As the line between online media and television blurs and fades, many of us are trying to get the most out of the many types of media files we\’ve collected on our computers. Playing all the many media forms properly requires that you have the right media player and the right codecs. Having the right […]

Peer to peer, or P2P software allows people to connect from one computer to another in a network. The connection may be over the internet, or it may be done in a local network in your home, office, or over a university network, for example. With P2P software, your computer acts as both client and […]

Most people automatically think of illegal file sharing when they think of P2P software, but the fact that some people do use such software illegally doesn\’t alter the fact that the technology is legal and widely used in legitimate applications. For example, P2P software is used for getting the latest copies of open source projects […]

Today, when people think of file sharing, they tend to think of illegal music downloads, but file sharing encompasses much more than this, including numerous legitimate and perfectly legal applications. People have been file sharing since the first computers were built with floppy disks. Back then, files were shared by \”sneaker-net\” where users physically gave […]

File sharing has been around since the days of the PCs with floppy disk drives. Of course, back then, people shared files by sharing the physical floppy disks. As the technology evolved, so did file sharing, eventually incorporating CDs, which could hold much larger files. File sharing took a big leap when the internet took […]

Replacement car keys are a different ballgame than they were a couple of decades ago. Those who are old enough to remember traditional metal car keys remember going to a hardware store or locksmith and having duplicate keys cut on the key cutting machines. But an entirely different system is used today because most cars […]

Most newer cars have remote key systems that allow or deny access to the car and ignition. There are several types of remote key systems on the market, made by companies like Philips and Amtel. With this type of car key system you can unlock or lock your car without physical contact with it. These […]

Most car key systems today are what are known as transponder keys. The fob that you carry with your car keys contains a tiny radio transmitter. When you push a button on the key fob, the transmitter sends a coded signal to the receiver inside the car that is tuned to the same frequency as […]

Most, but not all modern cars have keys that have to be programmed using RFID transponder technology. Most cars made since the mid-1990s have transponder keys. There are lots of different ways of programming these keys, and most of the time you need a professional from a car dealership or you’ll need a professional locksmith […]

Sure, if you find yourself locked out of your car, you may long for the days when all you needed was a “Slim Jim” to unlock it and could hotwire the ignition to get going. But there are a lot of benefits to today’s transponder keys. Cars manufactured in the US started using limited transponder […]