System and network troubleshooting often involves checking and obtaining information about ports to ensure functionality and determine the source of problems. Learn handy tips to help keep systems ...

In software development, possibly the most mystical and prestigious effort is taking dead hardware and breathing life into it—porting an operating system to a new platform—the mythical land of wizards ...

It seems these days everyone is porting Linux to one or another Pocket PC platform. In addition to the Familiar distribution for iPAQ Pocket PCs, there are a few other projects around the Internet.

Open ports in any system are meant to accept network packets that can compromise the security of the computer to a great extent. For security issues, ports that are unused are generally closed by a ...