How to Remote Access Your Computer on an iPad With LogMeIn Ignition

LogMeIn Ignition by LogMeIn Solutions for the iPad (and iPhone) allows you to remotely control your PC or MAC from your mobile device. You control the remote computer via a virtual keyboard /mouse and the app support multiple monitors. The app allows you to do much more than just controlling your computer as if you were sitting in front of it. LogMeIn Ignition allows you to transfer, view, and save files and folders between your iPad and computer. With the app installed on your mobile device you can also run programs remotely from your computer. LogMeIn Ignition is also a great work around if you need to access a flash website with your iPad. You can browse the web on your remote computer and the image will be transferred to your iPad. Keep in mind that this workaround is best used for viewing flash enabled content of a website as flash videos will be choppy, and flash audio is non-existent.

Setting up LogMeIn is easy. To use the service I created a free LogMeIn.com account, bought the iPad App, and downloaded the free desktop version (MAC and PC available) for all the computers I wanted to access. There is no limit to how many remote computers you can access allowing you to download the desktop software to all your school, work, or home computers.

Create An Ipad App

While many of our readers are devoted Apple users who buy only Apple products, there are people out there like me have a PC or Android Phone. One of the selling points for me is that LogMeIn has a version for Android. I carry an Android for work and have an iPhone for personal use. With a single app that is compatible with multiple platforms, I don't have to install multiple types of software to remote access my iMAC at home or Dell Workstation at the office. LogMeIn is also secure, proven, and was the first remote access service designed for the consumer in mind. It's been around much longer than the iPad first as a computer to computer remote access program.

Remote Printing

LogMeIn Ignition supports AirPrint compatible printers.

iPad Limitations Apply

LogMeIn Ignition can do a lot of wonderful things but the iPad limitations still apply. You have to be connected to the internet via 3G or WIFI for the App to work. Slow internet connections speeds will hamper your work. For example, LogMeIn Ignition will allow you to play a lot of video not supported on the iPad but depending on the connection speeds, the video might appear on your iPad at very low frames per second. The iPad's screen resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels is much smaller than the vast majority of desktops. You will have to zoom in on some screens to so see the text.

How to Remote Access Your Computer on an iPad With LogMeIn Ignition

How to create a mobile application in netbeans to access a webservice through WIFI

How to create a mobile application in netbeans to access a webservice through WIFI Video Clips. Duration : 11.45 Mins.

This is a video tutorial for creating a simple mobile application(J2ME) in net-beans to access a web service.Here i have explained about how to create a web service and its client program(j2me). Created by: Dimal Baby (Mtech student VIT,Vellore)

Keywords: Web Service, j2me, mobile application, net beans, Dimal Baby, restful web service, access WIFI

Development Platform for Visual Studio That Replaces Current Data Access Technologies

A tiny program can automate software Development at most companies and replace all existing data access technologies. For 90+% of all companies, the software relegates and abstracts most of the drudgery of Application Development. It was designed for websites and could be used for both intranet and internet Applications. It is extremely fast, can be used by anyone who can code a webpage's HTML. It abstracts all aspects of software design, including the database. It goes beyond object-oriented programming and might be called "concept-oriented programming". Intuitive and easy to use by non-programmers, it virtually eliminates the need for software developers at most companies.

Some features:
- framework for complex business applications with fully functional classes and object models. No limitations.
- automatic data persistence of classes/objects with full choice of back-end database (text files to SQL Server to Oracle to Access)
- multiple application support with single-user login
- fully secure login (one-way encrypted password with salt value) with password reset and login creation
- role-based security for each web application
- automatic pagination of data access for rapid access
- shopping cart with encrypted credit card numbers unavailable to developer or database
- configurable payment methods that support instant or installment payments
- efficient load-balancing across multiple servers for server farms
- small DLL (~350k) runs in each IIS application process

Application Development

In essence, it's a fully-functional application server that is easier to use than.NET or any Java-based solution and is without limitation on class, object, database design or HTML layout.

The persistence layer maps stored procedures directly to business objects. Every call to the data layer includes the logged in user so database access can be locked by user or through role-based security. The mapping layer is faster than anything in ADO.NET by a margin of at least 50%. Optimistic and pessimistic record-locking is supported although optimistic is the default. Business objects in.NET 2010 consist of a few lines of code and support custom search algorithms and transient properties. Naming conventions are standardized, however can be customized to suit the Development standards at any company. Database access is centralized so DBAs will be quite pleased with the level of control and security allowed to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.

This solution combines the best practices from both Java and Microsoft technologies and can be ported to other platforms. It is currently designed for SQL Server and.NET.

Development Platform for Visual Studio That Replaces Current Data Access Technologies

New iPhone App Helps Hollywood, CA Residents Find Access and Ways to Pay for Parking

Have you ever been driving around Hollywood, CA and wished there was a better way to find a parking spot when you are crunched for time? Have you ever wondered which meters and parking spots take credit card vs. cash? Have you wanted to know how long the limits for parking meters are in a certain location? If the previous question set applies to you, there may be an app called "Parker" that has just been developed just for this purpose.

Frustrated by the increasing amount of drivers circling given areas numerous times and increasing congestion during peak traffic hours, Hollywood, CA city hall has developed the parker app for iPhone Application and others like it endless.

Iphone Application

New iPhone App Helps Hollywood, CA Residents Find Access and Ways to Pay for Parking

How to Access Your Multimedia Collection From Anywhere in the World

Recently I have been moving my media collection into the 21st century. What does that mean? Well, I'll tell you what it means to me. It means I should be able to easily access my ENTIRE collection from anywhere in the world and with ease.

So how does one do this?

Create An Ipad App

With an investment of time and some money for sure, but the outcome is awesome! You will need the following:

1.) A computer with A LOT of storage
2.) Move all your media to a digital format on your computer hard drive
3.) A high-speed Internet connection
4.) A laptop, iPhone, iPad, or any mobile smartphone device
5.) A configurable router to enable a remote connection
6.) Some software for your computer and smartphone (I went through and reviewed quite a few and my final decision was to stick with ServeToMe/StreamToMe).

The outcome of all this will result in our very own YouTube, Google Video, Picasa Web, and Hulu all in one. You will create your own personal media cloud!

Step ONE - a computer with A LOT of storage

I recommend a desktop PC that you can just leave somewhere turned on with all your media loaded up on it. A laptop can be used as well, but getting the storage we need, will probably mean purchasing external HD cases and that just gets too messy. A nice tall desktop machine with bays to hold our HD's works best. So if you already have a desktop machine go buy yourself a nice 2TB drive. 2TB is equal to 2000GB. This should be enough to hold all your media files. These drives are extremely cheap nowadays (2011), going for roughly 60-80 USD.

Step TWO - Digitizing your media

We need to move all our media onto our computer. I'm sure most of you already have iTunes music, videos, and photos on your hard drives. So you are probably already half way done. Now you want to take all your DVDs, CDs, and any other media that you have that is NOT on your computer and copy it to your computer's hard drive. You can download free software that will rip your DVDs and CDs. If you have old family videos on VHS tapes, this is a bit more of a challenge but can definitely be done, and I highly recommend it! You will wish you had digitized those VHS tapes later in life when you can no longer watch them. I'm not going to go over this stuff in this write up, but you can Google search ways to get your media onto your computer. There are just too many options to go over in this article. Once you get all your media onto your computer, you will want to spend some time to organize and categorize it so that it's easy to navigate. Also clean up file names, etc. Let's assume you have completed this and move on to step 3.

Step THREE - An Internet connection

We will want a high-speed reliable Internet connection so that we can access our media anywhere we go. Get one, although I'm pretty sure you already have one, just make sure it's a fast connection.

Step FOUR - A mobile device or laptop to access your collection

Any modern smartphone will probably do (iPhone or Android recommended). For the purpose of this article, I will be using my iPhone.

Step FIVE - Configure your router

In order to access your media remotely you will need to use software on your computer and enable that software to communicate through your router. This is where things get a little technical and you will need to know how to setup port forwarding on your router. This is not as difficult as it sounds. You can easily find tutorials online on how to do this as well as in your router's instruction manual. Most software will communicate on specific ports and once you open those ports, communication can occur between your computer and your mobile device (through your router). If you don't open these ports your router (who is between you and your computer) will block the communication.

You will want to use WOL (wake on LAN) to send a WOL packet to your computer to remotely turn on your computer. This way you can easily turn on/off your computer and access your media anytime you want.

It gets a bit technical and if you don't want to worry about this, there is an easy solution...just leave your computer on 24/7. I like the WOL because this allows me to leave my PC off when it's not needed and then turn if on with the click of a button, regardless where I am in the world. I recommend a free iPhone app called iWake. All you need to do is configure your router to allow communication on UDP port 9 to the broadcast IP address (i.e. 192.168.1.255) and then you can send that wake up magic packet.

You just install the iWake iPhone app. Then provide it with your global IP address and your computer's MAC address...and viola you're done. Now just click on your computer in the app, and within seconds your PC at home will turn on. Awesome right?

Step SIX - Configuring your software to access your media

So I went and tried out a few of the iPhone app/media servers available in iTunes. I tried the following:

Orb
Air Video
StreamToMe/ServeToMe

Here are my findings:

Orb was bloated, glitchy, and their iPhone app was 10 USD. Why is it always the companies that look big and legit always have the most expensive and buggy software on iTunes?

Air Video was nice and easy to setup. They have a paid version and a free version. The free version is useless for normal use, but good enough to test out the software and their media server (limits you to only a few video files). The interface was OOOOOKAY, StreamToMe blows them out of the water, but my main problem with Air Video was that it only supports video files?!?! Why!?!? Why bother making any media software these days if they can't handle our music, videos, and pictures? Stay on the bench if you don't plan to play the right way.

StreamToMe turned out to be the best software. The iPhone app is BEAUTIFUL and it loads your folders (even those with hundreds of items) instantly and the video thumbnails load EXTREMELY fast as well. This is all over my DSL connection for my PC and my 3G network for my iPhone. My computer is a Intel Core 2 Duo so it can render the video files fairly quickly. But I was impressed how fast the videos started after clicking on them. It only takes 2-3 seconds from clicking on the video file to it actually playing. Which is really impressive!

The server software (ServeToMe) is completely free and very easy to setup. It's basically just one window that allows you to add media folders that you want to share and tells you what port it's communicating on. So you just need to configure your router to forward that port to your computer and you should be all set. It also gives you the option of setting your own port to use (I recommend this so that others don't know what you are using, always good to NOT use the default ports Applications use) as well as a username and password to access your media library (definitely do this!)

So once I got the server setup, then it was time to download the iPhone app, which is called StreamToMe. This app is sold in the iTunes store for 2.99 USD. Just load it up and then click edit to add your media server. You'll need to put in your global IP address and the port you configured on the server. Odds are your global IP address is always changing and you will want to setup a Dynamic DNS service. Check out my write up on how to do this on my blog site.

After you get the connection details added, click on the server to connect, and it will prompt you for your username/password. Then once your credentials are confirmed you will see all your media folders you added to the server. Then you can browse through and click on any of your files to play. That's it! Now you have your entire media collection at your disposal ANYWHERE and at ANYTIME. Isn't that cool!

I was waiting for my wife the other day at the train station and got bored. So I opened up my iPhone app "iWake", turned on my computer with the app, then opened up StreamToMe and started watching an episode of Cheers!

Gotta love technology!

*** Note one thing about my setup. I am able to remotely turn on my PC with my iPhone app and then immediately access my media collection through the StreamToMe app. This is possible because I have setup the ServeToMe software to automatically start when Windows boots up (prior to a having a user logon). As far as I know, the ServeToMe can only run when the user logs in. You can get around this by setting up a task in Windows Task Scheduler to launch upon Windows start up. How to do this is really a tutorial in itself. If you would like to know how, please check out my Author Bio.

Another software that I saw some people review was Remote Potato, but because it had a 7$ price tag versus a 3$ one like StreamToMe, I tested out StreamToMe first. And since StreamToMe did everything I needed...flawlessly, I didn't bother to mess with Remote Potato. Advice to app developers, ALWAYS have a free version, especially with something like this, at least then people will give your app a try and see if it's something they like. Software makers have always given out demo versions, and with stupid Apple's policy of ALL SALES ARE FINAL, you need this demo/free version more now than ever.

I hope you found this article helpful in setting up your access ANYWHERE/ANYTIME media server!! I love the fact that I can be relaxing on a beach anywhere in the world and have the ability to turn on my computer and fire up an old movie, family video, tv show, or photo album...all with a few taps of my iPhone.

Written by Josh R Bellendir, 2/27/2011
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How to Access Your Multimedia Collection From Anywhere in the World

My D-Link Remote Access Security Camera iPhone App Demonstration Linus Tech Tips

My D-Link Remote Access Security Camera iPhone App Demonstration Linus Tech Tips Tube. Duration : 3.12 Mins.

Today I show off the iPhone app that lets you monitor your D-Link security cameras around your house. Pretty sweet.

Keywords: My, D-Link, Remote, Access, Security, Camera, iphone, App, Demonstration, Linus, Tech, Tips

Microsoft Access Database: The Pros With Less Cons When Using Microsoft Access As Your Database

I remember trying to piece together a database using Microsoft Access finding that it just wouldn't provide the functionality and usability I was looking for, getting very frustrated with it and that I just wanted to buy a piece of ready-made software and start running reports.

The problem for me at that time (and we are talking about 1993) was buying software that really met my objectives and being cost effective at the same time; which really didn't exist. Even today, it's still expensive and there is no 'out of the box' software solution that will provide and fulfill your full objectives.

Application Development

Since Access is part of the Microsoft Office (Professional) suite then you already have invested in the software before you start. Now you need to assess the product functionality and scope for your requirements and Microsoft Access should satisfy most if not all requirements.

The advantages (pros) of Microsoft Access are:

A return on your investment - this being the most cost effective solution that you or some knowledgeable person can control. Quick Development time - since the objects and components are ready made with various wizards and templates, you are up and running in quick time. Integration with other Office Applications - Access works with all Microsoft software and is particularly happy with Excel and Pivot tables at a click of a button (or two). Easy to deploy - sharing an Access database over the network (LAN) is straightforward and there are several approaches to this methodology. Connecting with other databases - using Microsoft Access as the front-end, you can use alternative and more scalable back-end database Applications namely Microsoft SQL Server. Great and easy reporting - Microsoft Access has a built-in reporting tool that not many other database applications can claim as a standard feature. VBA programming - is available for the more professional and polished database system that can be considered a little more exclusive if using a third-party vendor.

I'm not going to spoil the party and talk about the cons here though they're always some when working with an Access database. But if you are looking for better security (for sensitive processes) or want better back-ups, roll-backs and a large audience of (20 plus) concurrent users, then some further research is required as Microsoft Access will not always be the perfect tool.

Microsoft Access Database: The Pros With Less Cons When Using Microsoft Access As Your Database