Questions tagged [internet]
Software that interacts with the internet
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Is there a way to search the internet while avoiding sites with paywall articles?
Like I want to search for coding or stats sites, but a bunch of sites with paywalls for articles come up (or they say to sign up for free, to which a paywall for the article is then mentioned, maybe ...
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Pure text web browser for Android?
On Linux I used to use pure text internet browsers in the terminal. I need one for Android, perhaps in an app. From the US, I'm trying to access the Russian internet like http://en.kremlin.ru/ and all ...
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CLI tools to test internet connectivity and stability
I have to choose between two Internet Service Providers (ISP's), I have tried ping to test the two ISP's but I am looking for more accurate and reliable testing tools.
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Screen reader Android app that sends text as an API request
If I have an API where I can give it a text and it will return an audio file reading the text. I'm not an Android developer, so I'm not able to develop a TTS service from scratch. Hence, I need a ...
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Program to set a priority order between processes for uploading data on Windows 10
Several processes are uploading data. I am looking for a program that allows me to set a priority order between processes for uploading data on Windows 10. E.g., processing1.exe get 90% of the ...
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Server that (can) proves what code it is running
I'm looking to host some (continuously running forever-or-for-a-period-of-time) code on a server. The code might be open-source.
While I decide what code will be running by that server, anyone else ...
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Software that sniffs my internet connection and tests failed packages
Does a software exist that monitores/sniffs on my system all send packages to the internet and looks specific for failed/lost packages and then tries to trace route a few times to that destination to ...
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Is there a way to acces the windows native networking feature over the internet
In my company currently we use an excel sheet to provide new item numbers for new products. The file is currently available on network location accessed by all of us. We access that sheet one person ...
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Firewall for Windows to work with hosts/websites and wildcards instead of IPs
I need a Firewall for Windows which could disallow the access to all websites/hosts and allow only to the ones whitelisted instead of working with IPs as built-in Windows Firewall does.
For example, ...
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What software shall I use to control the internet at my home?
I want to control the internet my kids using
so I can control what website they entre and videos they are watching on youtube
also, to control the time they spend online
I have a computer that is on ...
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Is there any web portal which shows upload speed while uploading files?
I want to upload some files. I can use we transfer or drop box but the problem is all these web portal do not show upload speed. Is there any cloud storage where I can upload files and it also shows ...
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What is a modern Internet Cafe software for Windows 10/11?
I am looking for cyber cafe software that can run 10 machines, it can be free or paid, but must work for Windows 10 and 11.
Required features:-
Time slot based (30 minute intervals or failing that, ...
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Best software to monitor inbound and outbound connections including source and destination info
I have searched StackExchange, SuperUser, and the internet trying to identify software that will allow me to monitor inbound and outbound connections including source and destination info.
NOTE: I am ...
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I want to host .md (markdown) to the public as a website?
Notice, I don't want
to publish on [1]git
to use Wiki format, Wikipedia, or any...
to use any service as a third party
to use the paid Obsidian service Publish
My idea came from the Obsidian website ...
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Looking for a software that can block all applications except one from using the internet?
I want Windows software that blocks everything except one application of your choice. I want this for gaming. Oftentimes when gaming, there's like 5 or more other applications randomly using the ...
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What to use to measure internet latency? Ping, lft, mtr, traceroute - I tried them all
I'm unable to measure latency to a server.
I've tried ping, traceroute, lft and mtr with the default parameters.
I always get a partial result:
rob@Robs-2019 ~ % ping seau.gssv-fastlane-prod.xboxlive....
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foolproof unpacking of .WARC archives
I am looking into options for extracting WARC archive files but the landscape seems very grim
None of the following work:
https://github.com/internetarchive/warctools - apparently does not have ...
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Python library for handling and limiting bandwidth of all processes in Windows 10
I am using netlimiter, a bandwidth controlling system, in which we can limit bandwidth to a given value, kill connections and monitor realtime data usage by all processes.
But It has limited trial ...
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Failover switch Walk through
Our internet goes out frequently and I would like to failover to either dial up or cellular connection but only for a matter of minutes. Apparantly I am right out of the range for internet and have ...
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Share a file or web page(html would work too) to a specific person using internet
I know there are lots of methods of sharing now but I want to create a web page and publish it on the web but don't want search engines to find it.I don't even want any custom domain or any domain at ...
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Open-source software to monitor internet speed for long time
I am looking for a software which is having an ability to monitor internet speed/bandwidth for long duration,
The software should be capable of giving,
Internet speed graph
Should run long time
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sending high quality audio over the in the internet to a single point
I am trying to find out software to connect point to point but the audio quality has to be real good. Mumble seems to be for voice so it does not meet my demands. The problem is further aggravated by ...
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Does anyone know any software that allows me to track my computer's bandwidth per hour?
Does anyone know any software that allows me to track my computer's bandwidth per hour? I'm tethering my phone to my laptop and I don't want to go over the hourly usage limit or I'll violate the ...
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Chaining 2 VPNs on Microsoft Windows
I'm looking for a program for Microsoft Windows 7 that can allow me to chain 2 VPNs.
I.e., I have 2 VPN servers, VPN_server01 and VPN_server02. When connecting to Internet I want my Internet ...
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Is there any browser that only asks the server for plain text?
I've run out of data on my mobile (Wi-Fi is not available all the time). However, I still want to search for websites where the important part of the content is only on the plain HTML (for example: ...
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Alternative to Google alerts that cover mentions for more than just news articles?
I am looking for a tool similar to Google Alerts, but one that would track mentions more than just within news article. I'm looking for something that would track social media mentions, and other ...
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Any online tool or website we can join together to pray rosary real time?
Is there any online tool or website that permits people to join together in praying the rosary (and /or other prayers like Divine Mercy Prayer, Padre Pio Prayer...)?
People can pray and have a ...
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Block internet access for target applications
I need to block access of target applications to the internet on Windows 7 and Windows 10. What is the most simple util for that? I don't want to use a full featured firewall.
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Portable software to investigate which apps on Windows PC are sending data to the internet, and how much
It appears that my Windows 10 PC is sending out unusual data to the internet. Reasons why I believe this:
I often (about once a day) get a ReCaptcha Turing Test when I search something on Google (i.e....
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Android application for connecting to wired Internet
I plugged cable into my PC and establish DSL pppoe connection. I want to be able to connect my smartphone to this wired Internet (no Wi-Fi or mobile network). I got adapters RJ-45 to USB and USB to ...
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I want to access my Uni network from home [closed]
There is a private network in my university which can only be accessed while connected to University Network. Is there any hack by which I can access it from home? Keeping in mind I have very limited ...
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Is there a service that offers a VPN, or VPN-like service that terminates on the cellular network?
I'm looking for a service that I can use to route outgoing internet requests through the cell network, i.e. the request will appear to originate from a cell IP.
Currently I'm using ngrok and an old ...
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I am looking for an npm package suggestion for scraping websites?
If there is a better stack exchange site to ask this question please let me know.
But I need to use Node.js and some package to download web sites.
There is a slew of them:
There is the native Node ...
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Youtube Addiction: Allow access to videos from certain channels
I want to use linux based tools (open source) to allow access to videos from ONLY certain youtube channels. Is there any tool that could help me?
I think DNS masking won't work.
May be the software ...
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Software that set a Internet limit on other software for Android
Is there a software for Android 7.x Nougat that can set a Internet (regardless data or wifi) limit on each and every Apps?
Requirements:
gratis
set Internet limit for individual apps (including ...
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Web browser for Slackware 13 that can display today's webpages properly
This may sound crazy, but I have an oldish dell laptop loaded with Slackware 13 Linux on it (KDE 4) and not much free hard drive space and have been using it now for quite a few years with Opera web ...
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How to automatically extract images from the cache on chrome (or other browser)
I've been wondering if there is any way to automatically download images (.png mostly) while you are browsing internet.
To be clear I'd like to grab the image at the moment they are downloaded on my ...
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Time-based internet shutoff on Linux
So I'm looking to block internet access on my Linux laptop after a certain hour. Initially I was going to try chomper paired with a chron job to do the trick, but ran into a bug.
In particular I ...
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Software for bridging my computer and a VPS
I am not that much of a tech guy so I don't know how to call that software. Basically I am looking for a software that would bridge a connection from my VPS (which has a public IP address) to my ...
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simple lightweight reliable method to send notifications to ubuntu over internet
Me and my friend are using Ubuntu 16.04 I want to have a method to send a notification to her laptop. She is not so experienced with Linux so It's better to be very easy to setup. I want it to be ...
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multiple connection management
In Windows O.S. I am connected with both wired and wireless connection. I would like to connect application A with wireless and application B with the wired connection. Is there any application that ...
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Connection monitoring tool
I'm having some problems with connection (randomly drops) and need to check whether it is problem with specific parts of hardware. Which is why I am looking for a tool for monitoring connection over ...
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Video players with RTSP support
I have asked this question first: What codec/capability is needed for a video player to play (French) TV stations as VLC does? (namely playing TV stations of the French provider Free) and I have ...
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Graphical Network Manager for Debian (like gnome or kde)
I am building a Linux computer from scratch. I am using latest Debian version with OpenBox as window manager. I installed Tint2 as taskbar. I would like to have a network manager, not a command line ...
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An alternative to Mobiwol or any other way to block certain apps from accessing Internet
I need to control which application on my Android-based phone has or hasn't access to Internet.
Requirements:
invisible to device user (except for icon in app drawer),
password required for ...
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Test which ports are open for outbound connection
I have a computer located on a Internet network that has some security policies, which I don't have control over. I am looking for a program, user script, or web service that can give me a list of ...
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Internet speed checking app for Android
I'm looking for an internet speed checking app for Android that:
Does not try to make any connections when it isn't explicitly run by the user.
Does not load itself in the background... ever.
Does ...
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Track down a caller from his ID
I use my company soft-fone for work. I never shared the tel # with anyone outside the company. Yet I keep getting a call from a caller ID which is obviously an a VOIP caller ID ( not a number just 5 ...
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Are you aware of any tools for osx that can show my daily weekly and monthly internet usage?
Currently i am on the go and i need to monitor my data usage from the my mac.
Do you know any tools (preferebly free) that i can see my network usage so i wont exceed my quota ?
Thanks.
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Web browser that creates independent sessions for each new window?
Is there an internet browser for a Windows PC (or can a browser be configured in such a way) where each New Window creates an independent session free of any cookies and such opened in other Windows?
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