For all its great apps, the iPad has quite a ways to go before it’ll be ready to replace a desktop PC. But that doesn’t mean you can’t leave your laptop at the office and travel light. Given a ...

Family support technicians the world over gave a cheer about 18 months ago when Google released Remote Desktop, a free remote-access Chrome extension that let you support PCs from afar. While Google’s ...

I recently heard from a reader who asked about the best software for remotely accessing and controlling another computer. I use the software to manage my Mac Mini’s Plex and Channels DVR servers when ...

If the client computer keeps disconnecting when connected to a remote desktop PC, especially via the VPN, this post will help you resolve the issue. If your client ...

My girlfriend and I both have RD enabled on our PCs. Mine uses the standard port, and we've set hers up for port 4444 (for ease of remembering). So far, this has been good, but her school and my work ...

As worker bees in the 21st century, we can't really cope with any kind of disconnection from our primary work computers. Sure, some are lucky enough to carry around their computer, but some of us are ...

Google has released a new extension for the Chrome web browser that lets you remote control any other computer running Chrome. There are plenty of other remote desktop applications, but the Chrome ...

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Chrome isn’t just for idly clicking through the latest tech news and the viral Vines of the day—it also hides a remote desktop tool that lets you easily get from any device running the browser (or the ...

Nintendo 3DS modders are building a homebrew app to turn the handheld gaming console into a PC desktop remote controller. The first preview version shows gameplay footage of Blizzard’s MMORPG, World ...

I have a little home server, running Windows 2003 Server. It is a headless unit; there are three cables running into it: power, ethernet, and audio out.<BR><BR>Up until this point, I had just been ...

Need to connect to and control a Mac from your PC? One quick and easy solution can be found in Google's Chrome Remote Desktop feature. Chrome Remote Desktop is a handy way to control a Mac from your ...