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Phenomenal D-Link Wireless Gaming Router at CES

At CES today, D-Link will announce a phenomenal wireless gaming router that will support data transfer speeds in excess of 1 Gb/s by combining 11ac and 11n technologies in a single router. The D-Link Gaming Router (DGL-5500) uses Qualcomm's StreamBoost technology offering Gigabit wireless speeds for fast gaming and HD video streaming to multiple devices. The phenomenal wireless speeds of up to 1.3

Buffalo TeraStation at The Gadget Show

Earlier in the week at Gadget Show Live, I spoke with Fabian Rousseau, Buffalo's Director of Product Marketing about the TeraStation network storage units. The TeraStation range is being revamped with a new numbering scheme to make it easier to understand the different models and the number of drives in each one. On display was the TeraStation 5800, which has

The Internet is a Utility

Last week, I moved to a new Internet Service Provider (ISP). Nothing particularly unusual about that except that I had been with my old ISP, Demon, for nearly twenty years. That's almost the whole of the my adult life and I'm sure it's the longest customer relationship I've had. To be quite clear, I didn't leave Demon as a dissatisfied

Wi3 Uses Coax for Ethernet Networking

The folks at Wi3 have developed a new and innovative way of using the cable TV co-ax wiring to carry more that just pictures. Jeffrey and Andy find out more from Adam. The Wi3 system replaces the cable wallplate with a modular unit that offers a range of connection or transport options. The first two modules offer twin ethernet ports

The iTwin Infinite Capacity Thumb Drive

iTwin is solving more than just the capacity problem with thumb drives, they are also tackling remote access at the same time.  It all begins with a very small device that looks like a pair of USB thumb drives fastened together back-to-back.  It's a bit more than something that simple though.  Each time this device is plugged into a computer

Diamond Wireless Range Extender and Set-Top Box Preview

I remember building a PC many years ago and at that time, Diamond Multimedia was one of *the* graphics card companies. I even seem to remember that it was VL-bus card, so that dates it to a pre-Pentium era. Anyway, it's great to see that Diamond is still around when so many others have fallen by the wayside. Todd interviews

D-Link Unveils New Home Networking Products and Services

D-Link, who make one of the most popular home routers on the market, have announced a new line of products that integrate their routers and with their new cloud services.  The list of new products includes a cloud-enabled WiFi router, a camera, an HD media router, and an all-in-one mobile companion. The new D-Link DIR-605l is available now for a