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Thecus Releases Upgraded Eight-Bay Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:21:17 -0500

Thecus today announced a more powerful version of the eight-bay rackmount NAS released last year.

Backblaze Adds Unlimited Online Backup Service For Business

Tim Higgins — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:54:16 -0500

Backblaze today launched a business version of its online backup service that provides unlimited backup for $50 per computer per year.

Atheros Announces Three-Stream 802.11n Device Family;Combo Single-Stream / Bluetooth Chip

Tim Higgins — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:21:06 -0500

Atheros today launched a new 802.11n product family using three streams to provide 450 Mbps maximum link rates.

Buffalo Adds Low-Cost N Router

Tim Higgins — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:47:54 -0500

Buffalo Technology has announced a new single-band 802.11n router.

D-Link Releases Free WHS Add-in For Its Webcams

Tim Higgins — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:43:13 -0400

D-Link today released an add-in for Windows Home Server that provides access and management of four of its DCS network cameras.

QNAP Adds "Entry-level" Four Bay Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:38:37 -0400

QNAP today announced a four bay rackmount NAS targeted specifically at SMB and workgroup market segments.

Thecus Beefs Up Its Seven Bay NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:04:56 -0400

Thecus today announced a new, more powerful version of its seven-bay desktop NAS.

Wi-Fi Alliance Brings New Life to Wireless Ad Hoc

Tim Higgins — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:42:25 -0400

Updated The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced that it is getting close to completing a new specification for direct connection among wireless clients without using a wireless router or access point.

Seagate Adds Single Drive BlackArmor NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:24:43 -0400

Seagate today announced a single drive addition to its BlackArmor NAS product line.

QNAP Announces RAID 1 SOHO NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:34:16 -0400

QNAP today announced a dual-drive NAS for SOHO and "prosumers".

Vembu Beta-ing Local/Cloud Backup Service

Tim Higgins — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:22:00 -0400

Vembu Technologies today announced a hosted backup service for consumers that provides free local or paid online backup.

Iomega Debuts New Dual-drive NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:50:41 -0400

Iomega today announced the next generation of its two-drive desktop NAS.

D-Link Adds Diskful Versions of DNS-family NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:03:29 -0400

D-Link today said it is now offering versions of its popular DNS-343 and DNS-323 NASes loaded with 1 TB drives.

CTERA Launches Cloud NASes And Service

Tim Higgins — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:44:30 -0400

CTERA Networks today announced its first two "Cloud Attached Storage" devices.

QNAP Adds $450 Four-Bay SOHO, "Prosumer" NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:28:01 -0400

QNAP today introduced an aggressively-priced four-bay NAS aimed at winning over more consumers shopping for a RAID-5 capable BYOD NAS.

NETGEAR Announces Open Source N Router

Tim Higgins — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:50:07 -0400

NETGEAR today announced a single-band 802.11n router that can be loaded with DD-WRT, OpenWRT or Tomato open source firmware.

Ooma Releases Its Next Generation

Tim Higgins — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:31:37 -0400

Ooma today announced that its second generation VoIP product is now available.

Wi-Fi Alliance Kicks Off New 802.11n Test Program

Tim Higgins — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:43:01 -0400

The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced that is has begun product testing under its Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n program.

QNAP Shipping Combo Media Player NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:16:56 -0400

QNAP has announced a combination Media Player / NAS capable of full 1080p HD video playback.

Thecus Announces $200 RAID1 NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:24:02 -0400

Thecus today revealed a new aggressively-priced dual-bay NAS aimed at home users.

NETGEAR Rolls Out "Home Media" NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:35:50 -0400

NETGEAR today announced a "consumer-friendly" NAS focused on home media storage and playback.

Synology Shipping Diskful NASes

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:38:51 -0400

Synology announced today that it is now offering diskful versions of many of its BYOD NASes.

HP Slips Out Updated MediaSmart Servers

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:55:43 -0400

HP has quietly released new models of its four-drive Windows Home Server-based MediaSmart servers with more powerful processors and new software features.

WiGig Alliance Grows

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:15:36 -0400

The WiGig Alliance today announced five new members, bringing total membership to more than 20 companies.

Belkin Adds USB Printer, Drive Sharer

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:04:08 -0400

Belkin has announced an adpater that shares USB printers and drives via a Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection.

Seagate Announces Cloud-based USB Drive Network Adapter

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:49:13 -0400

Seagate today announced a network adapter that can make its FreeAgent Go and other USB drives available as networked shares.

802.11n Is Finally Final

Tim Higgins — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:05:37 -0400

The IEEE Standards Board today approved the 802.11n Standard for Enhancements for Higher Throughput.

QNAP Adds Lower-Cost Four-Bay NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:56:27 -0400

QNAP today introduced lower-cost four-bay desktop and rackmount NASes powered by Marvell processors.

First 802.11n Compatibility Guarantee Announced

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:31:33 -0400

Proxim Wireless today became the first company to guarantee compatibility of draft 802.11n wireless gear with the upcoming released standard.

Wireless Cash For Clunkers Promotion Launched

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:20:26 -0400

Meraki has announced a "Cash for Wireless LAN Clunkers" promotion to get owners of 802.11b/g wireless LANs to upgrade to Meraki' 802.11n WLAN gear.

Synology Revs NAS OS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:37:30 -0400

Synology today announced the official release of its Disk Station Manager 2.2 OS for its Disk and Rack Station lines of network storage appliances.

Atheros Buying Intellon

Tim Higgins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:27:11 -0400

Atheros today announced it was buying HomePlug chipmaker Intellon in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $244 M.

NETGEAR Releases Revamped Internet Video Player

Tim Higgins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:15:14 -0400

NETGEAR today announced a redesigned version of the Internet TV player it introduced at January's Consumer Electronics Show.

Logitech Announces New Squeezeboxes

Tim Higgins — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:58:29 -0400

Logitech today announced two additions to its Squeezebox line of network media players.

NETGEAR Sends The WNDR3700 Into The Wild

Tim Higgins — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:12:53 -0400

NETGEAR today announced the start of shipments of its WNDR3700 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router.

NETGEAR ReadyNAS, Symantec Get Closer

Tim Higgins — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:23:47 -0400

NETGEAR today said that its ReadyNAS NASes now support the Remote Agent for Linux and UNIX Servers (RALUS) for Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers.

ASUS Adds Draft 11n Router with Printer, Storage Sharing

Tim Higgins — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:14:42 -0400

ASUS has announced a draft 802.11n router that supports USB printer and storage sharing.

QNAP Bumps Up TS-809 Pro CPU

Tim Higgins — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:01:48 -0400

QNAP announced yesterday that, effective immediately, all shipments of its TS-809 Pro NAS will include Intel's Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz CPU instead of the 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo previously shipped.

Iomega adds Marvell-powered RAID 5/10 NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:41:35 -0400

Iomega today announced a four-drive addition to its StorCenter ix4 line.

Buffalo Announces 1U Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:41:15 -0400

Buffalo Technology has announced a new 1U rackmount RAID 5 / 10 NAS.

TRENDnet Adds Draft 11n Travel Router

Tim Higgins — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:52:21 -0400

TRENDnet has announced what it says is the "world's smallest" draft 802.11n travel router.

NETGEAR Intros Gigabit VPN Router

Tim Higgins — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:40:42 -0400

NETGEAR today announced a new version of its mainstay small-business VPN router, now with Gigabit Ethernet LAN and WAN ports.

Fluke Buying AirMagnet

Tim Higgins — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:02:07 -0400

Network test company Fluke Networks today announced a definitive agreement to acquire wireless test leader AirMagnet.

D-Link Announces Single-Stream Draft 11N Router and Adapter

Tim Higgins — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:41:54 -0400

D-Link today announced that it is shipping a single-stream Draft 802.11n router and companion USB adapter.

QNAP Adds Rackmount Atom NAS Pair

Tim Higgins — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:33:24 -0400

QNAP today announced a pair of rackmount four-bay NASes targeted at corporate and entry-level enterprise buyers.

Clickfree Enables Backup To iPod / iPhone

Tim Higgins — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:55:34 -0400

Storage Appliance today announced two backup devices that enable iPods and iPhones to be used for computer backup storage. They also enable transfer of music from any iPod or iPhone to a Windows or Mac-based computer.

NETGEAR Shipping "Home Theater" Powerline Kit

Tim Higgins — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:34:20 -0400

NETGEAR today announced the availability of a powerline networking kit that was previewed at this January's Consumer Electronics Show.

NETGEAR, OpenDNS Partner For Free Router-Based Parental Control

Tim Higgins — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:03:35 -0400

NETGEAR today announced it has partnered with OpenDNS to introduce a free Parental Control service for select NETGEAR routers.

Thecus Announces 8 Bay Rackmount SAS NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:41:14 -0400

Thecus has announced its first rackmount NAS using SAS drives.

Thecus Launches Dual Drive Size "Combo" NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:18:12 -0400

Thecus today announced a multi-drive RAID NAS that uses a unique hard drive bay that can handle five 2.5" and three 3.5" SATA drives.