DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 3: Tuners, Graphics, & Putting It All Together

Published on March 7, 2006 to Home Theater

In our final installment, Siggy surveys quiet graphics cards, TV tuner cards and products for multimedia control and display. And we finally show the details of both our test builds. Read more

DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 2: Mobos, CPUs, Memory & Power

Published on February 28, 2006 to Home Theater

Part 2 of our build-your-own HTPC series surveys the wide world of motherboards, CPUs, memory and power supplies and comes up with the picks to match our chosen case. Read more

DIY HD HTPC Extravaganza - Part 1: The Cases

Published on February 22, 2006 to Home Theater

The choices available for building your own Home Theater PC keep broadening. In Part 1 of our latest HTPC series, Siggy Moersch makes his selection from ten contenders to house a quiet, yet powerful HD-capable system. Read more

A DIY SSL VPN with SSL-Explorer - Part 2

Published on July 27, 2006 to Networking

In Part 2 of his DIY for creating an SSL VPN, Phillip Howell walks through configurations for remote file browsing and desktop access Read more

A DIY SSL VPN with SSL-Explorer - Part 1

Published on July 21, 2006 to Networking

SSL-based VPNs are fast replacing difficult-to-configure IPsec and PPTP gateways. In Part 1 of a two part series, Phillip Howell shows you how to turn a spare Windows PC into a pretty slick SSL VPN server. Read more