SOHO Networking

Samsung, Sony in Wi-Fi Photo Frame Shootout

Sean Portnoy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:03:14 +0000

One of the big holiday gifts over the last couple of years, digital photo frames are a convenient way to show off photos that might otherwise languish on your hard drive. But a lot of them are sold by no-name companies at budget prices with limited feature sets. Other manufacturers like Kodak and D-Link figured [...]

Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi

Sean Portnoy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:03:00 +0000

Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it’s completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now covers a healthy section of [...]

Wireless networking finally hits the ceiling

Sean Portnoy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:19:08 +0000

With the advent of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology that’s used in Draft N (and some later 802.11g) products, wireless range isn’t as big an issue for new networks as it has been in the past. But if you’re running an older 802.11g network (as I am) in a home or a sizable office, [...]

Logitech tries to take network music player mainstream with Squeezebox Boom

Sean Portnoy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:21:43 +0000

In the press release announcing the new Squeezebox Boom, Robin Selden, vice president and general manager of Logitech’s Streaming Media business unit, says that “[t]he network music player will be the CD player of the 21st century.” That may be true—eventually—but at $299.99, the Boom probably won’t be it. Despite a price tag outside of [...]

Canon, Epson add Wi-Fi to new multifunction printers

Sean Portnoy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:05:39 +0000

Built-in wireless networking capability is slowly infiltrating the home printer market. At the end of last year, we highlighted a dirt-cheap monochrome laser, the Brother HL-2170W, and both Canon and Epson have recently announced a handful of new all-in-one inkjet printers that also feature built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. These four multifunction units are geared toward photo [...]

Buffalo LinkStation Mini adds iTunes streaming for iPhones

Sean Portnoy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:07:43 +0000

In the drab world of network-attached-storage (NAS) devices, Buffalo’s LinkStation Mini stands out thanks to its palm-sized form factor (due to it using 2.5-inch notebook hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch desktop hard drives that most NAS devices utilize). It has a solid set of features as well, including print-server capability and the ability to [...]

New SOHO networking blogger intro: The Network Effect

Sean Portnoy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:28:38 +0000

With this post, I will officially be taking over the SOHO networking blog here on ZDNet. First, I’d like to thank my colleague and friend Rik Fairlie for helming this blog over the last several months. This marks my return to ZDNet, where I started my tech writing career nearly a decade ago. (Like Rik, [...]

AT&T blunders on free Wi-Fi for iPhones

Rik Fairlie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:30:00 +0000

AT&T just can’t commit. To free Wi-Fi for iPhone 3G customers, that is. The company seems to be having a blunder-fest with announcements that iPhone 3G customers can get free Wi-Fi at its nationwide AT&T WiFi HotSpots (most notably in Starbucks stores). The carrier trumpets the free service on its Web site one day, then [...]

D-Link launches new surveillance cam with Powerline networking

Rik Fairlie — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:39:22 +0000

D-Link is shipping the first in the line of its D-Life products, a series that is designed to enable users to easily manage networking devices via its D-Life Web site. First up is a surveillance camera kit that allows remote viewing of live streaming video from a remote Web browser. Starting at $399.95, the Internet [...]

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Belkin unveils new router and Powerline adapters

Rik Fairlie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:43:06 +0000

Belkin today announced two pretty cool networking products—a new router and Powerline adapters—that each have a unique and very useful new feature. But you’ll have to wait a few months to get your paws on them. I really like the new N+ Wireless Router because it includes a USB port that enables you to connect a [...]