"It is always unsafe when you surf at any wi-fi hotspots in cafés or hotels," says Jörg Geiger from tech magazine Chip. "But if you set up a VPN connection to your home router, you can also do ...

So why not speed up your slow DSL connection with a USB surf stick with a data plan? Simply plug it into the back of the router and, assuming there’s network coverage, the router can handle the ...