Tim Higgins
Effective immediately, the MSRP of the DIR-615 has been reduced by $20 to $79.99 and the DIR-655 by $30 to $149.99. This brings street prices down to as low as $50 and $120, respectively.
Both routers are single-radio, single band models. D-Link did not announce price cuts on any dual-band models. But it recently introduced the single-radio dual-band DIR-628, which is street priced at under $100.
You better think twice before accessing another person's wireless network in Singapore. 17-year-old Garyl Tan Jia Luo is the first person accused of violating the country's Computer Misuse Act and now faces up to three years imprisonment. Authorities say he used his laptop to access his neighbors wireless access point.
Qualcomm today announced that it will acquire for cash WLAN MIMO innovator Airgo Networks and the majority of RF Micro Devices' (RFMD's) Bluetooth assets. The announcement said the acquisitions are being made to "enhance Qualcomm's ability to deliver industry-leading, complete semiconductor solutions that will enable its device manufacturing partners to more quickly and easily offer a wide range of compelling wireless devices".
NETGEAR has begun shipments of a simultaneous dual-band wireless extender and bridge it announced at CES.
