Buffalo Technology late today announced that a federal judge has stayed the permanent injunction in its ongoing U.S. patent litigation with Austrailian science agency Commonwealth Scientific Research and Industrial Organization (CSIRO).

The order staying the permanent injunction confirms that Buffalo is free to once again sell IEEE 802.11a, 802.11g and 802.11n compliant products in the United States.

QNAP has released version 2.1.0 firmware for its TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS. New features include iSCSI target service (up to 8 targets), AES 256-bit volume encryption, monitoring and recording from up to 4 network cameras and performance improvements. The new firmware can be downloaded at no cost from QNAP.