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A network storage system maintains copies of files, databases and other digital data across high-speed LAN connections.
A basic Wi-Fi home network can be assembled fairly quickly, but maintaining and enhancing it over time takes more effort. You may not know about the many options available to improve the capability, performance and security of wireless home networks.
Would you like to have your weight and body fat percentage automatically posted on the Internet? If so, a French company called Withings has just the product for you. Their product is the "World's First WiFi Enabled Body Scale." Currently selling for roughly USD $159 online, this scale connects to a wireless home network and manage an online database of users' body weights and related body mass statistics over time. No joke.
As an added, er, incentive, the product supports an interface that also enable automatic posting of your weigh-ins to Twitter. It takes the concept of "peer pressure" to a whole new level.
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