The Importance of Having a Reliable Tape Backup Plan

You need to perform monthly checkups on your tape backup device.

Reinventing the Light Bulb?

Physicists at Tsinghua University in China and Louisiana State University are currently experimenting with prototypes for a new kind of light bulb. In these prototypes, called SWNT (single-walled nanotube) bulbs, the tungsten filament of a conventional incandescent light bulb is replaced by a filament made of carbon nanotubes.

Photo Identification Cards Guarantee Security For The User

Learn about the controversy over photo identification.

Watch Satellite TV on Computer - How To Set It Up For LIVE TV

Watching satellite TV on computer is becoming common in the homes of Americans. Other countries like Canada, Australia and UK are also experiencing the same phenomenon. But perhaps what one has to learn is how to set up our computers to receive live satellite TV feeds. The original method to watch satellite TV on computer is to make use of a card called the PCTV card.

The Multimeter

The multimeter is a common piece of equipment in all electrical toolkits. They are used by Installers, Electricians and engineers. They use the multimeter to measure AC or DC voltage or current, and resistance or decibel loss between two nodes in a circuit. The basic multimeter can be analog with a dial or digital with an LCD display. A multimeter is used to make electrical measurements of AC and DC voltage, AC and DC current, and resistance.

WiTricity - The End of Electrical Cables?

Possibly the most important invention since the wheel, 'WiTricity' is the brainchild of a group of American scientists who may just change the world.

Satellite Radio – Do You Need One?

Satellite Radio is possibly one of the biggest new innovations in the broadcasting world at the moment

The Flip Video Camera

Have you seen the new Flip Video Camera made by Pure Technologies yet? It seems everyone is searching to buy the Flip Video Camera. In this new age of high tech digital video, and the new mania surrounding sites such as YouTube, this camera is a perfect match for the person looking to make some of their own custom digital videos on a budget. That's the great idea behind the Flip Video Camera. It's portable, easy to use, and surprisingly affordable. Shoot anything and share everything.

HCB-400 Bluetooth Car Kit by Sony Ericsson

The Sony Ericsson HCB-400 Car Kit is an upgrade from the HCB-300 - it offers a subtle, safe, sophisticated and convenient way to stay in touch in your car. The control panel features easy to use buttons that allow you to keep your eyes on the road, while still allowing you to keep in touch with those important people in your personal or professional life.

A Guide To Conference Call Pricing

Choosing a conference call service provider should be an easier process, but anyone that has spent any amount of time looking for a conference call provider can tell you there are almost too many providers to choose from.

Getting the Right Scanner for Your Photographs

Scanners are a great tool which gives users the ability to convert prints, negatives, and slides into digital form allowing them to reliably store, edit, and print prized photos. We will show you how to choose the right scanner.

Two of Us

SOMEWHERE in the junkyard that I call my home office, there's an issue of Fortune magazine circa August 1991. On the cover are two of the most recognizable faces in the computer industry, even today: Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs. It was, as far as I can tell, the last time the two industry icons were interviewed together, until the All Things Digital 5 conference last May 30-or some 15 years later-organized by the venerable Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal.

Wireless Security Camera - A Smart Ally

With the high success rate of wireless security cameras in preventing crimes, do not be surprised if these babies of technology will be here for a long time. In fact, as you read this, it's highly possible new security camera models are being installed in at least 50 business establishments and 15 offices around the country. It's just as possible that in the time it takes you to learn how to operate your new wireless security camera, a better and more advanced model is being made.

Is Internet Radio the Future?

A continual audio stream broadcast over the Internet is called a radio webcast. Radio webcasts come in all shapes and sizes. There are free radio webcasts and there are radio webcasts for paid subscribers only. Radio webcasts can also be...