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 The Space Pilot Pro 3D Mouse from 3Dconnexion is a professional three-dimensional controller, with its own LCD screen, for your computer. You can pan and zoom or rotate images and change the scrolling speed, among other navigational adjustments, even while you use the LCD screen to check your Outlook e-mail, calendar or tasks. The color LCD is called the Workflow Assistant and it also launches RSS feeds.

In late July 2010, Apple announced several new 27” iMac variants. Here, we’ll discuss the options for putting the 27" model to use for a seriously fast photography workstation.

The easiest way to add lots of storage to any network is to install NAS, or Network Attached Storage. Cisco’s NSS Series of NAS enclosures is available with different numbers of drive bays, with or without the drives themselves. The arrays make it easy to provide a network with up to 12 terabytes of storage.

Anyone who uses external hard drives regularly wishes they were faster. Once you start copying several gigabytes of data to an external hard drive, you’re in for a long wait. Most external hard drives connect to computers via USB 2.0, but USB 3.0 is ten times faster. While your computer probably doesn’t have a USB 3.0 port, Western Digital’s My Book 3.0 comes with a solution.

If you’re an IT expert, it’s a simple matter to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection between your home network and a remote computer somewhere on the Internet. But if you’re not an expert, setting up a VPN is an involved process, with no guarantee of making a secure connection. The Dane-Elec myDitto Home Network Key and Server make secure remote access a snap, regardless of your level of computer expertise. 

If local area networks (LANs) were like plumbing, then Ethernet cables would be the pipes and routers the valve switchers. But data bits have a huge advantage over fluids. They don't require conduits to flow through your home or office to still be useful.

People love MacBooks. They’re just so stylish. But what happens when you connect a non-matching external hard drive to a MacBook? Nothing, except that your points for style drop dramatically and your feng shui might be irreparably damaged as well. If you need an external hard drive but want to maintain a trouble-free feng shui, then consider the G-Drive mobile; it matches your MacBook perfectly.