Wonders of Wi-Fi
Many products help homeowners stream music from a PC to speakers in other rooms. Here are three options, from simple to complex. We're about to move, and my husband wants to throw out anything with wires--speakers, five-disc CD changer, radio ... [... more]
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Tale of the Tape
I just bought a high-definition digital television and there are a variety of inputs on the back of it. Once and for all: Which input offers the best-quality image? Are they all carrying digital signals? You want the "once and for all" answer, . [... more]
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Find Your Games
I did something really stupid and dropped my cellphone in a toilet. What can I do to fix it (meaning my phone, of course, not the toilet)? I admire your courage in bringing this up. Gear in the john is the mobile-lifestyle killer nobody likes to ... [... more]
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Most sci-fi films keep everything in sharp focus to wow you with effects, but Steven Spielberg used a more impressionistic style in this 1977 ordinary-guy-meets-the-aliens saga. The backgrounds are often blurred-check out the power-plant ... [... more]
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Fifth Place /// Toyota Tundra 4x4 Crewmax SR5
The automotive world is downsizing. The high cost of fuel has forced automakers to shrink both the size of vehicles and sales expectations, too. Big, thirsty and, yes, profitable vehicles just aren't moving off dealer lots the way they used to. ... [... more]
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When Hackers Attack: Practicing Cybersecurity at Home
Investigators say the spyware was created and installed by Craig Matthew Feigin, a 23-year-old student at the University of Florida who had previously offered to fix a problem with Garcia's computer. Police arrested Feigin, who now faces a ... [... more]
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RFID Credit Cards and Theft: Tech Clinic
It depends on whom you ask. The new RFID-enabled credit cards and key fobs do have unique security risks - foremost being the chance that some twerp with a souped-up scanner will read your card information from afar. But I wouldn't go so far as ... [... more]
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Curbing PC Noise
When I plug my stereo into my computer's soundcard I hear a horrible hiss. How can I get a cleaner sound? The inside of your PC case is a jungle of electromagnetic noise. And your PC's audio hardware--especially if you're using stock on-board ... [... more]
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INSIDE AND OUT
How many USB devices can I hook up to my PC at one time? Is there a limit? At first the answer seems pretty simple: 127. That's the number of devices, including USB hubs, that a single USB host adapter--the device that links USB devices to your ... [... more]
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How to Install a New Hard Drive: Tech Clinic
Define "easy." It shouldn't be too difficult since you're putting the new drive back in the same machine. That means your settings, drivers and applications won't need to be reconfigured and can be copied onto the new drive. The difficulty with [... more]
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Bosch Rotary Hammer
This SDS rotary hammer is basically a hammer drill on steroids. Unlike hammer drills homeowners may be familiar with (i.e. regular drills adapted to bore in masonry), this tool is a masonry drill that's adapted to bore in wood by virtue of a ... [... more]
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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution: First Drive
The all-new 2008 Evo X is finally here. Well, almost. You'll have to wait a few more months for it to hit dealers. But we recently got a sneak peek and first drive of the revamped speed demon at Mitsubishi's Tokachi proving ground in Northern ... [... more]
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