On Thursday, Amped Wireless unveiled its family of next-generation long-range AC1900 Wi-Fi products: the RTA30 high-power AC1900 router and the REA33 high-power AC1900 Range Extender. Both are slated to arrive in mid-2014, backed by the Wi-Fi Analytics Tool for Android and Windows Phone, and “elite” customer service by Amped Concierges, a U.S.-based, in-house technical team. […]
BearExtender has extended its line of USB Wi-Fi devices by shipping an adapter that can add 802.11ac connectivity to older Mac desktops and notebooks with slower wireless network connections. Connecting over USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, the BearExtender Turbo is said to be able to offer up to three times the speed of internal 802.11n […]
StarTech has announced the availability of its latest product, the Wireless-N Travel Router, which lets users create a WiFi hotspot from a wired network connection. Able to connect wireless-only mobile devices, such as tablets or smartphones, to a wired network, the Wireless-N Travel Router can be powered from an iPad wall charger or any computer […]
Apple has released a firmware update for its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule routers, v7.7.2. The code fixes three problems, including one that would cause periodic loss of an Internet connection. Another prevented USB hard drives connected to an Extreme from being used by Time Machine. The final bug triggered network loops. To install the […]
Seagate today introduced the Seagate Business Storage Windows Server 4-bay NAS. Designed for offices or workgroups with up to 50 employees, this new 4-bay NAS centralizes storage to allow access, collaboration and sharing of files securely from all computers within a business network, plus simultaneously hosting PC backups in one central location. “Windows Storage Server […]
QNAP Systems has announced the release of the TS-x70 Pro series Turbo NAS, available in four-, six- and eight-bay tower models aimed at home and small office use. Powered by a dual-core Intel Core i3 3.3GHz processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM, the TS-x70 Pro series delivers real-time multimedia transcoding capabilities, and is designed to connect […]
Synology America has announced its first media-centric DiskStation, the DS214play. The DS214play is the first DiskStation to launch with dedicated hardware acceleration, specifically for video transcoding. The DS214play can stream multiple 1080p video codecs, and is still able to handle a variety of additional processor-heavy tasks. The DS214play has a 1.6 GHz dual-core CPU with […]
Western Digital today expanded its storage solution portfolio with the introduction of the new WD Sentinel DS5100 and WD Sentinel DS6100 (S-series) ultra-compact network storage plus servers. The WD Sentinel S-series features Intel Xeon processors and are pre-installed with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. All WD Sentinel network storage products feature WD enterprise-class hard drives […]
The folks over at Kingston sent us an infographic, which you can see below, demonstrating the dramatic fusion of art and technology over time as a result of the increasingly useful, portable and cost-effective tech tools. It highlights several unique 21st century artistic achievements such as 3D scanners, digital drawing tablets, e-readers and memory […]
Western Digital today announced two compact backup appliances: the WD Arkeia DA1300 and DA2300, both devices offering small- and medium-sized businesses all-in-one backup and disaster recovery solutions. The new WD Arkeia DA1300 and DA2300 backup appliances integrate the Intel Atom dual-core processor and the Intel Xeon processors, respectively, with the DA2300 model using SSD media. […]