is a repeater?

UltraVNC Single-Click is a mini UltraVNC Server that can be customized and preconfigured for download by a Customer. UltraVNC SC does not require installation and does not make use of the registry. The customer only have to download the little executable and Click to make a connection. The connection is initiated by the server, to allow easy access thru customers firewall.

Hmm, ok, and the repeater?

http://www.uvnc.com/addons/repeater.html
Basically allows you to bypass firewalls using a preconfigured server.

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Can’t find your phone? Think someone made off with it? Would you feel comfortable if you could lock it, back up your data, and perhaps wipe it remotely? Maybe just make it beep or ring in case its hidden inside the couch? Would you like this all for free?

Thought so. Here is a list of apps I’ve found that will do most of that. You may need to have a couple installed to get every feature you want.

• LocService
• WaveSecure
• Mobile Defense
• Lookout

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If you’re behind a WatchGuard firewall, and your /wp-admin/ page shows up white / blank, then your firewall may be the culprit.

The default Header-Response for an http proxy is set to strip. Which prevents the admin page from redirecting you to /wp-login.php

You can test this by manually typing in http://site/wp-login.php. Once you log in (it wont redirect you), type http://site/wp-admin/ and your dashboard should load.

I use CrashPlan both personally and professionally as my backup choice.

CrashPlan will let you back up to a remote server,  for a small fee, just like any other online backup software. What makes CrashPlan so unique, is that you can back up to your friends, or your other computers, for free, regardless if they’re on your LAN or not. You can back up to multiple sources as well. For example, a PC in house, and a friends PC across town. You have the convenience of a local restore being quick, and the security that your data is off-site in case of a disaster or theft. Oh, yes, your data is encrypted. No need to worry about others seeing financial and other private information.

For personal use. It’s free. Though a bit limited. You can upgrade to CrashPlan+ to make use of some great additional features, like data de-duplication, real-time backups, heavier encryption, and file versioning. However, if you want it for free, it’s still the best choice out there.

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Everything Droid doesn’t, DroidMod does.

Recently rooted my Droid with DMUpdater, from the guys over at DroidMod.org. Couldn’t have been easier. Overclocked to 1.2ghz, live wallpapers, wireless tether, and of course, su access. I get rougly 15 hours out of my battery between charges (reported from “battery left” widget).

Some “must have” apps:
Astro
Wireless Tether
Swype
Battery Left
DroidLight
SetCPU

http://droidmod.org/news/droidmod-v1-0-is-out/

WhatsMyPass has published version 3 of TechTools.

Tech Tools uses Ketarin, which is an application downloader that checks to see if an application has been updated and downloads it if so.

The genius in this tool is that we dont have to have you download all these tools at one time from our website, you’re going to be downloading each file individually from the app’s website. This helps with our bandwidth costs and some authors of the applications, while freeware, wanted the only download of their software to be at their own sites.

There has got to be around 100 apps listed. Go check it out!

http://www.whatsmypass.com/techtools-3-0