One of the major problems that we face nowadays is not having enough power sockets for the numerous gadgets we keep buying, the ones that apparently, we absolutely must-have. Now that smart home technology has come into the spotlight, it has not only changed our power socket needs but also our overall wiring needs. Someday, when Wi-Fi is better and everything works on long-lasting batteries, we will not have to worry about wiring. Until then however, you can read this article about why you should update the wiring of your house and how to set up a functional smart home for...

Networking is the backbone of any IT infrastructure. It's one of the most interesting concepts of technology, at least for network engineers. For many people working with networking devices is interesting as millions of people rely on them. Some of them even find working inside a data center with servers and networking components interesting. Just think about the Google data centers where thousands of queries come every day and how strong their servers have to be to process those queries and revert the results to the users in a matter of minutes. There are so many components, from small to large,...

As the form factor of a computer evolves, it changes the way a user interacts with it. From large hardware components that housed minimal and basic things, we now have hardware that houses components for rocket science between a couple of sheets of glass and metal. With this evolution in the form factor, the space for I/O ports has also changed, effectively changing the connection standards. What earlier used to be separate ports for video and audio, now only needs one. However, minimizing form factors is not without compromise. Portability means being able to handle your work and get entertainment irrespective...