This Is Lifehacker, Episode 11: Access Your Computer from Anywhere, Remote Control BitTorrent, and Set Up a Remote Security Camera

In a networked world, you don't have to be sitting in front of your computer to start downloads, access files, or see what's going on in front of your webcam. This week's episode of Lifehacker is all about remote access and control.

In all, this episode highlights how to:

• Remote control your stuff from an Android device

• Remote control your stuff from an iPhone

• Control your home computer from anywhere with VNC (Bonus: You can secure that remote VNC connection with Hamachi, mentioned in the next segment.

• Create your own virtual private network with Hamachi (Bonus: You can also encrypt your browsing session on public networks using Hamachi)

• Remote control your BitTorrent downloads using popular apps like Transmission's remote tool or uTorrent's web UI.

• Set up a remote security camera with Yawcam (Windows) or set up a home surveillance system with FaceTime.

• Rule your computer from afar without wasting electricity with Wake on LAN.

We've been incorporating more original video with our posts in the past year, but the Lifehacker show represents a fun new supplement to the site. It doesn't replace what we do here every day, but our hope is that it will offer a new perspective on a few of our favorite tips. So far this season, we've:

• Learned a little about surviving the urban jungle

• Upgraded our office and hid our cords

• Hacked our weekends with a few of our favorite outdoorsy tricks

• Untangled your wires and boosted your Wi-Fi

• Cracked Windows passwords, padlocks, and Wi-Fi

• Shared some of our favorite clever repurposing tricks

• Supercharged your camera, took better cameraphone pictures, and painted with light

• Customized our phones, laptops, apartments, and so on

• Made better coffee, cut an onion without crying, and saved time with no-knead bread

• Score free money, make free phone calls, and get free space on Dropbox

Give it a watch and let us know what you think!

Grab it in any format you like: If you don't want to watch it in your browser right now, you can catch the show wherever you want, and in nearly whatever format you like. Visit the episode page on Revision3 to download HD or phone-friendly versions of the show in MP4 or WMV. You can also subscribe in iTunes or via RSS, watch it on YouTube and subscribe to our channel there.

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