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Heighten Home Security With Astak Mole Webcam

If you want to setup a not too expensive way of looking into your home, and getting some interesting security features, then you should look at the Astak Mole webcam. Read on to find out more!...

The Secret Knock Which Unlocks Your Front Door

A secret knock can get you into a lot of places. This is the first time that we have seen a knock which could actually open a lock automatically. Steve Hoefer came up with this ingenious way of unloc...

FaceID Let's You Unlock Your Front Door With Your Face!

We know that biometric security, which involves scanning fingerprints or retinas, is quite common in banks and the like, but what if you could simply unlock your front door with your face? It's not li...

The Solar Powered Security Light

Early this year we added a battery powered LED motion detecting light up our apartment's front stairway. It worked really well, scaring away the miscreants who often loitered around our area during la...

Free Laptop Security Option Using an Old Flash Drive

We've got a small cache of USB flash drives from trade shows, vendors and from sources we can't quite remember. The ubiquitous tech tool comes in handy in so many ways, whether it's adding Boxee to ou...

Vue Personal Video Network: Easy Home Security

It's always prudent to install some kind of security system in your pad or home. It's not just for rich or people with big houses. It's for everyone. For example, if you've got pets and you want to ch...

Remote Home Security with Kwikset Connected Locks

What if you could create a copy of your house key, but have the ability to destroy it in thin air from miles away? That would sure come in handy when your recently ex'd boyfriend tells you he "lost" t...

Gresso USB Drives Get Exotic, Priced to Match

You like speed, do ya? Formula 1 carbon fiber type speed? Well, Gresso likes speed. Which is probably why they've dedicated their latest Grand Monaco collection solely to the art of overkill - in the ...

Aegis Secure Hard Drive: When Security Software Isn't Enough

If there's one thing that needs to be secure, it's your data. Sure, some of us don't have any essential information on our computers, but lots of people store valuable data on their hard drives. It's ...

How to Keep That Laptop Locked Away from Nosy Roommates

So, you're moving into a new place with roommates. Even if your roommate seems nice, do you really trust him/her completely, with all of your belongings? We think that trust is earned and in a communa...

Honeywell Theft Sensor Protects Individual Valuables

Most homes now have to have alarm systems. Alarm systems protect homes against unlawful entry. But what happens when you have parties and people coming over and something suddenly goes missing? We've ...

Schlage LiNK Lets You Control Your Home From Afar

One of the main concerns of any homeowner is what happens to their beloved place while they are away. This is something that causes as lot of worries. You are not there and you have no control over th...

Good Questions: Cheap, DIY Outdoor Security Options?

Julian from Winters, CA writes: Hey Unplggd, I've had a few hooligans TP (aka the classic toilet paper prank) my house a few nights in a row now and it has become quite a nuisance having to wake up ...

Archerfish: Intelligent Web-Based Home Security

When you have a home, you need some kind of security system. It all depends on exactly what it is. Thankfully, condos and most apartment buildings are already secured in some fashion. From access card...

Color Pinhole Surveillance Camera Disguised as Power Outlet

We never did trust you. Maybe it was your shifty eyes, those beads of sweat always covering your upper lip, your habit of always shaking your leg while seated. We always suspected you were the one ch...

How To: Secure Your Home Network

With broadband access now nearly as common as cable subscriptions, DVRs and other tech services that many of use on a daily basis, home networking has moved forward from an "expert install" into a mos...

Catch Nosy Nellie in the Act Snooping on Your Machine

Do you have a sneaking suspicion that somebody is snooping on your computer? Whether it's your girlfriend, boyfriend, mom or kids that you think are hopping onto your machine and tracking your none-of...

Portable Security: The Old School Wedge Alarm

So maybe you're not a big fan of turning your home into a car alarm system, investing in a wireless solution that still requires you pay a monthly fee, or building a security camera disguised as a bir...

Secure Your Wireless Network....With Paint

Why is it that not everyone has a secure wireless network at home? Raise your hand if you are reading this right now and you don't....or don't know. Is it because you just can't be bothered to rememb...

Secure Lego Safe: Harder to Break Into Than You'd Think

When you think about where you're going to place your valuable and secure documents, it's pretty much expected that you'll buy a safe and put it up on a shelf in your closet somewhere. We've watched T...

Control Your Door Lock Remotely Via Cell or Online

The Schlage LiNK system is a digital security system that allows for remote control and monitoring of the installed lock via computer or cell phone with an internet connection. Use a cell to unlock yo...

Blogging the NY Times: A DIY Home Security System Install

Over the past little while, I have been doing a lot of renovation work on my house. Even though I am comfortable tearing down a wall or two and rebuilding from scratch, I have always thought that thin...

The Miyabi wooden surveillance camera

While the Security Camera mirror is pretty much begging for attention, the Miyabi surveillance camera does the exact opposite. Coming from Japenes company Const-Net, this wooden surveillance camera bl...

Digital Door Viewer Replaces the Peephole

We live on the second floor with our entry doorway at the bottom of a staircase. UPS, FedEX or the postal deliver come by daily (alongside the occasional friend), but every once in awhile we get duped...