Brief information on new products and developments.
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Comcast today announced the Storm-Ready WiFi, an aptly-named Wi-Fi broadcaster designed to keep its Xfinity Cable broadband customers connected during, well, a storm. That’s the idea. Judging from the name, this is a timely product. The hurricane season is coming to certain parts of the US. Considering climate change and …
Here’s some exciting news for portable SSD fans. Micron today releases not one but two new drives, the Crucial X9 Pro and Crucial X10 Pro portable SSDs. Update: The in-depth reviews of both drives are now available. They are the upgrades to the company’s existing Crucial X8 and X6 that …
Here’s some good news for those wanting to move to a real NAS server gingerly. Synology today announces the availability of its 2023 entry-level dual-bay NAS server, the DiskStation DS223j, as the upgrade to the DS220j that came out three years ago. As the name suggests, the new server is …
Broadcom has some news that might give folks who already bought a Wi-Fi 7 router a hint of FoMO. The company today announced its second-generation chipset solutions for the Wi-Fi 7 standard, including the BCM6765, the BCM47722, and the BCM4390. “Second-gen” because the chip maker shipped the first-gen more than …
Broadcom today announced its next step in Wi-Fi 7 optimization, the FBAR integrated front-end module (FiFEM) devices for all Wi-Fi access point (AP) applications. These new devices can be added to the company’s existing Wi-Fi 7 chips to better the performance of standalone access points, routers, or residential gateways. Front-end …
Here’s some exciting news that might get you busy in a good way on a slow day. Synology has just told me that DSM 7.2—the latest version of its DiskStation Manager operating system for NAS servers—is now officially available in the US. The new version has been available elsewhere in …
Synology has some interesting news today. With its new run-off-the-mill DS423 low-cost server—not to be confused with the DS423+—and a new line of self-branded Plus Series hard drives, the NAS maker announced something entirely new, the BeeDrive. Let’s start with the DS423. Synology DS423: Reminiscing of the original four-bay design …
