Not all Ethernet cable is created equally. What’s the difference, and how do you know which you should use? Let’s look at the technical and physical differences in Ethernet cable categories to help us decide.

If you bought a Wi-Fi only iPad and now you wish you could use GPS with it, this is the guide for you. Follow along to hook your iPad up to an external GPS unit and/or GPS-enabled smartphone phone.
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If you don’t keep your home machines running all the time, you can power them on remotely with Wake-on-LAN. Doing things manually is a pain, but you can schedule computers to wake up automatically everyday using DD-WRT.
Being energy-conscious is a great thing. Why leave your computers on when you’re not home to use them? This situation is especially true with home theater PCs – you only really need them on when you’re home to watch stuff.

Windows only: MediaTab is a free program that provides tag and other technical information about audio and video files, like MediaInfo, but is integrated into Windows Explorer, so you don’t need to open another application to get these details.

Windows: If you want to create a network plan and need an inventory or just want to see all the devices using your Wi-Fi, Wireless Network Watcher from Nirsoft is a free utility that can help. It scans your network for connected devices and lists their network properties.

Don’t be in the dark about who is visiting what web sites on your LAN. Use our two-prong approach to lock in on who is browsing what on your home network.

Steganography is the process of hiding an encrypted message in some otherwise innocent looking format. Normally you can do this with image files, but now(via Lifehacker.com) you can take it to a whole new level by hiding an entire TrueCrypt volume in an mp4 video file.

First you need a suitable mp4 file to hide your TrueCrypt container. I used a video from the NASA website, just click “Download video” to get your mp4 file. Really any mp4 file will do, but try to find a file …

Background:
A while ago I added a hackintosh installation to my HP netbook. Unfortunately I had no way to provide a backup solution to my new hackintosh installation by the way of my Windows Home Server.
I’ve been a long time listener of Windows Weekly. In the podcast, Paul Thurrott recommended Windows Home Server (WHS) for all backup need on a network and media sharing. This intrigued me, so i did my research. At the time, WHS 2008 was the current edition available for $99. Being a cheapskate i decided …

Google’s planning to host your printer drivers in its cloud to make the Chrome OS (debuting today) a viable option. Now there’s a landing page where you can test Google’s web-based printing, if you’re using the latest Chrome dev release on Windows.
Google’s Cloud Print page, which carries the beta tag, walks you through the process of setting up cloud printing in the latest version of Chrome—it’s a setting in the Under the Hood section, where you’ll register with your Google credentials.

Having set that …

How-to and technology blog How-To Geek has a detailed writeup on adding Google Document types to your “New” right-click context menu. They’ve prepacked a registry mod (one for installing and uninstalling) and accompanying files like the Google Docs icons. Visit the link below and grab the installation package then follow along with their screenshot-heavy guide to install it.
How to Add Google Documents to the Windows Explorer “New” Menu [How-To Geek]