Fast and free, Chrome Remote Desktop is available on any operating system that supports the Chrome browser, including, of course, Chrome OS. It supports both unattended access and one-off screen ...

If you have one of the upper-tier versions of Windows (Pro, Enterprise), and fair to good computer/networking chops, Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection is an excellent free option for accessing ...

AeroAdmin is free stable, secure, no-configuration, easy-to-use, portable Remote Desktop software for Windows PC, that works behind NAT. You can use the tool right ...

There are simple but still powerful free desktop calendar apps out there ready to serve. But what if you need something simple; something easy to use and readily available? If that’s the case, you’re ...

From time to time, I run into people who say they don’t “do” technology. Most of these people are over 55 years of age. At this moment, 28 million Americans are digitally illiterate. Compound that ...

If your computer desktop is anything like mine—and, brother, it is—you’ve paved over every spare pixel in an iconistan of clutter. Desktop design originated in a wistful visual metaphor, the clean, ...

If you’re still using the AOL Desktop program, keep in mind that the company is slowly discontinuing the free service. Last April, it started pushing random waves of users to upgrade to AOL Desktop ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...