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Watch Your Home TV Anywhere with HD Slingbox 500Our review of the new champion TV streaming video from home device, the HD Slingbox 500 set-top box

How To Extend Wi-Fi in Your HomeDo Wi-Fi dead spots abound in your abode? Amped Wireless Wi-Fi range extender expands wireless router range

Survey Says: How To Parent in the Social Media AgeHow much do you monitor your child's online activities? Results of a recent survey may help guide you.

Are Cheap HDTVs Okay and Other Tech QuestionsFriends seek my advice on plasma v. LCD, 1080 or 720 HDTV, dubbing old VCR tapes, what's an AC router?

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Latest Personal Hygiene, Small Appliances

By: Stewart Wolpin

February 18, 2013

In this space we usually bring you the latest high-tech "smart" gizmos & gadgets. Today, however, we present perhaps more pedantic items – some wet/dry shavers for him, a personal tea kettle, a window cleaning robot, and some home office devices including a home controlling Wi-Fi router.

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CES 2013: Home Network Setup is Easy with New Router Models

By: Barb Gonzalez

January 31, 2013

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Find out how the 2013 new routers from Linksys, NETGEAR, and D-Link, make home network setup easier. New tech for connecting to your home Wifi router.

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Even More CES Fitness & Health Gizmos & Gadgets

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 29, 2013

Personal bio-medical measuring devices are becoming more sophisticated and more ubiquitous. Last week, my compatriot Barb Gonzalez brought you a bunch of these health and fitness devices from CES. Yesterday I brought you a baker's dozen health and fitness gizmos and gadgets; here's our final dose.

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CES Gadgets & Gizmos: Car Tech, Part 2

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 25, 2013

Your smartphone is not only your go-to device for music playback and navigation, now car makers are enabling your iPhone or Android device to be the brains behind these and other apps in your car. Here's another bunch of cars and car apps, gizmos and gadgets I found from Ford, Hyundai, Kia and Lexus at CES. (See Part 1 here.)

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CES Gadgets & Gizmos: Car Tech, Part 1

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 24, 2013

More and more auto makers are building sophisticated infotainment tech into their cars, especially systems that let you access both content and apps from your smartphone. At CES, I spied and tried many car gizmos and gadgets installed in models from Audi, Chevy, Chrysler, Ford, Hyundai, Kia and Toyota. (See Part 2 here.)

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Top 50 Best CES Gizmos & Gadgets: Part 5

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 21, 2013

Our final group of top 50 CES gizmos and gadgets includes lots of unique ideas and concepts such as a Star Trek scanner made real and one old gadget that gives us an idea of how far we've come tech-wise in less than 20 years.

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Top 10 Cool Technology Trends for 2013

By: Stewart Wolpin

January 1, 2013

Next week is the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the largest cool technology trade show in the world. Both Barb Gonzalez and I will be reporting from the show floor, but here's a preview of the top 10 cutting edge technology I expect to see on the show floor at CES and in stores in 2013.

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New Gadgets: Best/Cheapest 60-Inch Smart HDTV?

By: Stewart Wolpin

October 3, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we've reached a TV milestone – a fully-featured, fully-connected, full 1080p 60-inch smart HDTV from a major manufacturer for less than $1,000. Among today's other cool new gadgets is a Logitech Harmony remote with a touchscreen and some iPad keyboard alternatives.

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Online Privacy: Expert Hints and Tips

By: Scott Steinberg

September 11, 2012