Indoor-Outdoor Cameras Put Security Into Focus. Q: DEAR TIM: I travel on business frequently, and my wife wants me to install security cameras in and around our home. Are wireless security cameras the way to go, or should I consider wired ones? Do I have to buy separate outdoor security cameras so I can view certain parts of my yard at night?.

Stores, Catalogues, Fellow Hobbyists: A Guide to Where to Find Plants. Winter is a great time to get to know the many places where you can acquire plants.

Mitsubishi Premium Flat Panel TV with iSP 16-Speaker Array. Mitsubishi 's new Premium Flat Panel TV line up includes the 46" and 52" models, both featuring iSP which is said to reproduce 5.1 surround sound from a single speaker cabinet and its 16 speakers that are..

Familiar Horsepower Rating No Longer Standard. For buyers of lawn and garden equipment this spring, a familiar old term -- horsepower -- will be missing from many engines.

Product How-to: Achieving high quality HD video delivery over home networks. Consumers expect their TV viewing to be nearly as reliable as their electricity.

Temperature Of Water Is Key To Child Safety. It was days before the baby girl would turn a year old, and her grandmother was giving her a bath. The phone rang. Grandma took but a minute to answer the call.

Saving With Surge Suppressors. A new generation of suppressors offer cost-savings features like auto and remote-off capabilities.

An Escape Ladder. WHAT IT IS: A portable ladder that hooks over a window sill, providing a safer means of escape from a fire in a multistory home. Such ladders store under a bed or near a window, and are designed to be quick and easy to use.

Mitsubishi to Offer 16-Speaker HDTVs. Mitsubishi this month will launch two flat-panel HDTVs that will include 16 integrated sound speakers.

Onkyo Blu-ray Player Coming. It took them a bit, but Onkyo just announced that its first Blu-ray player will be coming soon.

Crafting a Workable Workbench at Little or No Cost. Q DEAR TIM: I need a workbench. After reviewing many plans, I am a little confused. Is there a difference between a garage workbench and a workbench stand? Is there an advantage to making a metal workbench instead of a wooden one? What would you use for the workbench legs?.

JBL Professional Offers Added Flexibility And Performance With New.. At InfoComm 08, JBL Professional is extending its category-leading Control Contractor Series loudspeakers to an even wider variety of applications with the new Control Contractor 40 Series premium in-ceiling..

Silicon Image Input Processors Deliver Extraordinary 170Mhz 36-bit.. Silicon Image, Inc., a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, today announced two new quad-port 170MHz 36-bit..

Neighborhood Pride Mixes With Profit for N.C. Couple. RALEIGH, N.C. - Conversations with Doug Frelke and Kim Bowden can take some unusual twists.

Fully Blu-ray loaded. The Asus M70 is the most fully loaded laptop we've seen in a long while. Aside from its massive terabyte of hard-drive space, the multimedia system incorporates a Blu-ray drive and a full-HD display, plus an..

Replenish and Recycle: Principles to Grow By Throughout the New Year. New Year's resolutions are opportunities to do something you have always wanted to do, often for self-improvement. In the spirit of the season, here are some that will help you improve the environment, too.

HDR Gets Ballpark Recommendation. The City of Omaha Architecture/Engineer Selection Committee has recommended that a team led by Omaha based HDR, Inc.

Intermap Technologies and G-VR Develop Models for Engineering and 3D Visualization Applications. Intermap Technologies Corp. today announced an exclusive agreement with G-VR Limited, a London-based producer of three-dimensional digital models, to produce optimized triangulated irregular network models..

A Realization in Fairfax About Traffic and Housing. Affordable-housing problems are a perennial theme of conferences sponsored by state and local governments, professional organizations, and trade associations. Fairfax County, one of America's most affluent jurisdictions, recently came up with a smart variation on that theme for its latest housing..

Do You Need an Energy-Waste Sleuth? Robert Whale knew his 1920s Sears Roebuck bungalow wasn't exactly airtight, but he didn't know just how drafty it was until an energy auditor flipped on the switch to a large fan he had placed in the doorway.