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- Computer Repair Website Sets Up Goal to Raise $250,000 ... - ChristianNewsWire
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| Computer Repair Website Sets Up Goal to Raise $250,000 ... - ChristianNewsWire Posted: 11 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT Contact: Dave Arthur, ASAP PC Online Computer Repairs, 440-709-6777
CLEVELAND, April 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- ASAP PC Online Computer Repairs - located in Mentor - has set out to help Christian Churches of all denominations in the United States to raise money for their churches. ASAP PC is leading the way in cyberspace technology. When people afflicted with viruses, spyware, adware, anything slowing down their computer, they can just go on line. An on-line technician will then get into their computers remotely without the computer or any components ever leaving their homes. It's a Win, Win Gary Gersin of ASAPPC.NET says about the new technology. "We want to serve customers as they sit right in their living room."
ASAPPC.NET has set up a program that will allow every Christian church in America to join in on a fund-raising opportunity through their individual churches' website. It's very simple Gersin explains. "All churches need to do is visit our church fund raiser page at www.church.asappc.net and sign up," he said. "From there they can log in to their own account set up specifically for their church. Once they sign in, they are able to offer our services onto their website in just a matter of seconds. Once the connection is made from the church website to the ASAPPC.NET website the churches will be hooked up into a fundraising mode." As each churches' website has their computers repaired, $10 dollars goes to that specific church - donated by the repair company. "With today's technology, we're able to track every repair job and where they originated," said Gersin. "A church in California can actually have someone in Texas click through and order the repair service, and the California church would have raised $10." "All we can do is pray that by January 1, 2011 ASAPPC.NET will have generated over $250,000 for Christian Churches in America," said Gersin. "With Jesus' help, we can make it happen." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Control your Windows 7 PC remotely through the iPad ... - ZDNet (blog) Posted: 11 Apr 2010 04:23 PM PDT Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Control your Windows 7 PC remotely through the iPad with Desktop Connect appPosted in:
Some people think the idea of controlling another computer through an iPad is a ridiculous idea—why wouldn't you just get a laptop and then it's not even an issue. I can see the argument that using the Apple tablet to spend an extensive amount of time dealing with a remote computer's interface would be challenging, but I can think of a few reasons you'd want the capability. You might forget to email yourself a document on your desktop hard drive that you want to read or work on using the iPad, or you might want to play a PC-only game that doesn't rely on split-second fragging (hypothetically speaking, of course).
There are a few apps that make it possible to connect to a Mac or a Windows- or Linux-based PC, falling into two camps. Some are able to use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), such as Professional versions of Windows 7, while others need to use Virtual Network Computing (VNC). My fellow ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow has discussed one RDP solution here, but since my primary computer runs Windows 7 Home Premium, I needed to go the VNC route.
I had heard about Desktop Connect on a few other sites, and paid the $11.99 "introductory" price to download it to my iPad. It uses RDP natively, but can also work with VNC servers. I haven't tried it on our iMac yet, but the documentation the app delivers is a lot more extensive for Apple computers than Windows systems. For Windows PCs, it only tells you that you need to download a VNC server, saying that TightVNC had been tested and works with Desktop Connect. So I dutifully downloaded TightVNC on my PC, ran it, and then ran Desktop Connect on the iPad. It's clear enough that you need to add a new host, but you then are presented with fields asking for a Computer Name and Authentication. What it should tell you is that you need the PC's IP address and the password that you create when you set up TightVNC. Sure, most people who will want to download these types of programs are tech-savvy enough to figure it out, but how hard would it be to provide some contextual help or write a paragraph or two for the instructions documentation?
Once you fill in the correct info, make sure the VNC server is running, and press the big green on-screen arrow, you should see your desktop screen. You can run programs like Photoshop or Microsoft Word (see screens below), or even surf the Web for those few sites (cough, cough) that still use Flash. There are some icons at the top of the screen that let you access the virtual keyboard to type on your PC, use some virtual Function keys, or choose whether your finger tap controls the mouse's left or right button. I found using the touchscreen a bit trying to maneuver, as I often moved whatever window I wanted to view trying to get the app's pointer in position to click on something.
I also encountered some dropped connections and balky screen refreshes, neither of which came as a surprise but were still mildly annoying. On the whole, though, the app delivered what I had hoped: the ability to access the computer tethered to a desk wherever in the house I went with my iPad. Will pricier competitors work better than Desktop Connect? I don't know and I'm not in such great need that I'm going to pay to find out. I may at some point try a cheaper app if there are any that elicit raves. But if you see a need to access one of your computers via the iPad, it's good to know that that need can be met satisfactorily. posted by Sean Portnoy  Last 10 posts:
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| Windows safe moe, pc build - Toms Hardware Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Today's Most Popular Computer Hardware - PC World Posted: 11 Apr 2010 08:48 PM PDT Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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