Computing Unplugged Magazine

COMPUTING UNPLUGGED MAGAZINE - JUNE 2005

Is there room for Roomba?
Do you love having clean floors, but hate vacuuming? Well so does Contributing Editor Heather Wardell, and she's found the answer. Roomba, iRobot Corporation's vacuuming robot is ready, willing, and able to help you not only keep your floors clean, but recapture your spare time, and entertain you as well.

Speed up your game play with the Nostromo SpeedPad
Senior Editor James Booth is a big fan of shooter games, but he finds the keyboard and mouse system of control a bit trying at times. The Nostromo SpeedPad n52 from Belkin has replaced the keyboard portion of the mouse-and-keyboard control combination, allowing you to program they key controls to convenient, in-your-hand device.

The Dell Axim X50: The small unit with the big heart
Author Jason Giacchino recently made a carefully researched purchase of a Dell Axim X50 Pocket PC. Is he ready to trade in his Tablet PC for a handheld? Read on to find out.

The state of adult content in the handheld device market
For good or bad, adult entertainment is a substantial driver for new technology and to truly cover new technology in a way that's accurate, some coverage of adult content is honestly necessary. This article, by an expert who's been involved in this field for quite some time, provides a thought-provoking analysis. Frankly, we found the size of this market -- just the portion that's mobile -- to be shockingly large.

WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Secure transmissions in the mobile ad-hoc network
Computing and its advancement have brought dramatic changes in today's world. Mobile ad-hoc, or instantaneous networks are one of the latest inventions in the family of wireless or cellular networks. In this article, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht discusses various security-related requirements in the mobile ad-hoc network.

WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE
Working groups for mobile ad-hoc networks
Wireless networks can be classified as two types, wireless fixed networks, and wireless ad-hoc networks. Not long ago a working group for mobile ad-hoc networks was established. In his ongoing series, Contributing Editor Humayun Bakht discusses the mobile ad-hoc working group and the standards it was designed to create.

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