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D-Link’s DSP-W215 WiFi Smart Plug has been in the market for over two years now, but I recently got hold of one for some work-related need. We needed a simple and cheap way to measure energy consumption of a standard 3-pin ...
| Technology
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I am cautious about my secure browsing. One thing I do is that from time to time, I’ll click on the Secure button in the Chrome location bar to check on the SSL certificates of the HTTPS websites I visit. I was really ...
| Miscellaneous
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Dear YiXi Qian,
I don’t patronise Starbucks as often as I’d like. It’s not so much about their coffee that I want to go there for. I don’t particularly like their cakes either, except perhaps that caramel ...
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Sudio, a Swedish earphones manufacturer, has in recent years gained attention with their beautifully designed and durable earphones. They’ve recently launched the latest addition to their earphones collection the Tre. This ...
| Technology
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Mesh Wi-Fi systems are all the rage now, and home-grown tech company Aztech has also jumped onto the bandwagon with their new dual-band AIR-706P AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router. Unlike most other mesh Wi-Fi systems that are ...
| Technology
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This year, 2017, is truly the year that whole-home mesh Wi-Fi systems are taking flight. Many manufacturers, particularly the mainstream brands, have launched their first whole-home mesh Wi-Fi systems in the last year. TP-Link, ...
| Miscellaneous
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Someone wrote a paper in 2003, and because of that, we are forced to live with a variety of password complexity rules. Now, it turns out that man, Bill Burr, then manner at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
| Technology
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For Mac users, the window to the Windows world is through virtualisation software like Parallels Desktop. The Parallels Desktop annual update has just arrived with the announcement of Parallels Desktop 13, brining with it support ...
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I recently got hold of a MicroTik hAP ac Wi-Fi router. The MikroTik brand isn’t well-known to most consumers, but the Latvian-based manufacturer has been making very affordable computer networking products for many years. ...
| Technology
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ASUS’ line of slim and svelte Zenbook notebooks are a familiar sight to many consumers. It turns out they’ve also been working on their “pro” series notebooks for business users, and their new AsusPro ...
