"A burglar alarm combines in its person all that is objectionable about a fire, a riot, and a harem, and at the same time has none of the compensating advantages." So wrote Mark Twain in 1882. More ...

The persistent, annoying blare of an ignored car alarm may become a sound of the past if a cooperative, mutable and silent network of monitors proposed by Penn State researchers is deployed in ...

Question: I have been on my homeowner association board of directors off and on for more than 15 years. With more than 40 town houses in our development -- and with nearly every unit having more than ...

The latest internet trend to rev people up on Twitter is encouraging people to show off their vocal chops with a pretty universally dreaded sound: a car alarm. Naturally dubbed the “car alarm ...

Cicadas can sound a lot like sirens or car alarms, the Durham County Sheriff's Office is reminding citizens. A Facebook post read, "Do you hear that humming that sounds like alarms going off in the ...

I can't steal my own car.<BR><BR>My car (1995 M3) has an aftermarket alarm system installed. It has a switch underneath the steering column that turns it on and off.<BR><BR>I didn't install it. I ...