Got my imac up and running with osx at last, this is GOOD. Thought I could just plug my wireless dongle in and be ready to go, streaming itunes around the house, but NO! Got drivers for it for OSX (there are none for OS9), but it's USB2 and this old iMac only has USB1 so it won't recognise it. Had t...

For quite some time I haven’t been happy with the level of data protection on my servers … a while ago I ran mirrored (RAID 1) IDE (PATA) drives on my system using a Arco Duplidisk adapter.  It seemed adequate, but after I upgraded my servers to the Dell PowerEdge systems, it didn’...

Going beyond its Digital Entertainer HD media player, Netgear released its Digital Entertainer Elite media player at CES 2009. The Digital Entertainer Elite (Model EVA9150) has an integrated hard disk drive of 500 GB but is user-upgradeable to larger capacity disks. This feature alone has given the ...

Looking to expand their presence in the digital media player market, Netgear demonstrated two new players at CES 2009 - the Netgear Internet TV Player (model ITV2000) and the Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite (model EVA9150). The Internet TV Player is a small compact device focused on delivering Int...

Filed under: DVRs, Set-top boxes Hard to say how much of an impact this will have -- after all, VUDU's already expressed its love for wire-free applications -- but the aforesaid movie set-top-box company has certified MoCA as a wired home networking solution for HD streaming. We get the impression t...

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, networking hardware maker Netgear unveils two new Internet-connected set-top boxes. Netgear’s product launch comes amid a flurry of announcements and launches of other Internet-ready televisions and digital video players and recorders: the Roku...

Filed under: Media streamers, Set-top boxes, Others We had the bare essentials when we spotted Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite trying to waltz through the FCC unnoticed, but now we've got the hot, juicy details required to make those things called "purchasing decisions." Wired has it that the me...

We had the bare essentials when we spotted Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite trying to waltz through the FCC unnoticed, but now we've got the hot, juicy details required to make those things called "purchasing decisions." Wired has it that the media streamer will check in during Q1 2009 at $400, w...

Many years ago, I recall reading about Ethernet running over power lines. The idea was you get two adapters, plug them into your wall socket and they then transmit Ethernet over the electrics. The early devices were slowish, and until recently, not of much interest. But the newest devices are quite ...

This should be a very short post as I have a fun contest starting on Monday here so we’ll keep it light and easy for now… Below are a few simple ways to make sure your computer stays safe and secure for that much longer (they all eventually get messed up, even you Mac): Run a software fi...