Wireless Monitor for your desktop

So you have a wireless mouse and keyboard combo sitting on your computer table, but do you think that's ample to call your PC a wireless one. Well, give yourself a second thought. Still you have the monitor along with it's wires eating up the space and look of your PC. So here is how to make your desktop PC completely wireless.
For the same you need a wireless monitor connector. Many such gadgets are available like WID101 from Teq Gear, Avocent LV3500W longview wireless extender, and many more.
A pic of the WID101 is shown below :
This device connects the DVI port situated in your PC with the one on your monitor over an encrypted network. It can provide you a resolution of 1366*768.
But in order to have this wireless connectivity you need to have a DVI(Digital Video Interface) port. This port is mostly available in the flat panel LCD monitors and some of the CRD(cathode ray display) monitors.
The DVI port looks similar to the following figure :
Well this technology does come for a price(around $1000), but it is worth a buy if you are wretched by the amount of wires on your table.

Internet on the Go

As people have rapidly started switching over to the laptops from their traditioal desktop PC's, the need for having an internet connection that travels with you is rapidly becoming a necessity.
Thankfully many compaies are trying to take advantage of this situation, thereby simplyfying our lives. There are data cards available in the market that can be connected to the laptop or the PC.
Basically, the companies have introduced this technology using two media. First is the data card which can be inserted in the card slot embedded in your laptop. A picture of it is shown below.

These cards however have certain disadvantages :

• They cannot used on every laptop as not every laptop has such ports in them.


• They obviously cannot be used on a desktop PC unless you have bought an external such card reader.

The alternative to this is the USB modem which has been launched necessarily to overcome the above weaknesses. The USB modem is simply inserted in the USB port of your laptop or desktop PC. A USB modem is shown below:

But with this advantage of internet on the go you have to bear with the slow speed these tools offer. They offer a speed of around 144kbps, but one is able to get a speed of around 50kbps only. But this downside of these tools sure is overpowered by the mobility it provides to the internet connection.

These cards can be purchased for anything arount 2500-3000 bucks plus the monthly tarrifs. Providers for these technologies now a days include : Airtel, Reliance, Tata Indicom and so on. So the next time you go out on a long trip you don't have to worry about the availability of the cyber cafe.