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What is Network Attached Storage?

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Network Attached Storage allows you to place all of you data in a single location so that you can easily access and manage it.
It is currently only used by a small minority of home/home office users but it will grow considerably along with media servers and media centers as data storgae moves from dvd/cd to […]

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3 Ways to Share Files on a Home Network

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Today many of us have several computer/laptops and often there is a need to use a file from one machine on another machine. So how can you copy a file from one computer/laptop to another.
Here we look at the three common ways that it is accomplished. Choose the one that suits you.
USB flash drives
This […]

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Home Network of the Future

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

In the early 90s when I was working in Telecoms I remember reading a white paper on the home of the future.
In it the author described and environment were TV, computers, entertainment systems,domestic appliances were all interconnected.
You could read your email on TV, talk to your TVs , and you could put  the TV on the wall. […]

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What is Bluetooth ?

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Bluetooth is a wireless networking protocol (like WIFI) designed to quickly and automatically connect devices like printers, PDAs, Cameras to computers and to each other without wires.
Common Bluetooth applications are:

Connecting mobile phones to each other to exchange pictures, ring tones, music etc
Connecting computer peripherals like mice, keyboards, printers etc to a computer.
Connecting headsets to mobile […]

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