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Linksys WRT160NL Is Linux Powered, 802.11n, Acts As Media Server
3:51AM Jason Chen | After years of having people load custom Linux-based firmwares onto their routers, Linksys decided to just go ahead and make a router with Linux on there from the start. Computer Science grad students are all awkwardly high fiving each other. More »
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So Long, Stupid Media Streaming Boxes, You Sucked
11:00AM Matt Buchanan | They were basically obsolete from the beginning: Massive plastic coffins that beamed media from your PC to your TV. That’s it. For $US400. And now they’re returning to the abyss, where they belong.
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Cisco Linksys Wireless Home Audio Lightning Review
7:20AM Adrian Covert | Cisco Linksys’ Wireless Home Audio system is a direct competitor to Sonos in the land of room-to-room streaming music. But WHA is more ambitious, with promises of iPod compatibility, touchscreen remotes and 802.11n support. More »
Hardware
Linksys Routers Now Have Built-In Internet Security
3:00PM Adrian Covert | Linksys is teaming up with Trend Micro to put the Home Network Defender internet security software into the their routers, helping to block out unsafe sites before they reach any computer on your network.
Peripherals
12:03PM Nick Broughall | Remember the Linksys Media Hub that the company announced back at CES? Well, it’s coming to Australia in March, although getting your hands on one may be harder than you’d want. More »
Linksys Media Hub Landing In Australia Next Month
12:03PM Nick Broughall | Remember the Linksys Media Hub that the company announced back at CES? Well, it’s coming to Australia in March, although getting your hands on one may be harder than you’d want. More »
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Linksys Wireless Home Audio System Streams All Around Your House, Secretly Aspires to Kill Sonos
3:00PM Adrian Covert | Linksys’ new Wireless Home Audio system is very similar in function to Sonos’ streaming home audio system, and on specs alone, manages to out spec the latter in some areas. More »
Peripherals
Linksys Media Hub Babysits Your Video, Music and Pics, Streaming Locally and Remotely
3:00PM Adrian Covert | The Gadget: Linksys’ Media Hub seems like a server, since it backs up data, gathers your media files automatically, and streams media over IP, but it’s more like a super functional NAS drive.
Hardware
1:30PM Nick Broughall | You probably won’t remember the WRT610N router from Linksys – even Linksys found it hard to remember. As a quick reminder it’s the first dual-N band wireless router, sending and receiving data over both the 2.4GHz network and the 5GHz network, letting you transmit even more data faster.
Well, it’s finally launched in Australia. It’ll set you back about $350 bucks, but it’s available. When the US guys reviewed it, they thoroughly enjoyed its ease of use and solid data speeds, so if you’re in the market for a new router, this could be a solid option.
Full press release, for those release junkies out there, is below. More »
Linksys Launches Their WRT610N Dual-N Band Router Down Under
1:30PM Nick Broughall | You probably won’t remember the WRT610N router from Linksys – even Linksys found it hard to remember. As a quick reminder it’s the first dual-N band wireless router, sending and receiving data over both the 2.4GHz network and the 5GHz network, letting you transmit even more data faster.
Well, it’s finally launched in Australia. It’ll set you back about $350 bucks, but it’s available. When the US guys reviewed it, they thoroughly enjoyed its ease of use and solid data speeds, so if you’re in the market for a new router, this could be a solid option.
Full press release, for those release junkies out there, is below. More »
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Build Your Own Linksys WRT54GL Wi-Fi Monster Truck
5:00AM Sean Fallon | If you love R/C toys, this Wi-Fi router monster truck is definitely a project worth tackling. In a nutshell, a guy named Jonathan Bennet managed to rig a very hackable Linksys WRT54GL router to a $US5 R/C monster truck so that it could be driven via the internet from up to 500 meters (1640 feet) away. Although not designed to be a how-to guide, there is more than enough information on the project page for someone with some knowledge to put one together at home. [JB Projects via Boing Boing Gadgets] More »
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