Turn Your iPhone into a Wireless Drive with Air Sharing

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Technology, Wireless

Air Sharing turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a portable hard drive, letting you drag and drop files to your device and view documents on the go. Even cooler, it works this magic wirelessly.

After installing the app, just follow the provided step-by-step instructions to mount your device as a wireless drive. Air Sharing can connect with Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Once that’s done, you can drag and drop files between device and desktop.

Air Sharing is also a document viewer. It can display iWork and Office files (including Office 2007 documents!), PDFs, images, HTML pages, and more. It can even open iPhone-formatted audio and video files. Plus, it offers amenities like optional password protection and a Public folder for “guest” access.

Wow. Killer, killer app. Air Sharing just earned a permanent home on my iPod touch. And perhaps best of all, you can grab it free of charge [iTunes Store link] for the next two weeks. After that, it’ll cost you $6.99 — still a drop in the bucket for such a great tool. – By Rick Broida/blogs.bnet.com

Extend your Wi-Fi Reach [Technology]

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CDNet, Computing, Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless

When you first set up your Wi-Fi network, you probably assumed you’d get a strong signal no matter where you wandered. Now you’re having trouble surfing in the sunroom and Googling in the garden.

You don’t need a smaller house, you just need a wider-ranging network. Here we show you how to upgrade your existing network to extend your wireless signal and perhaps even increase your data-throughput speed. – CDNet-Reviews

Go here, to watch a video to show you the gear you’ll need to boost your Wi-Fi signal.