If you're like most people, you have several remotes strewn across your living room, each one controlling a different device — a remote for your cable box, one for your TV, another for your TV's ...

Remote access — the ability to control a computer from a different location over the network — might not be something you need to use every day. However, it does come in handy in certain situations.

You have a bunch of remotes mixed up on your coffee table, and it's easy to get confused. And they take up a lot of space! But your TV may have a feature that can make controlling your various devices ...