At my house, Sneakernet still rules, at least when it comes to multimedia networking. If I want to download a movie or TV show from an online service such as iTunes, for example, I attach my laptop to the megabit-per-second cable modem in my office; if I then want to watch that same show in my living room, I have to lug the laptop downstairs. The vision: consumers could simply point a remote control at their entertainment center and access video, music, or photos stored on their PC using a home broadband network based on old-fashioned Ethernet or Wi-Fi connections or newer technologies, such as powerline networking and ultra-wideband UWB wireless. For example, Netgear, already a leading maker of wireless routers for home Wi-Fi networks, will be promoting its Digital Entertainer system, introduced four months ago.
Why is Khloe Kardashian using a 'pregnancy boob tube every day'?
Why it's called the boob tube - The Globe and Mail
The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Want to boost your child's academic performance? According to a study conducted by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University, third-graders who had televisions in their rooms scored significantly lower on standardized tests than their peers. Those with access to a home computer, meanwhile, earned higher scores. The study surveyed about third-graders at six public elementary schools in northern California in
One minute these made-for-TV faces are on top of the world. Then with a slip of the tongue, a major meltdown or simply stating one's dearly held, but immensely callous, religious beliefs — it can all come crashing down. Here's hoping this collection of nattering nabobs are able to avoid too much trouble throughout the new year.
Online fashion retailer ASOS has divided opinions online after launching a range of crop and bandeau tops for men. Everywhere you turn these days it seems like hemlines and t-shirt lengths are getting shorter and shorter by the second, with some forgoing clothing all together and wearing underwear as outwear. But it's not just women who will be baring their midriffs and showing some skin this summer.