The first official day of this year's Consumer Electronics Show - which we who keep count call "Day 2" - brought the two competing high-definition videodisc formats back into the spotlight. Meanwhile, a consumer electronics giant and a microprocessor foundry both took steps to become, well, the next Napster. Read more
A pair of Italian hackers has created the lazy man's Bluetooth scanner by cramming eight Bluetooth dongles and a miniature computer into a rolling luggage case. While Bluetooth scanning has been around for a few years, the "BlueBag" case uses an extra omnidirectional antenna to prescan the area. The pair says the Bluebag can detect devices up to 200 meters (about 600 feet) away and can run for up to 10 hours without power. Read more
Have you ever wondered why your wireless connection drops or slows down suddenly during the day? With the help of Cognio's ISMS Mobile spectrum analyzer, you can identify the problem and track it back to the source. Among the devices that can drag down your Wi-Fi performance, are microwaves, cordless phones and even Bluetooth devices. Read more
Broadcom recently introduced a chip that combines 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM technologies Read more
Windows Vista was never really an option for netbook users, but the release candidate of Windows 7 piqued our interest. Can Microsoft finally retire Windows XP in the netbook space? Even now with RC1 available, the answer seems tied to driver development. Read more
If you aren't regularly backing up your data, now's a good time to start. In this piece we cover some of the basic backup strategies, a handful of available tools, and backup performance over USB 2.0 using Samsung's newest Story Station external drive. Read more
Bigfoot Networks has updated its gaming Network Processing Units to support PCI Express connectivity. The new Killer Xeno Pro has a lot of new features, but can it really deliver higher performance for a gamer? We test the new card in order to find out. Read more
Moving to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite quickly and smoothly may require the help of a qualified advisor. That's an opportunity for potential BPOS customers and those who want to become BPOS advisors. Read more