January 31, 2011
If you run any servers – either your own personal home server or for a business – you should be keeping tabs on the health and availability of your systems. A dead server is a useless server, so making sure you are aware of any outages is an important part to running one. Cloudkick was [...]
June 29, 2010
In an investigative organization that I work with, we conduct a great deal of research and release news articles on our findings. Often we need to monitor the Internet for reactions and additional leads, and of course one of the best methods to do this is through the magic of RSS feeds. However, when you [...]
June 21, 2010
Does this sound familiar? That’s because we’ve featured Elite Keylogger in a previous giveaway. The app was so popular that we had to have it make a second appearance. This time, we’re bumping up the prize by giving out 20 copies of Widestep Security’s Elite Keylogger 4.7 PRO worth $1980 (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 32-bit compatible). This [...]
May 17, 2010
Who doesn’t appreciate a little automation every once in a while? If there is ever a way to let things get done by themselves, I’m all for it. Why bother going through the hassle of performing a menial, random task if it can be done automatically? Hazel is your Mac’s personal housekeeper. It works quietly [...]
May 14, 2010
There are many ways to keep ourselves abreast of what’s where on the web. Bookmarks are the oldest. But bookmarks by nature are static links. I was searching for a bookmarking web app that would let me know all of the changes in a site. I finally came across Diphur which makes bookmarks more active. [...]
March 22, 2010
Have you ever wanted to ensure your children aren’t giving out personal information online? Even if you’ve had a lengthy discussion with them about staying safe online, a child may not realize just how much information they’re giving out. Or are you an employer who wants to monitor the work habits of your employees? These [...]
January 7, 2010
Have you ever wondered why there are times where your computer suddenly runs slower even though you have only opened one or two applications? It seems that the phrase “more than meets the eye” applies not only to a bunch of transforming robots, but also very true to describe the running processes on a Mac. [...]
October 30, 2009
If you own a Mac, you should know that one of the most useful tools is Activity Monitor, found in the Utilities folder. If you haven’t used it before, get introduced to it; it will help get you out of sticky situations when your Mac isn’t responding properly. Activity Monitor is basically Mac’s version of [...]
May 29, 2009
> I write about software applications on a regular basis so I know (better than most people) how applications modify the registry. They write serial numbers, file paths and configurations and you usually have no idea what or where they are changing. Now, this little NirSoft portable application can watch and report what changes your [...]
May 27, 2009
If you want to monitor a blog for new article update, a great way is to subscribe to its RSS feed and get notified instantly when it updates its content. What if you want to monitor more than just a blog, such as a static website, your email account, a file and you are a [...]
