Networking

Home Entertainment Networking: Quick, Easy and on a Budget

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Current household entertainment systems are advanced beyond anything we could dream of ten years ago. Reasonably priced flat screen TVs are so big that if you saw a tube TV that size in a store during the 90s it would have been downright silly. Add to that the addition of surround sound HD audio, quality [...]

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Is The Internet Down? 5 Common Home Network Problems

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Sometimes home network problems are as easy to fix as plugging in a cord, yet “check your cords” is almost all the advice you’ll get from overworked help desk operators. Sometimes you get onto a help desk operator that wants to take you through every simple step, even the ones you have already performed. The [...]

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Windows Seven Tips – Setup Parental Controls

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Windows seven has made it even easier to keep track of what your children do on the computer when you are not watching them by enhancing the parental controls feature. It is so easy to setup that a two year child could do it. (Well some could) Setting up parental controls is very important now [...]

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Windows Seven Tips – Find your computer IP Address in Windows 7

May 31, 2010

Windows seven is a bit different to Windows XP and Vista. When I investigated Windows Seven, I realised that some settings were not in the usual places and not even displayed the same. This video will show you how to see what your computers IP address is. This is very handy for networking your computers [...]

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Windows Seven Tips – Change your folder list view

May 31, 2010

Windows seven has a similar feature to the earlier versions of Windows for changing the way you view your files and folders. however it may have a few extra options and also the settings will be in a different area. This video tutorial will show you how to change the folder view in Windows Seven. [...]

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SMART Housing: A Networking Horizon for the house of the future

May 30, 2010

Welcome to the future The housing industry is undergoing major networking technology development. A new smart housing project is going under way headed by companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble, and Whirlpool. They collectively trialed an experiment called “Laundry Time” which integrated a washing machine, TV, PC, and cell phone. The [...]

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