Broadcom and Boingo Wireless today announced that Broadcom is incorporating Boingo’s Wi-Fi client software for handsets into its BCM1161 / BCM4318E Wi-Fi phone chipset platform.
MoCA chipset manufacturer Entropic today announced that D-Link will have a retail product by the end of Q1. The D-Link DXN-220 MoCA MediaBridge is an Ethernet to coax MoCA-compliant bridge using Entropic’s EN2210 chipset. The announcement didn’t quote any bandwidth numbers, but MoCA 1.1 has a PHY (raw) data rate of 270 Mbps. So expect … Read more
ZyXEL today announced the DMA1100P, which it says is the first digital media adapter with built-in HomePlug AV Powerline technology. The adapter supports 1080i high definition (HD) streaming, has an HDMI port and automatically discovers UPnP AV and DLNA servers. A Windows-based DLNA server is also included with the appliance. The DMA1100P will be available … Read more
Belkin today introduced its new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype, which has an embedded Skype client for calling without needing a computer. Plug it into an Ethernet port on your Internet-connected LAN and you’re ready to go. Features include speaker phone, speed dial, call hold/release, call pickup/park, mute, redial, hold, call-timer display, and contact list. … Read more
Temporarily out of the U.S. wireless market, Buffalo released new NASes, including their first dual-drive, and an external USB Blu-Ray/ HD DVD drive.
HP isn’t putting all its media serving eggs in the Windows Home Server
basket and has turned back to Linux for a refresh of its dual-drive MediaVault
line.
There are three new products, all built on the same shortened version of the
four-drive MediaSmart server chassis, but powered by a Marvell NAS processor
with 128 MB of RAM instead of the AMD CPU used on the MediaSmart server.
Linksys rolled out some new draft 11n products, some with an new package that looks kind of UFOish.
Netgear CES introductions include dual-drive versions of its popular ReadyNAS networked storage line and a different twist on dual-band draft 802.11n wireless routers.
D-Link’s CES introductions focused more on its vision of the “digital home” than on basic networking connectivity and storage.
Edimax’ $100 draft 11n router has some unique features, but lacks a gigabit switch and superior wireless performance.
Somehow the folks at Gizmodo got wind of a new, dual-drive version of HP’s MediaSmart server. We’re guessing that it will be officially unleashed at next week’s Consumer Electronics show.
Marvell today announced an 802.11n 3×3 WLAN solution with three spatial streams, capable of operating at 450 Mbps. The Marvell TopDog 11n-450 uses “Marvell-engineered enhancements” to the draft 11n specification, such as Special Time Block Coding (STBC), that helps maintain higher throughput over longer distances. The new device delivers 3×3 capabilities with three transmitters and … Read more