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What Should You Keep In Your Safe Room?

by Carolyn

In 2002, Jodie Foster starred in the thriller “Panic Room”. The entire plot of the movie focused on Foster’s character and her daughter having to elude three burglars who had broken into their home. One of the home’s primary features was the “Panic Room”, a high-end safe room that featured two-way communication and other equipment. Foster and her daughter are trapped in the room for the first part of the movie, which leads to a climactic finale. Though the panic…

Does the Schlage LiNK Live Up to the Hype?

by Carolyn

Schlage has definitely hyped up the release of their latest keyless entry locking system, titled the “Schlage LiNK”. Once the Schlage LiNK was released to the public, many people dropped from $300-600 on the exciting LiNK that used Z-Wave technology. However, is the Schlage LiNK really worth the money? What are some people saying about their experiences with the Schlage LiNK? Schlage LiNK Features The Schlage LiNK has many features, including: Fully Encrypted Connection The connection between the Schlage LiNK…

What is Distraction Burglary?

by Carolyn

A new tactic that many burglars are now using is called “distraction burglary”. This type of burglary combines an identity scam with a burglary or other crime. Since it involves clever manipulation, distraction burglary can be extremely dangerous if you aren’t familiar with the warning signs of this type of scam. Here is some information to help familiarize you with distraction burglary, as well as how to spot different types of distraction burglary scams. How Do They Do It? Usually,…

Do Security Systems Affect Home Value?

by Carolyn

In today’s tough economic times, many people may be considering selling their family home. Thousands of people have already downsized into smaller homes, after surrendering their dream home to the real estate market. Some families are even abandoning the prospect of owning a home, and opting to rent instead. Because of the number of homes on the market, more people are now researching the factors that can affect their home’s total market value. There are a wide variety of factors…

Family Safety Tips for Extreme Cold

by Carolyn

Three climbers are asccending a sheer rock face – a father, his daughter and his son. The three are in high spirits – until their climbing equipment malfunctions, and they’re left hanging over a several-hundred-foot drop, with their last anchor about to pull out of the rock face and plunge them all to their death. Knowing that they’re all doomed, the father sacrifices himself, cutting his harness free of the rope so that his children can be saved. Before plunging…

What is an IP Surveillance Camera?

by Carolyn

Humans have always had the desire to memorialize certain things with an image. Pictures may tell a story, convey an emotion, or simply be a tribute to a momentous event. Though the history of painting pictures dates back to the earliest etchings on cave walls, the first official “photograph” wasn’t taken until 1817, by a man named Nicéphore Niépce. The first video camera was developed in 1951 by Charles P. Ginsburg, and sold for a whopping $50,000. However, it wasn’t…

What is Your Family Prepared For?

by Carolyn

Mary Perkins* was a young mother living in a relatively quiet neighborhood. Crime rates were low, and her two children attended public school year-round. She worked at home on her mail-order jewelry business, while her husband had a full-time job in a downtown office. One week in January, she watched the morning weather, and saw that a strong storm was headed towards her town. “I wasn’t too worried,” she says. “Most of the hype that the news makes about strong…

Discussing Home Security with Your Spouse

by Carolyn

If you’re a fan of disaster movies, you may already be familiar with the message that a lot of them have about being prepared for a disaster – You can never be too prepared! The same concept can potentially be applied to home security. Though considering the possibility of a burglar wanting to steal your possessions, harm your family or destroy your property may not be appealing, it’s important to face this as a very real situation. In fact, thousands…

How to Improve your Home’s Security for Under $50

by Carolyn

Let’s be realistic – very few people have an unlimited budget. Due to the state of the economy, many families are now struggling to live from paycheck to paycheck. For many people, home security may seem like an unnecessary or frivolous expense. However, the reverse is actually true – in hard economic times, many burglars may become more aggressive, and burglary rates may rise. To prevent your family from suffering from a potentially devastating break-in, it’s essential that you take…

3 Smart Security Cameras that Do the Thinking For You!

by Carolyn

The year 1999 was full of excitement, as many people predicted that the new millennium would bring amazing technological advancements. The Disney Channel took advantage of this perception, and released “Smart House”, a made-for-TV movie about the technology of the future. In the movie, a family wins a “computerized house”, which eventually takes on a life of its own! The family struggles to bring the intelligent house under control, and eventually comes to a heartwarming finale. With the amazing new…

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