If you’re serious, you want Ubiquiti. It may have gotten popular lately for companies to create big, ugly routers with half a dozen antennas. These megadevices look at home next to equally ugly gaming rigs, and…
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I’m an early adopter. Surprised? It means I get to play with cool stuff pretty early on, and it also means I often get stuck at a dead end, having invested in a technology that went…
Zero rating is a big buzzword right now. It started off innocently enough but it’s now being used in ways it was never intended. Some are calling it unfair and some are calling it a fair…
Well this isn’t too much of a stretch, really. While the world has been waiting for 4K live linear TV to arrive (and honestly most people don’t care) the 4K revolution already started and is pretty…
Looking for cheap geeky fun? One of the ways I amuse myself is by getting cheap “beater” tablets. It’s pretty amazing how much sophistication you can get for $50, and with such choice! This is hardware…
Although, they don’t look like this anymore. What you see there is the original IBM PC keyboard, which lacked arrow keys, a Ctrl key on the right, and other important features that were added later. What…
OK, I’m going to get in a little bit of hot water over at AT&T HQ. They’re in the midst of a big push to roll out gigabit fiber to homes they serve, following the lead…
Well, at least it will. Java, once the darling of programmers all over the world, is finally planning to leave the browser. Three years ago, I spat on Java, calling it a “must-miss.” I took some flak for…
I do this stuff so you don’t have to. As most people now know, Microsoft Internet Explorer is a dead man walking. While it is actually part of Windows 10, it’s hidden so successfully that…
I don’t have the numbers, but I’d feel pretty comfortable saying that around 75% of people use the free router they got from their internet service provider. I don’t blame them — depending on the ISP,…
If you’re using Ubiquiti’s Unifi access points, you know that there’s a cute little desktop app called Unifi which makes it super easy to manage all of your access points at once. It’s great, except there is…
Microsoft is tired of you using Windows XP and Vista. They’re also tired of you using older versions of Internet Explorer when you don’t have to. I think they actually hate Internet Explorer altogether, considering they…
Well, maybe not this PC. Seriously, though, after years of sluggish sales, PCs bounced back in 2015. This was due to the huge pent-up demand caused by people who didn’t want to buy Windows. 8. Sure, Win8.1…
It’s really tempting to think of Wi-Fi as “wireless Ethernet.” But, really, it isn’t. You see, Ethernet is just part of the way we describe network information traveling over a wire. It’s so popular that we…
I thought maybe it was just me, but when you look at this year’s crop of high-end routers (like this Linksys EA8500) the one thing that strikes you is, they’re really large. As in, about twice the…