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Logitech VX Revolution Cordless Laser Notebook Mouse

Thursday, December 20th, 2007 | Mice and Keyboards, Wireless Networking Reviews | 1 Comment

A wireless Bluetooth notebook mouse that offers good grip, and a design that does away with some little issues with older designs.

Gone are the days when mice were little more than blobs of plastic, and wired to the notebook. A mouse with good features can increase the comfort with which a computer is used and give little extras like extra buttons to automate common tasks.

There are a number of different buttons on this cordless laser mouse. The scroll button can be set for various degrees of resistance, making the notches more or less distinct, at the least, just being a smooth scroll.

The small lip on the left hand side solves a problem that older models have had. When using the older model there was a tendency for it to catch the skin slightly between the mouse and the surface of the table. This has been an insistent niggle with the one I use at home. The lip keeps the hand off the surface of the table, making it a little easier to use, and keeps the skin from getting pinched.

A compact size and comfortable grip make this a great portable mouse to take around with your laptop, it’s at a size that kids can also use it, and it connects wirelessly.

Linksys WRT54GC Wireless G Router - 54Mbps

Monday, November 26th, 2007 | Networking (LAN), Wireless Networking Reviews | 2 Comments

An old favorite at an unbeatable price, the Linksys WRT54g gives high speed wireless connectivity for household and small office applications.

The WRT54G is well known for its linux based software. When hackers found that the core was just a slight variation on linux and could be reprogrammed to offer a whole array of functions, the days of the multi-functional wireless router began.

Besides being a router for up to four computers with a wired connection the wireless connection allows users to connect via their wireless cards.

The router can be setup to do DHCP, automatically assigning IP addresses to computers that connect to it. There is auto-negotiation of connection speed, depending on the capabilities of the computer connecting to it.

Most unnoticed, but probably the most important is wireless encryption and security. Make sure to set it up with the highest security possible using a shared key, otherwise it could be hijacked by someone in the neighborhood. And also change the admin password that allows you to access the router.

For the adventurous, go to DD-WRT and try out some of their options to spice up your router with some really cool functions.