CopperGate Communications today announced the purchase of the HomePlug AV business from Conexant Systems. CopperGate said it is now the first semiconductor company with home networking technologies supporting all three wire types – coax, phone and power.

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RF Digital, a manufacturer of specialized wireless subsystems, today said it has developed the first Wi-Fi module that it claims can provide "up to a decade" of battery life operating on a single AA battery.

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Buffalo Technology today expanded its TeraStation NAS line to include iSCSI-based products.

The TeraStation iSCSI and TeraStation iSCSI Rackmount each feature four hot-swap SATA drives and support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 modes. Network connection is via a single 10/100/1000 Ethernet port.

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QNAP Systems recently announced the next generation of its one and two drive TS-109 Pro and TS-209 Pro NASes.

The TS-109 Pro II and TS-209 Pro II are based on a Marvell 500MHz CPU and 256MB of DDRII memory; twice the memory of the previous generation versions.

The new models carry forward all of the features of the TS-109 Pro and TS-209 Pro, including TwonkyMedia server, LAMP web and mySQL database servers.

The TS-109 Pro II and TS-209 Pro II are available now at MSRPs of $329 and $429 respectively.

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Synology today announced three new high-performance SATA NAS Servers that offer up to 4TB capacity and claim 49MB/sec RAID 5 reads, and up to 30MB/sec RAID 5 writes.

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MetaGeek is demonstrating a pre-release version of its upcoming Wi-Spy 5x at Interop 2008 in Las Vegas.

Wi-Spy 5x is a USB-based spectrum analyzer covering 5.170 GHz to 5.815 GHz (compete coverage of 802.11a/n), with a resolution of 328 KHz. It can detect signals with amplitudes of -100 dBm to -15 dBm with a resolution of 0.5 dBm.

Pricing has not yet been set. The product is slated for release "in early summer".

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D-Link today said that it is entering the digital signage market. The company is demonstrating a 32-inch sign and two 10-inch signs along with its back-end content and advertising delivery system at Interop 2008 in Las Vegas. Pricing and availability was not announced.

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D-Link today announced the expansion of its "Green Ethernet" switch product line to include three of its "Web Smart" series products.

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D-Link yesterday announced the start of shipments of its DPG-1200 PC-on-TV, which was previewed at January's Consumer Electronics show. The device allows any PC-based audio or video content to be remotely displayed on remote TVs or displays.

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