One neat feature of Apple's new Time Capsule and Airport Extreme base stations is the ability to access them remotely via Mobile Me's Back to My Mac service (stop sniggering at the back -- we know Back to My Mac doesn't work, even with hard-wired drives). Previously, Back to My Mac would only fail t...

You've got a mind-blowing picture, surround sound, and streaming content set up, but it wasn't cheap. Heal your wallet with ten upgrades, fixes, and setup tips that take your system to 11 on the cheap. Photo by chunkysalsa. 10. Hide away your discs in style Not everybody wants their CD or DVD collec...

I hope someone can help me with this. I know I'm close but am missing something. I'm having problems accessing the internet via my wifi router at home. I have a gateway 3023gb laptop which originally shipped with windowsXP but I've repartitioned the hard drive to allow me to use it as a dual-boot wi...

It looks like Verzion is all set to launch its answer to Sprint’s Airave femtocell on Sunday January 25th. What the heck is femtocell you ask? In a nutshell, a femtocell is a teeny, tiny cellphone tower that allows users to get all of their cellular services via a broadband connection. This me...

When like-minded hackers come together to unleash the true power of seemingly simple gear, it's truly a beautiful thing. We've featured a good number of how-tos and hacks over the years that make expensive upgrades unnecessary and unleash seriously cool features in your gear, and 2008 was no excepti...

This will be very hard to explain so please bear with me, I'll try and make it as short as possible. I've made the switch from Windows to Linux and I'm loving it. But there is one thing that's been bugging me, because I can't use an ethernet cable (not feasible) to my router, I have to do it via wir...

You probably know that there are lots of online scams, where scammers go after your data. Once they get your login IDs and passwords, account numbers, or credit card numbers, they can use them for identity theft or  to run up fraudulent charges or empty your bank account. It can be hard to tell a s...

Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. Should I install Microsoft’s “SP3″ upgrade to Windows XP? I hear opinions on both sides. In general, I recommend this upgrade...

At today’s unveiling of the new macbook and macbook pro line, Steve Jobs mentioned that the new macbook was offering the same functionality as the old macbook pro for $700 less than before. To check the veracity of that statement, I pulled out 2 sets of data: first, thanks to Google cache, I w...

Millions of homes have an Xbox 360 sitting in the living room, but if you're only using your 360 to game, you're missing out. With some free tools and a little elbow grease, that compact, networked PC sitting under your television can offer a whole lot of useful media functionality. The fact is, you...