Those power outlets in our homes -- they're not just for sucking electricity out of, or accidentally weeing against when you come home drunk. Oh no, there's now a third use -- internet enhancer! Read More >>
Featured comment by John FC:
"So would these be the same as what Solwise sell for £15.48?
http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-plv-200av-pe_mk2.html
You need more than one t..." More »
For as ubiquitous as connectivity has become and how reliant we've grown on it, the Internet is still a digital jungle where hackers easily steal sensitive information from the ill-equipped and where the iron-fisted tactics of totalitarian regimes bent on controlling what their subjects can access are common. So instead of mucking around in public networks, just avoid them. Use a VPN instead. Read More >>
Sandia National Laboratories is the USA's premiere nuclear weapons research facility, and for more than 60 years, its researchers have poked and prodded the interiors of atoms to suss out their secrets—a task that has produced mountains of data that the facility's copper network struggles to contain. But now, even the most remote building's on Sandia's campuses have access to the biggest bandwidth modern technology can muster. Read More >>
Wi-Fi isn't as great as it's cracked up to be sometimes, and there's often some annoying interferences that can get in the way of your lovely invisible internet signal. Like the microwave or a giant concrete statue in your hallway. Read More >>
Venture Beat is reporting that there's an extra Google+ feature that wasn't announced at yesterday's I/O, which sucks content from other sites for you. Sounds like it might be only way you'll ever post anything to your profile. Read More >>
Featured comment by tryanelliott:
"I found this article the other day that really sums up many of my feelings about the service, I know many people dont give the site the time of day bu..." More »
It's hard to have significant feelings about a router — it's supposed to just work and shut up, or not. But no router has ever just worked and shut up like Apple's newest AirPort — a white inch closer to networking perfection. Read More >>
Featured comment by warrmr:
"Yes Sir they are indeed good routers/access points but the one let down is you need Airport Utility to configured or troubleshoot them.
Picture th..." More »
A new Facebook feature has been made publicly available with not so much as an announcement. Friendshake uses your phone's GPS to find the people around you on Facebook and easily add them as "Friends." It's half cool, half freaky. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"This morning at Waterloo was a bit of an extreme example as I had a wait until my train and was troubled by indecision so ordered all of the following..." More »
Wi-Fi sucks. Well, it sucks if your router is lurking in a subterranean realm of your flat and your gaming rig is located aboveground with an iron staircase in between the two and you don't want to run 100 metres of cable or wire the apartment with ethernet because you don't own the building. Read More >>
Controlling your wireless network no longer requires a computer. Apple's dropped another app surprise this morning: an iOS Airport Utility. Change your passwords, reset your routers, update firmware—all in your hand. This computer-less computing thing is fun. Read More >>
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