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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Productivity

LogMeIn - now available for the Mac

LogMeIn for Mac
Being able to access one computer from another, via some sort of remote desktop utility is hardly a new development, Windows and Mac OS have included VNC clients with their operating systems for years. Being able to access a Windows computer from your Mac isn't even new -- the Windows Remote Desktop client is available for the Mac, and programs like TightVNC will allow Windows users to connect to a Mac running Tiger or Leopard, assuming the sharing preferences are configured correctly.

However, the downside to using a client-based VNC is that if you are on a trying to connect to a computer from a system that with access restrictions (say, a computer in an Internet cafe or in a school computer lab), you may not be able to access the necessary software to start the remote connection. That's where services like LogMeIn come in.

As long as your target computer has the LogMeIn client installed and is connected to the Internet, you can access that system from a different computer simply using your web browser. And although Mac users have been able to connect to Windows machine via LogMeIn for quite some time, the reverse was not true. Until now. Last week LogMeIn released the first full release of the LogMeIn client for the Mac. Right now, the free version of LogMeIn, which is sufficient for most home users, is available, and as the name implies, free. A free beta is also available for the LogMeIn Rescue (which is aimed at IT professionals or computer technicians, as it makes it easy to take control of a client's machine without having to pre-install software).

We wanted to check out how easy it would be to access a Mac from a web browser in Windows, we had Brad Linder login to Christina Warren's Mac (which is running Leopard 10.5.1). The results?

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Filed under: Hardware, Linux

LogMeIn announces support for Palm Foleo

Palm FoleoWhen Palm announced the $500 Palm Foleo mobile companion a few months ago, the world pretty much shrugged. It's not quite a laptop, and it's not quite a PDA. So what good is an underpowered device that doesn't run many applications, but lets you interact with your PDA or Smartphone?

Well, as with any computing device, it turns out the Palm Foleo will only be as good as its software. And the more we hear about the software available or the Foleo, the more we warm up to this little device. First of all, the Foleo runs Linux, which means you might be able to slap some custom software on there in addition to the default applications.

And it turns out you can also use the Foleo to access and control your home or work PC on the go. LogMeIn is showing off a software client for the Palm Foleo at this week's LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. LogMeIn offers free and paid services. LogMeIn Free lets you control your PC over the internet. The paid version lets you share files between your local and remote machines. Of course, you could also just use the free version to email yourself files from your home PC. But you didn't hear that from us.

At this rate, forget the whole companion for your mobile phone thing. You can think of the Palm Foleo as a light weight, instant-on internet terminal for web browsing and accessing all the data on your remote PC. Of course, for $500 you could also just go out and buy a used or underpowered laptop. But it wouldn't be as small, or umm... new.

[via jkOnTheRun]

Filed under: Internet, Security, Utilities, Windows Mobile, Productivity, Web services

LogMeIn remote administration for Windows Mobile

logmeinLogMeIn has a slew of products that let you remotely access PCs on the go. While LogMeIn is commercial software, you only have to pay for the fancier versions that let you do things like access files and printing on your home computer.

LogMeIn's free client lets you log into your home computer from a web browser. There's even a Windows Mobile version that lets you access your home computer from your PDA or Smartphone browser. (Once you get the hang of it, this means you can kind of surf the web using Firefox from your mobile device... connected to your home PC).

Now it looks like LogMeIn's going in the opposite direction. The company is testing a new beta application called LogMeIn Rescue Mobile that lets you access your Windows Mobile device remotely from your desktop. Say one of your clients/coworkers is out in the field and has trouble with their phone. You can login remotely and access data and settings to retrieve information for them or fix problems.

Of course, the phone will need a working internet connection. In order to gain control of the phone, you'll need to direct the user to visit a web site and download an applet. Once the connection is established, a virtual Windows Mobile device will pop up on your desktop and you'll be able to configure settings, or conduct a demonstrations and training sessions.

[via Geek Zone]

Filed under: Internet, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Productivity, Web services, Apple, Microsoft, Freeware

LogMeIn now available for Macs

LogMeIn MacLogMeIn has some lovin' for us Mac users, and has released an early preview of LogMeIn for the Mac platform. It seems "preview" is replacing "beta" as the label of choice for early release software these days.

If you've used LogMeIn on a PC in the past, the experience of using it on a Mac will feel very familiar - in fact, it's identical. So identical, it's almost creepy.

For mixed-platform homes, this new free addition to LogMeIn's suite is very welcome.

[Thanks Steve T.]

Filed under: Audio, Internet, Video, Features, Windows Mobile, Web services, Mobile Minute

Access your media collection from your handheld - Mobile Minute

gsfinder+You probably know that you can listen to music or watch movies on your Windows Mobile device. But did you know you don't need to carry around a massive storage card?

Flash memory cards are getting cheaper and cheaper. While a 16MB CompactFlash card used to cost an arm and a leg, now you can pick up 8GB cards for under $100. But why bother when you can access all the media stored on your PC remotely? Let's take a look at a few ways to stream multimedia content from the web or from your home PC or network.

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Filed under: Internet

Hamachi acquired by LogMeIn

HamachiApplied Networking, maker of Hamachi, has announced that it has been acquired by LogMeIn, Inc. Hamachi, a free tool described by Applied Networking as "a program that allows you to arrange multiple computers into their own secure network just as if they were connected by a physical network cable," and is a good match for LogMeIn, Inc., which makes browser-based VPN-like remote administration tools LogMeIn and RemotelyAnywhere. The Hamachi developers supply some more details on the official Hamachi forum, or you can read LogMeIn's press release on the acquisition.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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