Will the HDTV signal amplifier improve my digital signal? This was a question I was asking myself before I bought the signal booster, specifically the 4 Port Cable TV/HDTV/Digital Amplifier Internet Modem Signal Booster Internet AMP. Read on if you’re interested in the results. My antenna is the homemade coat hanger, the 4- bay style. […]

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Getting HDTV reception has never been easier. While the homemade HDTV Bowtie antenna performs fairly well, I will eventually replace these coat hangers with the WINEGARD HD-9032 UHF High-Gain 35-Element HDTV Antenna and then get a power booster. This should give me the ultimate HDTV reception. This might help me with the channels that keep […]

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The Germans used a device called the Enigma Machine. This Enigma Code was thought to be unbreakable, but the Poles had some success, and later the British would take it even further. Alan Turing, a British computer scientist, was very influential and he was critical in helping to decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted signals during World War […]

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The Wullenweber Array

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Does UTC Time change with the seasons? Coordinated Universal Time (universally known as UTC) is the standard time that is accepted around the world. UTC does not change with the change of seasons, even though citizens in the United States and other countries do use Daylight Saving Time (summer time). UTC remains a constant. UTC […]

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A company called Cree has the blogosphere lighting up with their new Cree LED bulbs. The old incandescent bulb may now have some stiff competition and companies like Cree could be household names in the near future, as the new LED bulbs become more affordable. Can these new Cree LED light bulbs win the incandescent […]

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What will internet traffic look like in the year of 2016? Internet traffic is growing at a larger percentage than you might think. Care to take a guess? According to the numbers from cisco, global internet traffic may reach as high as 4 times greater than what it is at the current time. This is […]

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There’s no doubt that laptops, handhelds, and tablets are ubiquitous in our current age of computers. For those of us that cut our teeth on the desktop PC,  it’s difficult to imagine the finality of it.  Is the desktop tower becoming extinct? Some technical experts think so. Laptops are comparable with desktop towers for the […]

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Is Windows 8 too complicated? I have heard many complaints from users saying that Windows 8 is too complicated and is just too hard to operate. The hidden menus seem to be at the top of the list. Personally I prefer Windows 7, but Windows 8 is what’s on the market today. The question remains: […]

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Which is best? Ethernet cable vs wireless. Wireless has become commonplace in homes across America. Is it really more efficient and is it faster? I had put a desktop computer in another room, which is approximately 50 feet from the modem and wireless router. For the first year the wireless connection worked great. All of […]

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