If you find yourself depending on the drive daily, running backups to it, or wanting several people to stream from it at once, that is the sign you have outgrown it. At that point, a Raspberry Pi, a ...

If you're trying to reach devices on your home LAN, subnet routers are the better way to do it. A lot of users mistake the ...

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Eventually, Windows Media Center came out (RIP) and we were able to kind of use that like a DVR, but it wasn't a great ...

Nothing says peace of mind like discovering your favorite privacy tool has a few secrets of its own!

Last time, I wrote about how I made it possible to search for photos by the people in them. I've started to accumulate a few ...

Adam has a degree in Engineering and has a life-long interest in technology. He has been writing for over a decade for various print and online publications, with a focus on consumer tech. He joined ...

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Interim steps to the end destination are often wise. And non-bleeding-edge gear can be made wiser in the process, too.

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Learn what to know before buying a home Ethernet switch: managed vs. unmanaged options, 1GbE vs. 2.5GbE speeds, port calculations, and PoE power.