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Is your Wi-Fi network at home password-protected? If not, it should be. You might not care if your neighbors use your Wi-Fi connection to surf the Web, but someone with more sinister motives could take advantage of your generosity (and lack of protection) to gain access to data stored on your home PCs. The easiest way to guard against Wi-Fi interlopers is to encrypt your Wi-Fi network. Afterward you'll have to enter a password whenever you connect to your Wi-Fi network, but that's a small price to pay for improved security. Most Wi-Fi routers support WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption standards. Be sure to use either the WPA or WPA2 encryption settings, which provide a much higher level of security than WEP encryption. Another safeguard is to set your router not to broadcast the SSID (your network's name). With SSID broadcasting disabled, your wireless network won't be visible to computers nearby, and only people who specifically know your network's name will be able

Free music is often associated with illegal file sharing, but that's not the whole online music story. There are many music services that will let you stream tunes from to any Web connected computer free of charge (and if a mobile app is available, tablets and smartphones)—without breaking the law. For example, the Editors' Choice award-winning Slacker Radio (Free, 4.5 stars) is a service you should check out, especially if you're the type who likes to customize your listening experience. If niche genres such as anime and video game music are more your speed, AOL Radio (Free, 3.5 stars) is the lone mainstream streaming music service that caters to such nerd audiences. In addition, a recently announced Slacker Radio partnership means that AOL Radio will have one of the most stacked streaming music services today. Grooveshark (Free, 3.5 stars) adds peer-to-peer elements that let users upload their own MP3s to the service so that others can tune into their streams. Social

Slaying the Cable Monster: Why HDMI Brands Don't Matter For the vast majority of HDTV owners, a $5 HDMI cable will provide the same performance as a $100 one. You've probably experienced this when shopping for a new HDTV: A store clerk sidles up and offers to help. He then points you toward the necessary HDMI cables to go with your new television. And they're expensive. Maybe $60 or $70, sometimes even more than $100 (You could buy a cheap Blu-ray player or a handful of Blu-ray discs for that price!). The clerk then claims that these are special  cables.  Superior  cables. Cables you absolutely need if you want the best possible home theater experience. And the claims are, for the vast majority of home theater users, utter rubbish. The truth is, for most HDTV setups, there is absolutely no effective difference between a no-name $3 HDMI cable you can order from  Amazon.com  and a $120 Monster cable you buy at a brick-and-mortar electronics store. We ran five differen

The benefits of Blu-ray are crystal clear: Video from traditional DVDs contains fewer than 350,000 pixels, while 1080p HD video packs more than two million, which translates to sublime, high-resolution detail. If you want to make the most of your 1080p HDTV, you should upgrade to a Blu-ray player. And there's never been a better time to do it. The current crop of Blu-ray players offer stellar HD picture quality, fast disc-handling, and extras like integrated Wi-Fi, 3D  support , and audio and video streaming. These days you can find a well-rounded player that performs well for less than $200 if you do some smart online shopping. Still, there are a lot of choices out there. Here's what you need to consider when choosing the right Blu-ray player: Blu-ray Basics If you have a 1080p HDTV, you have the most to gain from Blu-ray, since a television with full HD is equipped to show every one of those glorious pixels. A couple of years ago when 1080p TVs were fetching a premi

1. Often there are multiple versions of the song you're looking for Even if song durations are a little different, if songs have the same track name and artist, Spotify groups songs together but highlights the most popular version. Click the little arrow just left of the artist column to expand it and pick the song from the specific album you like. Read more at Business Insider