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Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
9:00AM Rosa Golijan | I’ve finally started watching TV on my computer, but my big annoyance since then is that my — ahem — mostly legally downloaded episodes take ages to transfer wirelessly from laptop to media centre PC. Thankfully Lifehacker’s got a DIY wiring solution for my troubles. More »
Gadgets
Patriot Offers Cheap 1080p Media Streaming In A Box
1:00AM Jack Loftus | Forget the no-name brand of this Patriot media streamer. For a cheap cheap $US130, this 1080p box is worth a quick look, so long as you can stomach the equally cheap UI. More »
Hardware
Clean Ethernet Connections With Coffee Filters
6:00AM Mark Wilson | We’d never heard this one before. Coffee filters can be used to clean the tips of ethernet cables if you’re having troubles with the line. More »
Gadgets
The Original Ethernet Cable And Cable Diagrams
9:00AM Jason Chen | BoingBoing Gadgets found this photo of the original original Ethernet cable at Xerox PARC, devised by Bob Metcalfe so he could rig up a local system of sharing things digitally. More »
Hardware
1:20AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: My Book World Edition II, a 4TB Raid NAS—a small networked hard drive with a ton of storage. More »
My Book World Edition II (4TB) Lightning Review
1:20AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: My Book World Edition II, a 4TB Raid NAS—a small networked hard drive with a ton of storage. More »
Gadgets
Belkin Powerline HD First To Reach Gigabit Ethernet Speeds
1:59AM Mark Wilson | Network-over-powerline solutions have never been bad—their convenience just came at a cost of speed. That’s no longer the case with Belkin’s Gigabit Powerline HD. More »
Gadgets
11:37AM Nick Broughall | The product isn’t exactly new, but I just got in Netgear’s Powerline AV Ethernet adapter kit, which promises ethernet connection of up to 200Mbps over your home’s powerlines. From early indications, it works a treat, but it does have one major design flaw: More »
Netgear’s Powerline AV Ethernet Adapters Have A Fairly Major Design Flaw
11:37AM Nick Broughall | The product isn’t exactly new, but I just got in Netgear’s Powerline AV Ethernet adapter kit, which promises ethernet connection of up to 200Mbps over your home’s powerlines. From early indications, it works a treat, but it does have one major design flaw: More »
Design
Ethernet Cable Fashion Show Looks Like A Data Centre Disaster
8:20AM Sean Fallon | I’ve seen some pretty gnarly cabling in my day, but I don’t even have the words to describe what was happening at this recent fashion show in Medellin, Colombia. More »
Gadgets
Retromodo: The Etherkiller Fries Ethernet Gadgets
9:00AM Sean Fallon | Much like waiters and cooks, IT department guys are not to be trifled with. There are many reasons why, but on the top of the list you will find the Etherkiller. More »
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