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COMPUTING UNPLUGGED MAGAZINE - APRIL 2005 |
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How to send webcam surveillance images to your Palm or Pocket PC
Author Richard Siderits needed a way for his office PC to notify him in real time about what was going on when he was out of his office. He found the answer in an inexpensive but feature packed program called Gotcha that works with your standard desktop Web cam.
Is Busker busted?
One of the joys of author Heather Wardell's Zire 71 is being able to listen to music on the go. However, she hates relying on RealPlayer for her mobile music needs. Busker, by Electric Pocket, is a new MP3 player for Palm, and Heather had high hopes for it as a RealPlayer replacement. Read on to find out if Busker played the song of success.
Why buy a PDA?
Senior Technical Editor Claire Pieterek had a friend in need. Her friend's company was phasing out her position, requiring that she return her company-issued iPAQ. After fixing her friend up with a CLIE, Claire had to ask herself what the real point was in getting a PDA. With the functions on PDAs and mobile phones merging, why buy a PDA? And which one will come out on top in the end?
ZigBee: A new wireless standard
Wireless networking has become the next wheel. From Bluetooth to Wi-Fi, wireless networking has revolutionized the way we communicate, and the way our favorite devices communicate with each other. In this piece, Dr. Hiroshi Ide introduces us to ZigBee, a low-power, low-cost wireless connectivity standard for short distance wireless networks.
WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Internet Mobile Ad-hoc networks
Mobile ad-hoc networks are based on the idea of establishing a network without taking any support from a centralized structure. Due to the growing interest in the Internet, it becomes important to consider the integration of MANET with the Internet. In his latest piece on mobile ad-hoc networks, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht discussing bringing Internet access to the ad-hoc network.
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