Not much in life is more frustrating than a slow, intermittent, or non-existent Internet connection. If your videos are buffering, music is not downloading, or video games are freezing, chances are it isn't your Internet service provider (ISP) that's the problem, though. Before calling and waiting on hold for technical support or scheduling a technician to come to the house, here are three things you can do first to troubleshoot where the problem might lie.

Whether you are moving into a new place and need to get Internet service or a roommate is moving out and you need to choose another Internet service plan, you may want to put a great deal of thought into this decision for a number of reasons. Your Internet connection has never been more important, especially when you rely on so many things related to the Internet. Playing games, streaming movies, reading emails, and keeping in touch with family and friends are just some examples of what you can easily do with a superb Internet connection.

If your company is looking to grow and expand, you may be looking at putting together a strategic procurement plan. This involves putting together a buying plan that allows you to buy items when it is most cost effective to do so while buying just enough so that your business has enough money to grow and sell the products before they go bad or become outdated. Everything from the vendors you buy from and the time of year you buy certain items to bulk discounts and how much your company is expected to grow every year need to be looked at when you are developing a strategic procurement plan.

Imagine this scenario: you walk into your living room, tell your light system and 3D television to turn on with a couple of keywords, then you sit down and play some lifelike video games by waving your bare hands at a high-tech motion capture device. That may sound like a science fiction scene if you aren't up to date on smart home entertainment systems, but all of that technology is readily available today.

If you own a daycare, you need to be sure that the children that you care for can be as safe as possible at all times. Having an access control system installed at the entrance to the daycare can be a great way to ensure that all of the children and your staff are safe. The guide below walks you through a few things you should know about having an access control system installed at your daycare (by professionals such as those from Complete Cabling Solutions Inc.

Data center hardware maintenance can either be done by your own employees or can be outsourced to a maintenance company. There are pros and cons to doing it both ways, and learning about these will help you make an educated decision for your business. Here is what you should know about outsourcing your data center hardware maintenance. Cons You Give Up Some of Your Security One of the downsides to outsourcing your data center hardware maintenance in lieu of having your employees do it is that you give up some of your security and privacy.

When it comes to designing devices with integrated circuit boards, one of the things you should be considering is rigid flex circuitry. Rigid flex circuits allow you to fit your circuit boards to the device you're building so that you don't have to build the device to fit the shape of the board. This is one of many benefits to rigid flex circuit boards, and understanding those benefits will help you determine if these boards are a good fit for your product design needs.

When it comes to your home or small business' safety, there is probably nothing that you can do for yourself that is quite as good as investing in a wireless security camera system. The benefits of owning and  installing a wireless security system are nearly innumerable, as they will protect you, your family, and your employees from having to deal with any potential robbers, arsonists or other miscreants who wish to meddle in your affairs.

Your home can never be too safe. Even if you do not feel you have anything that anyone would want to break in to steal, you may be surprised. The median income for a home that is burglarized is only $50,303, and most of the break-ins do not take place in the middle of the night, but take place between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm. The good news is, with the automation technology that is on the market, you can create a home security system that will go way beyond a basic alarm system.

The story of electronics is that new advances are constantly being developed and that your current devices will soon be obsolete in favor of smaller, faster and better tech. However, you don't always have to swap your computer for a new one when you want a faster machine. You can make internal improvements that will extend the life of your current laptop, while also increasing its speed and durability. It probably sounds too good to be true that a three year old computer will suddenly be able to compete with newly-released models, but it is possible if you make the switch from a mechanical hard drive to a solid state drive (SSD).