CPCR guide for DIY survelience system

I’ve been leaning heavilty towards building a DIY NVR solution. If you’ve also thought about it, but weren’t quite sure where to start – this is a great guide, even if you opt not to go with the hardware they selected.  Over the past few years, video surveillance has become increasingly popular in homes and businesses, and the reason for this […]

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ASUS annouces VivoMini VM65N & VM65 SFF HTPC

They aren’t quite NUC sized, but still quite small and sleek. These ASUS VivoMini SFF look like they should be quite suitable for HTPC use, and the higher end model with the Kaby Lake Intel Core i7 and NVIDIA GeForce 930M dGPU would do for some gaming as well. Unfortunately the PR (after the the click), doesn’t note NIC OEM, […]

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Might want to turn off some NETGEAR routers…

If you have a NETGEAR R6400, R7000, or R8000 there is [potentially] a serious security issue with the routers which could lead to a complete compromise of the device. CERT is recommending that owners should disable the popular routers until a patch is released. NETGEAR hasn’t yet confirmed the hole, but they have put up an article that should be […]

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ASUSTOR Launches Surveillance Center 2.6 Beta

I’ve played with a couple NVR solutions in the past, but haven’t quite found one where the software really lived up to what I wanted to have from a security camera solution. While I don’t have the necessary hardware to play with the ASUSTOR solution, putting it on a NAS and providing the wide-ranging BYOC[amera] support certainly hint at the […]

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TinkerTry writes up a few M.2 NVMe PCIe adapters

No M.2 NVMe support built into your motherboard? No problem, check out one of adapters TinkerTry has played with. Such adapter cards pass signals from your M.2 NVMe device right through to your motherboards PCIe slot, with no speed degradation. You can see these simple wire traces in the close-look video that’s featured below, so there’s no special drivers needed. […]

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Vera Control opens beta for Amazon Alexa control

I’ve quite pleased with how HA Bridge exposes Vera devices and scenes to my Amazon Alexa, so I’m a little conflicted about signing up. But, if you don’t have that setup, this is perfect for you. Join the Vera Beta Program for Amazon Alexa to experience Vera’s Native Skills Integration, supporting Climate, Lighting, and Scenes. Vera Control Beta Program

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