While there's a perception that a wireless network is less secure than a wired system, Green said new security protocols have made wireless more secure.

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And compared with last year, when the cost to install wireless Ethernet was 10 to 15 percent more than installing a wired system using Category 5 copper cable, wired and wireless cost about the same today, said Murphy.

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The scare stories flow off the word-processors as if hard-wired into the system.

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Because of the U.S. Senate makeup, are farm subsidies hard-wired into the system?

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It would not have been the original detectors that were hard-wired into the system because they run on mains power.

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In an analog system, all cameras need to be wired directly back to a central recording system using analog cable (typically RG-59 or RG-6 coaxial).

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Florian Schneider, a founding member, played the calculator, which was wired into the sound system, so that pressing the keys made audible beeps.

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They instead work out of their homes in America, their company computers wired into JetBlue's reservation system.

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The limitations to my system is that it requires wired connections and a half dozen control devices, a full sized keyboard and mouse.

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Compatible with most mobile phones and laptops that feature Bluetooth stereo profile, the Creative T3150 Wireless speaker system offers wireless connectivity in addition to wired connection.

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