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Meraki Wireless Networking
The December 2007 issue of “Popular Science” Announced their Computing Grand Award Winner was Meraki. Since I never heard of Meraki, and their wireless product sounded interesting, I figured I’d take a peek at their website. Verrry interrresting. It turns out that Meraki is evangelizing wireless networking by, and for, the masses. The Old Way…
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Blu-Ray or HD-DVD
UPDATE January 29, 2019: 12 years later, we know which technology won this race! 🙂 Streaming was not even a dream when I wrote this. 😉 “Tech Detective” was my “name” when I published in magazines…..so fun to see this again. In the old days, we asked “VHS or Beta” ? Now we are asking…
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HeadThere Giraffe
YeOldeTechy says: “This is COOL!” Check out this new product that YeOldeTechy hopes he will be able to get his hands on to evaluate for this blog. Really quickly here is what the HeadThere Giraffe is: 1. It is a Videoconferencing System that works over the Internet. 2. It is a movable robot that allows…
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Polycom PVX for H.323 Video Conferencing
Update June 2023: This is a history lesson on videoconferencing! Enjoy! +++++++++++ August 2007 Rating: 4 Watertowers If a person needs to do standards based videconferencing from their desktop computer, there are very few choices, but, luckily, the Polycom PVX happens to be one of the best, if not the best. The PVX is relatively…
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Are all Wi-Fi Hot Spots Created Equal?
August 2007 The signs of the times! It is apparent that the popularity of “Wi-Fi Hot Spots” is increasing. Although Wi-Fi hot spots never really struck me as something interesting (I turn into TracyReaderDad after working hours), one day I got to wondering just what all the fuss is about. Soooo… Being free, and…
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HDTV Tutorial
High Definition TV UPDATE January 29, 2019: It’s been 13 or 14 years since I wrote this article. Another Super Bowl will start on Sunday, and, we still have the same Sony HDTV I talk about below. We have had to change the projection bulb twice, but, it is still running and still has a…
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DVD Burning and Standards
DVD Standards are Important when Burning a DVD by Ye Olde Techy This Christmas, Santa left Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 under the tree. I had been playing around making home moves with Windows Movie Maker, but, now, with Adobe I could take the next step in home movie making. Soooo, being a normal “kid” I…
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