Your Guide To Wireless

Microsoft Arc wireless keyboard

Don’t like to be tethered to your desk? Try the Microsoft Arc wireless keyboard. This uniquely curved keyboard is designed to deliver maximum comfort and convenience, with a domed keyset for easier typing, and a lightweight frame weighing 351g. Its 2.4GHz wireless technology allows a range of up to 15 feet (about 4.57m), giving you free rein to find the most comfortable position to use this cable-less PC companion. The snap-in Nano transceiver can be plugged into the computer or sto...

Five Simple, Free Security Hacks

security software is the lock on your PC’s front door, but you can also make that door less attractive to crooks. Let’s talk about security hacks, simple yet clever ways to protect yourself and your PC that cost little or nothing. Here are my fve favorites. It should go without saying that none of these can replace good, up-to-date antivirus and firewall protection, but they can make stealing your system or data difficult or unappealing. It’s simple, yet surprisingly effective: Remove the...

Guard Your Network With a Free Firewall

If you ever find yourself in need of a decently robust and full-featured firewall but your budget is approaching zero, I have just the solution for you. SmoothWall Express 3.0 is an open-source, security-hardened GNU/Linux firewall. With minimal hardware requirements and a small footprint, it should work with nearly any Pentium-class PC that has at least 128MB of RAM and a hard disk of 2GB or greater. You should have at least two network cards installed or basic use, three or more if you want ...

Wireless Wars: Will Consumers Be Collateral Damage? (Part 2)

Continue from Wireless Wars: Will Consumers Be Collateral Damage? (Part 1) he FCC then announced a broader probe into the wireess industry that will entail an examination of everything from billing to competition to coverage in rural versus urban areas. he probe marks a major shit from the policies of the George W. Bush administration, which took a hands-of approach in enforcing regulations on the wireless industry. Things really heated up in September, when Genachowski announced his desi...

Wireless Wars: Will Consumers Be Collateral Damage? (Part 1)

A BATTLE IS brewing between wireless carriers and the feds and caught in the crossire are all of the smart phones, netbooks, and bandwidth-hungry mobile applications that users are increasingly enjoying. Both camps claim to be doing what’s right for consumers. One side says that it is heading of a mobile meltdown by enforcing rules on the types of devices and service that can access their networks, while the other says that the priority should be on giving users unfettered access to the wireless...

Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link WRT160NL

This wireless router is made for tweaking. Powered by the open source Linux Operating System, you can add features to it by writing your own firmware and loading it into the router. Want more reach than what the two external antennas can give? Use the two antennas connectors provided to extend the range, said its maker without specifying reach. Connect a USB hard drive with music, video or data files to the Storage Link port and your media files can be shared wirelessly on the route...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

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