News and reviews of networking products, including hubs, switches, routers, and wireless/wi-fi adapters

Cloud Engines updates Pogoplug media sharing device

Jonathan Seff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800

On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser.

Google's Chrome OS stands to make waves

Dan Moren — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0800

Google's Chrome OS may be a year away from shipping, but the potent mixture of one of tech's most prominent companies and the mostly stagnant OS market is worth watching.

Google's free airport Wi-Fi: Five ways to protect yourself

Jeff Bertolucci — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:27:00 -0800

Planning on taking advantage of free Wi-Fi at the airport during your holiday travels? Make sure you follow these tips for securing your wireless computing.

HP to buy 3Com in networking, data center bid

Stephen Lawson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:41:00 -0800

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy 3Com for about $2.7 billion.

Four ways to access files from afar

Glenn Fleishman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800

If you work in lots of locations, you may find yourself wishing you could access your files from everywhere. Here are four ways to do just that.

Google offers free holiday Wi-Fi at airports

Lex Friedman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:23:00 -0800

As a holiday gift to weary travelers, Google's footing the bill for Wi-Fi at 47 airports from now through January 15th, 2010.

Verizon Droid tethering will cost you

Tony Bradley — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:03:00 -0800

The Verizon Droid launches today, and Verizon will be offering a tethering plan for the handset, at the cost of $30 per month. Still, it's a win over the iPhone, which doesn't yet offer the feature.

Save big by combing through company wireless costs

Tim Greene — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0800

Is your company cutting back? According to participants at the VoiceCon conference, your wireless costs might be a good place to start.

Cable modem hacker busted by feds

Robert McMillan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:55:00 -0800

An expert on cable modem hacking has been arrested by federal authorities on computer intrusion charges.

Could H1N1 flu make the Internet sick?

Matt Hamblen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:10:00 -0700

Could the H1N1 flu virus give networks a bad case of congestion? It could if workers and students are forced to stay home because of the pandemic.

Apple quietly updates AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule

Dan Frakes — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:07:00 -0700

Amidst all the big Mac updates announed Tuesday, Apple has also updated its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule units with faster performance.

Review: Word War for iPhone

Ben Boychuk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:35:00 -0700

This game lets you flex your command of English as you and an opponent build words, letter-by-letter, until you can't build anymore. And who knows -- the game just might have some educational value too.

What's your wireless signal strength?

Glenn Fleishman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:30:00 -0700

When you're having trouble with your wireless connection, it can be frustrating to figure out the strength of the signal from your client to the base station. Glenn Fleishman shows three ways to get the information you need.

FCC still looking for broadband ideas

Grant Gross — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:12:00 -0700

The FCC is still looking for ideas on how to provide universal broadband.

MobileMe adds iPhone, Snow Leopard features

Dan Moren — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:22:00 -0700

Apple's punched up its MobileMe online service with new features for users of iPhone and Mac OS X Snow Leopard—and even some fixes for Windows users.

One person's quest for faster broadband

Jonathan Seff — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:02:00 -0700

Jonathan Seff recounts how he quadrupled his broadband speeds with a special kind of DSL.

Get an Ethernet-networked printer working in Snow Leopard

Ted Landau — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:22:00 -0700

After upgrading to Snow Leopard, Ted Landau's trusty old HP LaserJet 4000N no longer responded to Print requests from his Mac. Here's how he tackled the problem. Plus: a bonus look at the low ink level warning in OS X 10.6.

Wake on Demand lets Snow Leopard sleep with one eye open

Glenn Fleishman — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:04:00 -0700

A new networking feature in OS X 10.6 lets you remotely wake up a slumbering Mac over Wi-Fi or Ethernet so you can access files and media stored there. But the feature won't work with every setup. Here's what you need to know.

Is your network fast enough?

Glenn Fleishman — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:00:00 -0700

Everyone wants a faster network. But you can't speed it up until you know how fast it's going now. Glenn Fleishman shows you three ways to do that.