* Latest Cool Tools Video: Cheaper alternative to wireless music? * Latest Cool Tools Column: Baby on the small screen * The past seven days on the Cool Tools Blog * Featured reader resource Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools AlertLATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEO: Cheaper alternative to wireless music?Keith tests out a viewer’s idea to use the Belkin TuneCaster to broadcast music around the house rather than the more expensive Logitech Wireless Music system.LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMN: Baby on the small screen A new member of the Cool Tools Testing Team arrived last month, although it will be a while before Marley starts troubleshooting the home LAN routers (she mostly sleeps and eats).Like many proud papas these days, I’ve taken tons of photos and sent out e-mails with photos attached. But because I’m the Cool Tools guy, I’m expected to utilize as much technology as possible to create real-time multimedia extravaganzas that show her every waking moment. PAST SEVEN DAYS ON THE COOL TOOLS BLOG:Dell puts wireless WAN modules in new notebooksNovatel Wireless and Dell announced today that new versions of the Dell Latitude notebook line will include mobile broadband embedded modules in order to give customers access to EV-DO and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) high-speed wireless networks.Linksys teams with Yahoo! Music serviceIf you subscribe to the Yahoo! Music service and were beginning to wonder how to get all of that music to different locations of your house (such as listening on a home stereo and such), Linksys wants to help.Verizon Wireless launches another music phone Verizon Wireless today launched a new phone able to access its VCAST music service (as well as the video-on-demand features of VCAST).Axis launches new network cameraThe latest network camera from Axis Communications is the AXIS 214 Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) Network Camera, a high-performance camera aimed t professional surveillance and remote monitoring scenariosKeith Shaw is an award-winning editor at Network World. In addition to creating the Cool Tools universe of columns, blogs and videocasts, he also edits the weekly DEMOletter newsletter http://www.demo.com/demoletter and is the senior editor of product testing at Network World http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/. You can reach Keith at mailto:kshaw@nww.com Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news analysis Global network outage report and internet health check Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz and Tim Greene Dec 06, 2023 286 mins Networking news analysis Cisco uncorks AI-based security assistant to streamline enterprise protection With Cisco AI Assistant for Security, enterprises can use natural language to discover policies and get rule recommendations, identify misconfigured policies, and simplify complex workflows. By Michael Cooney Dec 06, 2023 3 mins Firewalls Generative AI Network Security news Nvidia’s new chips for China to be compliant with US curbs: Jensen Huang Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Anirban Ghoshal Dec 06, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe