Networking

2012 is almost upon us and one company that isn’t afraid to suggest “bring it on” is Synology. The company unveiled a pair of new DiskStation NAS servers that include the DS212+ and the DS212. Both of the new Network Attached Storage devices are dual-bay units with the DS212+ aiming at small and medium business [...]

AT&T is putting a cap on data usage for DSL customers and charging a fee for anyone who goes over the limit. You probably will be disappointed to find out that starting May 2, 2011 AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on landline DSL customers and a 250GB cap on subscribers to U-Verse high [...]

So a little off topic, but still very much on the Geeky side, we wanted to briefly touch on the subject of the Supercomputer “Watson”.

TRENDnet is presenting an all-new TEW-690AP Wireless-N Access point and is advertising the worlds fastest wireless speeds of up to 450 Mbps, thanks to three MIMO antennae.

Software Based Firewall Router For many of us, our experience with routers has been mostly with hardware routers from vendors such as D-Link, Netgear, SonicWall, and others. We have either purchased one or had one provided by the ISP. Many of us either are not aware that software based firewall routers exist or that they [...]

How many of you remember growing up and wishing you could have a friend like Johnny (Number Five) from Short Circuit, a machine that has self-awareness, consciousness, and a friendly demeanor. What about K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, a computer who cared about his partner Michael Knight and hardly felt artificial at all. Well, if you’re [...]

QNAP is once again aiming at business users with their 8-bay TS-859 Pro+ Turbo NAS. The device is powered by Intel’s dual-core 525 Atom processor with 1.8 GHz and 1GB RAM in support, allowing transfer rates of up to 116 MB/s.

Tranquil has had a line of of iXL Media Centers for a while, and now they are introducing a new product to that line, the ixL-Media Platinum Net and announced support for Freeview HD across the range with an integrated DVB-T2 TV tuner. It includes 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5-650 processor, 4GB RAM and slot [...]