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Here's one of those good ideas that makes you wonder why it took so long for someone to come up with it. Addonics has introduced its Network Attached Storage (NAS) adapter, which is a $55 device that lets you plug a USB-powered external drive in one end and then connect an Ethernet cable to the other end that runs to your router.
Having a phone with built-in Wi-Fi is handy for a number of reasons, from providing faster Web surfing to allowing you to make phone calls over VoIP instead of using cell phone minutes. Of course, the range and throughput your phone can receive depends on the Wi-Fi chip it uses.
Wireless watchers may have noticed that Buffalo Technology disappeared from the router game some time back, due to a successful suit brought against it by an Australian company organization. But Buffalo may be getting back in the market, due to a new court decision that stayed the injunction against it selling products based on 802.
One of Netgear's new products that it may announce at CES in January has leaked online, and it adds another networked media-streaming device to an already crowded field. The Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 has already reached the FCC for testing and approval, which Engadgetwas able to sniff out on Friday.
Deals on routers aren't going to be drawing the early-morning crowds to stores on Black Friday, but that doesn't mean you can't find them. Now that everyone's ads have leaked to the Internet, here are some of the specials you can expect if you're looking to upgrade your network (or on the off chance you're buying Wi-Fi equipment as a present).
Remember when, not so long ago, home networking using power lines seemed down for the count due to slow throughput rates, especially as Draft N wireless devices entered the market? Thanks to improved technology, the HomePlug standard is staging a comeback, with big-name brands like Linksys releasing new kits using the updated HomePlug Turbo and HomePlug AV flavors.
Maxtor introduced the Central Axis as its flagship network-attached-storage (NAS) device a few months ago, and now it's trying to extend the brand to the small business segment with its Central Axis Business Edition, which will come packed with 2TB of storage and can automatically back up 20 computers on a network.You've given the option of using the full 2TB for storage across the two included hard drive or to duplicate the data over the drives (a.
We first wrote a few months ago about Chrysler announcing that it was offering a Wi-Fi option for its 2009 vehicles. Now the mainstream tech press has taken it for its first spin—and have given Autonet Mobile a tentative thumbs up.
I'm not sure there was a groundswell of opinion asking networking manufacturers for tinier USB-based network adapter, but smaller is always better, right? At least that's the thinking from Planex, which claims to have built the world's smallest, lightest 802.
Despite Dolly Parton's best efforts, the FCC voted unanimously yesterday to open up the unlicensed white spaces spectrum to companies hoping to build wireless devices that can make use of the spectrum, which currently sits unused between TV channels. (A PDF version of the official press release is here.
If you're waiting for the technology that will make Wi-Fi seem as quaint as a black-and-white TV, you'll be excited by the news from National Taiwan University, where a team of researchers have developed a wireless chip that can transmit data at up to 100 times the rate that Wi-Fi devices. Just how fast is that?
The heart of any wireless network is its Internet connection, since sharing Web access among multiple computers is one of its most (if not the most) important tasks. While its best known for conducting user surveys among car buyers, J.
Another day, another network-attached-storage (NAS) device. This time, it's MvixUSA joining the fray, offering the new MvixBox unit with two bays that each handle up to a 1.
For those with the resources to install an elaborate home theater and/or automation system in their homes, an 8.4-inch control panel that costs more than most HDTVs may not seem excessive.
The days when printers with network connectivity were intended just for the corporate world are quickly coming to a close as more and more manufacturers not only add an Ethernet port to their offerings, but are placing Wi-Fi chips in units as well. Among the rash of new laser printers it's announced this week, Lexmark is introducing the first that support the Draft N spec.