Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

Mention the phenomenon called Shadow IT — and someone will likely mention Dropbox. Shadow IT happens when departments or individual employees use technologies that aren’t sanctioned by IT — something ...

For the past several years, I've used a custom-built file server at my house. I've upgraded it many times, but it began life, as near as I can recall, in April 2000. When I say "upgraded", I mean the ...

January 7, 2008 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Upload and download files on your home PC from anywhere by turning it into a personal FTP server. With a home ...

Would you pay $3,600 a year just to store your files? That’s the price Google quoted for 20TB of cloud storage, an eye-watering sum that forces you to question the value of convenience. For many, the ...

Virtual machine programs such as VMWare allow you to quickly install a number of different operating systems on one machine. The majority of these virtual machine programs allow you to load an ISO, or ...

With cheap storage readily available, the temptation to build vast libraries of music, movies, photos, and documents is ever present. But when each PC in your home is packed to its aluminum gills with ...

DIY local backup solution shows a compact Proxmox and TrueNAS backup server using mirrored 24TB Seagate Exos drives for ...