For most of the history of battery-powered devices, you needed a wire to charge them. Want to charge your camera, cell phone, or laptop? You plug it in. What else would you do? But corded charging has a few distinct disadvantages. First off, it used to require you to use multiple chargers for multiple devices. …
Playing Xbox with your friends is one of the most enjoyable modern activities. Xbox controllers are wonderful devices in their own right, featuring responsive buttons and an audio hookup jack that you can use to send your voice over the Internet and communicate with your buddies. This jack lets you connect a microphone and/or headset …
If you’re old enough to remember Polaroid cameras, they probably bring back a lot of good memories. Not too long ago, they were a fixture of parties and other social gatherings. You snapped a picture, and it popped out of the bottom of the camera. Instead of taking film to a store kiosk and waiting …
Finding the right WiFi router for your home can be an extremely tricky business. There are hundreds of WiFi routers available, making it difficult to find which one you need when every router claims to provide lightning-fast Internet and perfect service. Furthermore, WiFi router connectivity and effective area can be hard to judge without trying …
Home flight simulators have been around almost as long as computers. Way back in 1988, you could play the original Jetfighter on your DOS or Amiga PC. The graphics weren’t exactly realistic, but they were cutting-edge for the time. And for all of us flight enthusiasts, it was an amazing, fun experience. Nowadays, you can …