TheLaptopJunction

High Speed 3G mobile Internet is accessible in large parts of Spain. For visitors, travelers, holidaymakers it's now possible to have prepaid fast Internet access without a fixed mobile cellphone contract. It allows you to surf the Internet on your laptop, notebook, netbook or smartphone, iphone. Here's how.

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It's a very simple recipe to watch free local TV in Spain nowadays. With the arrival of the DVB-T standard, synonym for Digital Television, it's never been more easy to get a grasp of whats going on in the area. It's just a simple USB adapter and a small antenna away.
 

Digital TV, the replacement of analog TV, is slowly gaining popularity in Europe. It's known as DVB-T, Freeview or TNT. For those who travel, it's easy to pick up the signal and watch local television on a laptop. The ingredients for DVB-T television are simple, however there are a few things worth mentioning.
 

Everyone who's using Windows on a regular basis has experienced the HELL side of it;. Crashes, Hangups, sudden weird behavior and a buildup of increasing slowness in everyday computing. After quite a bit of suffering a nagging question surfaces: Is it my computer or is it simply Windows causing all this trouble? Now there's a clear answer to this question.

It's public knowledge for quite a few years, many WIFI networks are poorly protected. Although open unprotected WIFI networks are slowly starting to vanish, how well do the protected ones anyway? Here's a real example of challenging the security of an average residential WIFI network. The question came from a friend: Is my WIFI access point secure? Well let's see.

The problems caused by failures of the DELL battery charging system in DELL laptops is lingering on for many years already. Little public information is available about the root cause why so many DELL Laptop AC adapters cause the infamous "AC adapter not recognized" message. And specially not from DELL who introduced the battery charging system in their laptops. Now, it seems that DELL has indirectly released public information through a patent intended to improve the DELL laptop battery charging system.

With the popularity of laptops, wireless Internet using WIFI technology has become immensely popular. The need for more speed over a larger distance has pushed the wireless industry to produce more powerful and sensitive WIFI equipment. The legal FCC power limit for WIFI using omni-directional antenna's stands at 1 Watt maximum. A quick scan of the market reveals several brands producing WIFI consumer market equipment nearing the FCC limit.

WIFI technology has brought many laptop / netbook travelers the joys of free Internet access. It's great to discover open WIFI networks with the opportunity to check e-mail for free and to surf the web. The same euphoria becomes frustration when the connection is suddenly lost. What usually follows are attempts to reconnect, wondering what might have happened. Here's practical info how to deal with weak or lost WIFI connections based on a 3,5 year and ongoing journey with the Machine through Asia, The Middle-East and Europe.

While bashing around with a standard DELL Latitude D610 business laptop for more than 3,5+ years in Asia and the Middle-East, how would a rugged laptop, notebook have done in the same circumstances? The questions popped to mind on several occasions when the going got pretty tough for a laptop not designed for such extreme circumstances.