Tag archive: Matt McRae

Storage and backup vendor Fabrik has announced an new external hard drive that it's claiming to be the world's most eco-friendly. The new SimpleTech [re]drive sports a 500 GB capacity, USB 2.0 connectivity, a fanless cooling system and an Energy Star-compliant AC adapter, all of which add up to a 90 percent power savings compared to typical exteral hard drives. But then there's the case: made from sustainable bamboo and… Read More

The Linksys Ricochet Router is the industry's first home and office network router that supports wireless Wide Area Network (WAN) to Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity. Users can share a single Ricochet high-speed, wireless Internet account across multiple computers in a home or small office setting by connecting computers with Ethernet cable to the Linksys Ricochet Router's four 10/100 switches ports. To save cabling time and… Read More

The new solution is intended to be a replacement for the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) standard and offers more-robust methods of data encryption and network authentication. The result is a newlevel of protection for customers taking advantage of the wireless features in Windows XP. “Customers tell us the wireless experience with Windows XP represents a huge leap forward in terms of ease of use. Yet, even with these enhancements, many… Read More