Logitech Alert Security Camera Review: Surveillance Can Be Fun [Homemod]

# homemod The Logitech Alert motion-detecting security systems are pretty high quality cameras—15FPS/720p wide-angle lens—and convenient—they're powered and networked over your home's electrical system. I don't want to be a security guard, but monitoring my own house is now fun. More »

GOP: Thank Bush, Not Obama, for End of Iraq Combat Mission

House and Senate Republican Leaders Today Commended the End of Combat Operations in Iraq but Criticized President Obama for Doubting the Success of the "Surge"

Afghanistan: the brittle compact between military and media

Over the course of this week Journalism.co.uk will be publishing extracts from a new book about media coverage of the Afghanistan war. Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines is published by Abramis on 13 September.

Next: The Smartphone and Tablet Wars

This week, Apple is expected to announce a refresh of several iPod products (including the touch) and possibly the Apple TV. The real drama remains with its higher-profile offerings -- the iPhone and iPad -- and last week, Qualcomm gave a credible look at their compelling future. However, with phones running on Google's Android platform passing the iPhone in shipments, there is some doubt ...

The magic and menace of rock 'n' roll

    They don't make concert films like they used to.     These days, they're all high-tech setups captured on dozens of high-def cameras in perfect fidelity, with the bands playing more to the TV viewers than the folks filling the seats of the arena. But back in the old days, concert films were aimed at replicating the experience on the big screen, not providing a handy souvenir for home video ...