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Top 10 Most Important Cables

HDMI, Ethernet, USB, coaxial – which cable should you use for which devices, how and why?

March 22, 2012

Nearly every gadget in your home has to be connected to something else via a cable to carry the audio, video, data or Internet information. Which cable connects which devices can be confusing, however. Here's a primer on the 10 most important cables you should be familiar with.

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How to Connect Your Home Theater to the Internet

Use your home's electrical system to transmit the Internet to your home theater via Powerline

By: Stewart Wolpin

March 13, 2012

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How to Connect Your Home Theater to the Internet

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The Linksys PLSK400 Powerline kit to simply connect your home theater equipment to the Internet.

Never again complain about there being nothing on TV once you hook your home theater gear to the Internet via a Powerline connection.

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Kids and Technology: Top 10 Online Safety Tips

Hints, Tips and Advice for Parents, Grandparents and Kids of All Ages

By: Scott Steinberg

March 2, 2012

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Make technology safe and fun for kids with online safety tips.

Top 10 online safety tips for kids, parents, and grandparents. Hints and advice on how to make technology safe and fun for children.

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Do NOT Open DHL Express Email

Email is NOT from DHL and the attachment contains a virus

By: Stewart Wolpin

November 10, 2011

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Do NOT open this attachment on an email that says it's from DHL Express.

Beware email from DHL Express; don't open the attachment – it contains a virus.

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Best App: Print From Your iPad, iPhone, iPod

'AirPrint' lets you print documents, photos, et al, from your Apple iPxxx device

By: Stewart Wolpin

September 27, 2011

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HP Photosmart 5510, the latest AirPrint-compatible Wi-Fi printer to wirelessly print from iPad or iPhone

Look ma, no wires – print wirelessly from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch via Wi-Fi to a new generation of Wi-Fi printers and Apple's AirPrint feature.

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Best App: Control Your PC Remotely with Splashtop

Use your iPad, iPhone or Android device to access and work on your home or office PC

By: Stewart Wolpin

July 29, 2011

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My desktop as seen on my iPad via the Splashtop remote access app

Ever need to get at something on your home or office PC, except you were miles away from home? Splashtop lets you remotely access and control your desktop PC as if you were sitting in front of it.

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10 Tips For Buying Any Gadget

You don't have to be an electronics expert to feel confident when buying the latest gizmo

By: Stewart Wolpin

June 27, 2011

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There's no reason to feel inadequate or stupid – or cheated – when shopping for high-tech electronics. Just follow these 10 steps.

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What ATMs, Apollo 11 & Bill Gates Have in Common

All were boosted by IBM, which today celebrates its 100th anniversary

By: Stewart Wolpin

June 16, 2011

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Remember this? The first IBM PC, c.1981

IBM, which brought us punch cards, the ATM, the UPC bar code, the IBM PC and Microsoft, a chess champion-beating computer, and a Jeopardy champion-beating computer celebrates its 100th anniversary.

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What Apple's iCloud Means For You

Pictures, music, documents no longer trapped on devices on which you bought or created them

By: Stewart Wolpin

June 6, 2011

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Photos we shoot, music we buy, documents we create on Apple portable devices will be automatically available on all our Apple devices and PCs via Apple's new iCloud service.

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New Headsets Ease Home/Office Phoning

Plantronics bows two new headsets to help you keep in touch if you use your PC as your phone

By: Stewart Wolpin

May 19, 2011

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Plantronics Blackwire 435 convertible mono/stereo USB headset

No other gadget is appreciated more by office-bound/PC-bound/phone-bound toilers – and arguably used more – than a telephone headset. And as I mentioned Tuesday, no one makes better home/office phone headsets than Plantronics.