Broadcom, Boingo Partner for Wi-Fi Phones and Hotspots

Broadcom and Boingo Wireless today announced that Broadcom is incorporating Boingo's Wi-Fi client software for handsets into its BCM1161 / BCM4318E Wi-Fi phone chipset platform.

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D-Link bringing MoCA bridge to retail soon

MoCA chipset manufacturer Entropic today announced that D-Link will have a retail product by the end of Q1.

The D-Link DXN-220 MoCA MediaBridge is an Ethernet to coax MoCA-compliant bridge using Entropic's EN2210 chipset. The announcement didn't quote any bandwidth numbers, but MoCA 1.1 has a PHY (raw) data rate of 270 Mbps. So expect a maximum application (useful) data rate of around half that.

No pricing was announced.

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Zyxel intros HomePlug AV Digital Media Adapter

ZyXEL today announced the DMA1100P, which it says is the first digital media adapter with built-in HomePlug AV Powerline technology.

The adapter supports 1080i high definition (HD) streaming, has an HDMI port and automatically discovers UPnP AV and DLNA servers. A Windows-based DLNA server is also included with the appliance.

The DMA1100P will be available next month at an MSRP of $270.

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CES 2008 Slideshow - Sands Expo

The Sands Expo center at CES is always good for an interesting item or two. Here are some of the finds from my morning tour.

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Belkin adds desktop Skype phone

Belkin today introduced its new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype, which has an embedded Skype client for calling without needing a computer. Plug it into an Ethernet port on your Internet-connected LAN and you're ready to go.

Features include speaker phone, speed dial, call hold/release, call pickup/park, mute, redial, hold, call-timer display, and contact list.

The phone will be out in March at an MSRP of $100.

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Buffalo's CES Announcements

Temporarily out of the U.S. wireless market, Buffalo released new NASes, including their first dual-drive, and an external USB Blu-Ray/ HD DVD drive.

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HP intros new MediaVault NASes

HP isn't putting all its media serving eggs in the Windows Home Server basket and has turned back to Linux for a refresh of its dual-drive MediaVault line.

There are three new products, all built on the same shortened version of the four-drive MediaSmart server chassis, but powered by a Marvell NAS processor with 128 MB of RAM instead of the AMD CPU used on the MediaSmart server.

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Inside Linksys' New Draft 802.11n products

Info gleaned from the FCC database reveals that Broadcom and Atheros were tapped for two of Linksys' new draft 11n products.
Read announcement article.

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Linksys' CES Announcements

Linksys rolled out some new draft 11n products, some with an new package that looks kind of UFOish.

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The Inside Story on Netgear's New Draft 802.11n Routers

The FCC ID database serves up some tasty details on Netgear's new "metamaterial" antenna draft 802.11n routers.
Read the announcement details.

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Netgear's CES New Products

Netgear CES introductions include dual-drive versions of its popular ReadyNAS networked storage line and a different twist on dual-band draft 802.11n wireless routers.

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D-Link's CES Announcements

D-Link's CES introductions focused more on its vision of the "digital home" than on basic networking connectivity and storage.

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HP to intro Linux version of MediaSmart Server

Somehow the folks at Gizmodo got wind of a new, dual-drive version of HP's MediaSmart server. We're guessing that it will be officially unleashed at next week's Consumer Electronics show.

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Marvell intros 3x3 450 Mbps Draft 802.11n chip

Marvell today announced an 802.11n 3x3 WLAN solution with three spatial streams, capable of operating at 450 Mbps.

The Marvell TopDog 11n-450 uses "Marvell-engineered enhancements" to the draft 11n specification, such as Special Time Block Coding (STBC), that helps maintain higher throughput over longer distances.

The new device delivers 3x3 capabilities with three transmitters and three receivers, and is built on a 90-nanometer (nm) CMOS process.

The product is currently sampling.and is expected to begin shipping "in volume" in 2Q08.

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