Daily Cup of Tech

One of the things that I really don’t like about IT and computers is all the cords! Power, keyboard, mouse, network, USB devices, printer, phone, monitor, speakers, microphone, etc. It’s not hard for your computer area to quickly look like something that a rat put together!

So, someone had the great idea of going wireless and they called this technology bluetooth. It gives you the ability to connect several of your devices together and to lose the wires. But, in general, the range is limited.

Popular Science to the rescue! They have put together a little howto called Bluetooth a Mile Away. It walks you through the process of adding an external antennae to your bluetooth adapter so that you can use your bluetooth enabled devices from further away!

While this is a cool project, be careful! Some unscrupulous people out there have taken to Bluejacking and Bluesnarfing and I wouldn’t want you to help them out without setting up proper security on your systems.

Other Links:

• How Bluetooth Works
• BluejackQ
• Bluetooth and Linux

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