If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital ...

I'm writing a VoIP package for "fun" and I have an itch to bridge the channel into my home phone line. The idea being, I stream voice to my computer and have the computer bridge the stream onto my ...

Beyond trying to find the right remote control, one of the last remaining bastions of consumer electronics irritation is pairing wireless devices. We've all been there, either when trying to pair a ...