It is often required to switch electrical appliances from a distance without being a direct line of sight between the transmitter and receiver. As you may well know, an RF based wireless remote ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Creative announced the Xdock back in January at CES 2007, ...

More than 700 million infrared (IR) receivers were shipped in 2010. While most of these devices are used for familiar remote-control applications in set-top boxes (STBs), DVDs, TVs, game consoles, air ...

With the introduction of smartphone apps like Triggertrap and ioShutter, which allow you to control your DSLR from your phone, you might wonder why anyone would still buy a dedicated remote unit ...

Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. AV receivers tend to improve at a glacial pace, but Sony's had a good run ...

In many industrial and commercial situations, there is often a need to energize or de-energize equipment that is remotely located or select one of two modes of operation for the equipment. This can be ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...