For older adults, the right smartphone can be a lifeline to family, health care and daily services, but the setup process often feels like a maze of tiny icons and cryptic menus. A calmer, more ...

The definition of Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to broaden, today including functions such as configuration automation and orchestration. While these tasks aren’t strictly SDN, the fact ...

Whenever an organization plans to enroll its old devices for an upgrade, it passes through the usual wipe and load process. This task is cumbersome. There appears no simple solution to customize this ...

The Smart Home: It's a place that anticipates your needs and empowers you to fine-tune your environment. That's the pitch, at least. Putting it all together isn't a smooth ride, but the right setup ...

You can run a command in the Command Prompt window to check which devices can wake your computer from sleep. You can configure a device's permissions to allow or prevent it from waking your computer ...

Filter ads across devices with Pi-hole and Tailscale on a Pi Zero 2 W, using a static IP and router DNS for smoother browsing ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

Provisioning packages can be considered a group of commands that make a device ready for use. Though intended for commercial use, these packages can also be used to restore devices for personal use.

We test five network configuration management products: AlterPoint’s DeviceAuthority Suite, Dorado Software’s RedCell, Rendition Networks’ TrueControl 3.0, Tripwire’s Tripwire for Network Devices (TND ...

The next time an installer comes to set up a Z-Wave IoT device in your home, it might take a lot less time. Sigma Designs, the company that makes most chips for Z-Wave wireless networks, is ...