networking
Online
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 »
Hardware
Time Capsule And Airport Extreme Grow New Antennas To Get Faster
4:56AM Matt Buchanan | There was indeed a tiny update to Apple’s Time Capsule and Airport Extreme routers: New antennas that promise “50 percent better performance and up to 25 percent better range” than the old Airports. [Apple, Apple] More »
Peripherals
Netgear RangeMax WNR3500L Wireless-N Router Packs A Punch
3:40AM Sean Fallon | If you haven’t upgraded to wireless-N yet, now is a great time. The spec is finally ratified and Netgear is celebrating by dropping the WNR3500L with USB networking and pre-loaded Linux for open source tinkerers. More »
QOTD
Which Flavour Of Wi-Fi Do You Use?
7:00AM Sean Fallon | The 802.11n spec has been in the news a lot lately. After six years, the spec has finally been approved, and we shall soon see wireless N coming to the Xbox and maybe even the iPod Touch. More »
Peripherals
iTwin: The File Sharing USB Version Of A Friendship Charm
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | Did you ever have one of those friendship lockets, where you wore one half and your friend wore the other? iTwin is like that, but it’s a USB stick, and it remotely connects your computers over the internet. More »
Entertainment
Netgear Digital Entertainer Live Streams PC Media To The Television
3:00AM Mark Wilson | If you don’t have a home theatre PC or a networked console, Netgear’s Digital Entertainer EVA2000 can put all those torrents—along with some YouTube action—onto your TV. More »
Hardware
Sadly, This Is Not The PS3 Slim
9:40AM Matt Buchanan | I really thought—hoped, really—this sliver of black plastic was the Japanese PS3 Slim. It’s not. More »
Hardware
Sprint 4G Routers Support Up To 32 Simultaneous Wi-Fi Connections
1:27AM Mark Wilson | While Sprint takes its time unrolling its 4G data network, they’d like the public to know that some cool tech will be ready to exploit the system’s speed. Two newly announced routers bridge 4G data to Wi-Fi. 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 » 
