Brief information on new products and developments.
News pieces are based on vendor-provided information. Some news posts are later updated into in-depth product reviews and are no longer part of this section.
Some of you might never have heard of the Zip drive. About two decades ago, it was the coolest alternative to the floppy disk in standardized modular portable storage. And today, at the What’s Next event in San Francisco, Western Digital unveiled its ambition to repeat the same idea at … Continue Reading
When Wi-Fi 7 gets here, it’s going to be big. Qualcomm would like you to think so anyway. The company yesterday announced its second product line that supports the upcoming Wi-Fi standard, the Qualcomm Networking Pro Series Gen 3 family, aimed at the broadcasting side with an emphasis on the … Continue Reading
If there’s a contest in who makes the most Wi-Fi 6 business wireless access points (WAPs), NETGEAR will likely be the winner. Today, the networking vendor extended its Insight Managed product line with the WAX615 AX3000 dual-band Multi-Gig PoE WAP. As an AX3000 broadcaster, the WAX615 fits between the existing … Continue Reading
Wi-Fi 7 just got decidedly closer. Today Broadcom announced a collection of its new Wi-Fi chips supporting the standard—all five of them, including the BCM67263, BCM6726, BCM43740, BCM43720, and BCM4398. Don’t let the boring names fool you—that’s generally how Broadcom names its hardware components that power the Wi-Fi function inside … Continue Reading
On March 23, 2022, eero, a networking vendor owned by Amazon, released its first Wi-Fi 6E solution, the eero Pro 6E, available as a single router for some $300 or a 3-pack for $700. There’s also a new inconsequential eero 6+ that’s basically the same as the eero 6 but … Continue Reading
Synology today officially announced the availability of the DSM 7.1 Beta, which it first announced in early December last year. “Official” is the key here since the software has been made available for over a week to the general public. But you’re not missing out much. Considering this is a … Continue Reading
Linksys today announced the availability of its Cloud Managed AX3600 Wi-Fi 6 Indoor Wireless Access Point (AP), model LAPAX3600C. And just like the new Hydra Pro 6 it unveiled yesterday, the new access point seems a bit mundane for the timing—it’s just another PoE indoor access point, with barely enough … Continue Reading
When it comes to home Wi-Fi mesh systems, it’s been hard to find hardware that supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) or outdoor settings. Most of the time, you’ll need to resort to using business access points, such as the EnGenius EWS850AP. It seems that’s about to change. Deco X50: A … Continue Reading
