DSL or Digital Subscriber Line is a type of broadband Internet connection. This type of broadband Internet requires you to have a phone line. Unlike dial up, you can actually use the phone while you are connected to the internet. What are the benefits of a DSL Internet connection? DSL allows you to have faster internet connection than a dial up. It can offer faster access to information, faster downloads...

Today’s technology has provided us with so many forms ofcommunication that we often grab for the nearest gadget withoutasking an important question, “What gadget is best?” Or, in moreformal terms, “What is the most effective method ofcommunicating for this situation?”Should you make a telephone call, or would it be better to visitin person? Should you whip off a quick...

When most people think of monitoring their home security system they think primarily about its ability to alert the police of a break-in. What they aren’t aware of is the lesser know capabilities of the modern alarm system, which is environmental monitoring For example: you can monitor the amount of carbon monoxide that is present in your home. Smoke Detectors, water level sensors and low temperature...

In 2004 the terms VoIP, internet phone service and IP phone wereforeign to almost everyone except technology professionals andgeeky computer types. Now most people I talk with are at leastslightly familiar with these terms, as the internet phoneservice market is now starting to take off. Contrary to whatmany people believe, VoIP is not a new technology. It wasintroduced to the public in 1995, by a...

Usually your personal security won’t be much of an issue. Yes, anyone can get mugged, but unless you go around upsetting dangerous people or living in dangerous places you shouldn’t need a bodyguard. The best thing you can do to protect yourself is to keep a low profile. When mixing with wealthy people it’s fine or even desirable to dress up, wear your expensive watch and jewellery...

My job is not stressful, I would say, just demanding. I answerthe phone for a brokerage house on Wall Street. I enjoy my job,but I was having a problem keeping up with the volume of callsthat come across my desk everyday. My supervisor noticed that Iwas having problems and suggested that they could provide mewith a headset, if I thought it might help. I figured it wouldbe worth a shot, so I asked for...

Do you remember the days? Firing up your 200Mhz turbo PowerPC, dialling up using your 56k modem, waiting an age for your hotmail page to show up, waiting some more to check your e-mails only to have your connection die just as you hit the send button! How times change. It’s funny, once you’ve used broadband you quickly forget how painful the dial up connection was. I used to run my business...

How tempting is it to fix things? You know, you are passing byone of your teams cubicles and they are doing something you knowall about. So you give a hand…And then it’s fixed, and you feel a rosy glow all about howyou’ve ‘helped’. But who is this about, you or them.You see, it can be so frustrating, for someone alreadyfrustrated, when some smart-ass boss comes along to...

HAS YOUR BURGLAR ALARM ACCREDITED BY LAW? Due to safety precautions it is mandatory that every alarm installed in your house is registered with FARS. Before the system is placed into service you must check for the following accreditation, NSI (National Security Inspectorate) NACOSS (National Approval Council for Security Systems) ICON (an approval scheme run by NSI) SSAIB (Security Systems and Alarms...