Tip #40: Portable SSL Enabled Web Server for Windows

Today’s tip is on setting up a personal SSL enabled web server for Windows. The application and its configuration files can easily fit on a USB flash drive for portable use. This method is not intended to be used as a large-scale web server, but rather as a simple way to transfer files to a [...]

NetEnforcer Sniffs out Encrypted BitTorrent Activity

Many ISP’s have been shaping network traffic to slow down your BitTorrent downloads, to keep their traffic levels at a manageable levels, but many BitTorrent clients have aleady found a way around this by encrypting the traffic, making the ISP’s deal with BitTorrent traffic eating up 40-50 percent of the ISP’s bandwidth.
NetEnforcer now uses [...]

Ubuntu Edgy Eft knot 2 now available for download.

Edgy is looking pretty cool. You can see more details at the Ubuntu site.
From the site:”The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Edgy Eft Knot 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 6.10, and with this [...]

More Firefox extensions I couldn’t live without

Back when I was writing for the now-defunct CSS Insider, I made a list of Firefox extensions I couldn’t live without. And I stand by that list! However, those extensions were all related to web development. Now that I’m writing for Download Squad, it’s time to expand the list. Here are just a few [...]

How to install Windows Vista Pre-RC1 on VMware Workstation

I guess many are trying now to install Windows Vista Pre-RC1 on VMware Workstation and will run into the same problems as I did. After loading the files from the ISO image it seems that that the Vista setup hangs.
However, it is not really hanging. Obviously, Vista Pre-RC1 just has a problem [...]
How [...]

Linux ultra fast command line download accelerator

Usually I use wget, which is ultimate command line downloader. However, wget failed to accelerate my download speed. I was downloading 1.4GB file around 800KB/s download speed (this box is hooked to uplink port speed 10 Mbps ). However, remote server was restricting me.
Therefore, I decided to get rid of wget. I have [...]

Linux howto find out or display IDs for adapters installed in a server

Q. How do find out which adapters (IDs for adapters) installed in a Linux sever or machine?
A. You need to use lspci command.
lspci is a command for displaying information about all PCI buses in the system and all devices connected to them.
[More in below article...]
Linux howto find out or display IDs [...]

Skype debuts Linux-powered cordless phone

Skype on Aug. 31 introduced a pair of cordless VoIP phones that work without being connected to a computer, via a DECT basestation that attaches directly to broadband and POTS lines. One of the two — the Philips VOIP841 — uses Linux as its embedded OS.
The phones, which use DECT as their wireless connection, [...]

Howto: Use iPod with Winamp 5.2 instead of iTunes

Many of us can’t stand iTunes. That’s just a fact, not a statement in the heated Mac vs. Windows debate (which recently has to cope with the possibility of having both Mac and Windows on the same machine). Fortunately, there is a way to use iPod with with the hottest media player around – Winamp. [...]

Download Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2

Microsoft just released Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 for Windows XP. This Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 version eenhance some performance or features of Media player, bug fixes on Version 1 and the integration with other Windows Media Connect functionality.
According Microsoft, New Media Sharing feature on WMP 11 Beta 2 would allow [...]

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