A few Wi-Fi factoids caught my eye from recent press releases.
Networks News
| Fun Wi-Fi Market Factoids Cloud Engines Launches Small-Biz Pogoplug AirMagnet Announces Lower Cost Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer Marvell Makes Plug Computing Easier Seagate Adds Another GoFlex Drive Sharer GE Announces Smart Grid Home Management Product Line Atheros, Wilocity Team For Combo Wi-Fi, WiGig Devices Marvell-based NASes To Get An NTFS Speed Boost? Seagate Introduces Driveless BlackArmor NAS NETGEAR Unwraps Atom ReadyNASes HDBaseT 1.0 Spec Finalized Thecus Announces USB 3.0 DAS, Adapter, NAS Upgrades QNAP Releases V3.3 OS Update Hulu Plus Is Official, But Invitation Only For Now Cisco Unleashes Cius iPad Killer For Business Users Virgin Mobile USA Makes Prepaid MiFi Official No Contract MiFi Coming from Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile will soon be selling a pay-as-you-go version of the MiFi 3G Hotspot router. Motorola, Ruckus Wireless Field Wall-Outlet 802.11n AP-Switch Combos CloudShark Brings Packet Capture Viewing Online ZyXEL Adds 802.11n Hotspot Gateway WEP and WPA-TKIP Gone By 2014 I've been offline for a few days, but will be back to normal next week. In the meantime, it looks like there has been a bit of news in WiFi land. D-Link Extends Switch Warranties, Adds Cloud Backup to DNS-323 NAS D-Link Announces Dual-Band 450 Mbps N Router (No) Surprise! Boxee Box Slips To November Unified Coax, Powerline, Phoneline Standard Approved WD Adds New WD TV Live Player With More Internet Content Cisco Gets Serious About Small Biz Storage Sonicwall Going Private TRENDnet Says Three-Stream 450 Mbps N Router To Ship Next Week Pogoplug Adds New Features Five Days, Five Linksys E's Contest Coming Next week, SmallNetBuilder will be giving away a Cisco Linksys E3000
top-of-line dual-band N router and AE1000 dual-band N USB adapter bundle
every day for five days. ZyXEL Adds Single-Stream N Router ZyXEL today announced a single-stream N router. Cisco Buying Design House MOTO Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held MOTO
Development Group, a design consulting firm that develops products and
product strategies for the consumer industry. Synology Shipping Faster Dual-Bay NAS Synology today announced a high-performance dual-bay NAS. WirelessHD Releases Updated Spec WirelessHD today announced the release of its 1.1 specification. WiGig Makes A Smart Move Updated 5/10/2010 3:30PM EDT With a flurry of announcements, the WiGig
Alliance shows that it has learned the lessons of past failed wireless
technologies. QNAP Rolls Out 8 Bay Rackmount Atom D510 NAS QNAP recently announced an 8 bay rackmount NAS. Sans Digital Introduces 50 bay Rackmount NAS Sans Digital has announced a 50-bay rackmount NAS. Iomega Adds 12 Bay Rackmount Biz NAS Iomega today announced a business-class12-bay rackmount NAS. PlayOn Starting Subscription Service MediaMall Technologies has started to inform PlayOn customers that it is
moving to a yearly subscription model for its media server / content
aggregation program. NETGEAR Announces Gigabit VPN Firewall NETGEAR today announced a quad-WAN Gigabit business firewall priced at
under $500. Seagate Brings Netflix to HD Media Player Seagate today announced support for new video content including Netflix
for its FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player. CTERA Rolls Out New Cloud Storage Service, Appliance Features CTERA Networks today announced a new cloud storage platform for Internet
and Managed Service Providers as well as new features for its CloudPlug
and C200 cloud storage appliances. Thecus Adds Enterprise NAS Pair Thecus today launched two high-bay-count desktop and rackmount NASes
aimed at business buyers QNAP Announces 5 bay D510 Atom Desktop NAS QNAP today announced a 5-bay desktop Atom D510-powered NAS. |
Cloud Engines today announced a version of its
personal cloud device focused on small business.
AirMagnet just introduced a more affordable Wi-Fi
spectrum analysis tool.
Marvell has released a new installer for its Plug
Computing software environment.
Seagate today announced a second network sharing
product for its new GoFlex hard drive line.
GE has announced a suite of products for consumer
"smart-grid" energy monitoring.
Wilocity and Atheros today announced their
collaboration to build "tri-band" WiGig / Wi-Fi devices.
NASes based on Marvell CPUs and SoCs may
soon be getting a performance boost for attached NTFS and HFS+
formatted drives.
Seagate today announced a driveless version of its
four-bay BlackArmor NAS.
NETGEAR has introduced a Gigabit Smart Switch with PoE.
NETGEAR has announced Atom powered additions
to its ReadyNAS line.
The HDBaseT Alliance recently announced the finalization of its
first specification for distribution of HD video over standard LAN cabling.
Thecus introduced a dual-bay USB 3.0 drive and adapter card today.
QNAP today announced the release of Version 3.3 of its
Turbo NAS OS.
Update - Hulu today finally announced its Hulu Plus service that was originally scheduled to debut last month.
Cisco today unveiled an Android-based tablet capable of
HD videoconferencing and targeted at on-the-go business professionals
Virgin Mobile USA today announced it has added Novatel's MiFi
Mobile Hotspot to its prepaid Broadband2Go program.
Motorola and Ruckus Wireless today announced small
wall-mount 802.11n AP / switches designed for large multi-room installations.
QA Cafe has launched a new free online service for viewing
packet sniffer capture files.
ZyXEL today announced an 802.11n gateway router designed for
controlled-access wireless "hotspot" use.
D-Link today announced a lifetime warranty for all its switches
and the addition of a cloud backup service to its DNS-323 NAS.
D-Link today announced a three-stream dual-band 450 Mbps
802.11n router.
Boxee just announced that the Boxee Box by D-Link will
not ship until this November.
The HomeGrid Forum today announced that the
G.hn standard for next-generation wired home networks has been
approved by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union
(ITU-T) during its Geneva meeting held this week. 
WD just announced a new member of its WD TV media player family.
Cisco today announced a new line of dual-core Atom based NASes
aimed at small businesses.
SonicWALL announced yesterday that it has agreed to be acquired
by a private investor group.
TRENDnet says it will start shipping its three stream N router
next week.
Pogoplug has added two new features in a free firmware upgrade.