Belkin is getting ready to unleash upon wireless Internet users a smart looking router with an interactive display for giving you information on your network. The Belkin N1 Vision is priced at around $200 and will be out in late July.

The Belkin N1 Vision offers wireless 802.11n1 3×3 MIMO radio design and wired gigabit ports for connectivity options. It has a plug-and-play design with no software installation required. A panel with control on the wireless router let you view your network’s broadband speed, computer bandwidth usage, the status of connected network devices and the date/time.

Most households have two or more computers but only one printer. Often that means whichever computer is connected to the printer becomes the defacto station for everyone in the family’s printing needs, which in turn means everyone needs to use it.

Lexmark is offering a solution to the traffic congestion with its Z1420 Wireless Color Printer allowing everyone the ease of printing off their copies from wherever they are within the home. The Z1420 has built-in 802.11 b/g wireless compatibility so nearly all WiFi can establish a secure connection to it. It can churn out up to 24 pages per minute in black and white and 18 ppm in color, with resolution up to 4800 x 1200 dpi and optional 6-color printing. Lexmark says that the installation software is a breeze and that its Accu-feed technology makes paper jams a thing of the …

Buffalo has released the latest in their NFINITI Giga line of routers, this one being the easy-to-remember WZR-AMPG300NH. This draft-N piece of WiFi equipment all supports the previous 802.11a, b and g and brings real transfer speeds of up to 153Mbps. The NFINITI Giga router also supports MIMO technology with it’s 3 big antenna’s and WPA2 certification for your protection.

Buffalo is saying that this new dual channel router will be bringing it’s high speeds in the latest protocol sometime later this month, but currently only in Japan, retailing for ¥31,700 (about $258).

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Tivoli Audio seems to be coming out of their shell some by breaking from their traditional, mostly-AM/FM radio products into integrating digital music and internet radio with two new devices coming to the market this fall. The two new network-enabled radios will be called the NetWorksGo, and the NetWorks Table Radio, which both look to be upgrades of existing products with the new networking capabilities added in.

Both radios will drop the AM tuner, retaining only the FM radio and add in the ability to stream in MP3, WMA and Real Audio internet radio to playback through the device with no computer required. They can also optionally connect to a networked computer or through a USB connection to play music from a PC or other device.

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FON, makers of WiFi sharing products, employed some directional WiFi technology along with a somewhat clever play on words to produce the La Fontenna directional WiFi antenna.

We’ve seen what kind of distance potential there is with the right directional WiFi equipment, and although you won’t be going miles with this one it will improve the distance and signal in a particular direction for you WiFi router. In particular, it can improve the signal distance up to 5 times for the FON La Fonera wireless router. It also has a 3 meter cable connected to it in order to get it in the best position, or if nothing else it will add another 3 meters to that directional distance.

The La Fontenna antenna runs $20 by itself, but you can get it bundled with the FON wireless router for only …

A researcher in Venezuela recently set a record for the longest Wi-Fi communication at 382 kilometers (almost 238 miles) breaking a previous Swedish record of 310 km. Using some special long-range Wi-Fi equipment from Intel along with some off-the-shelf parts Ermanno Pietrosemoli was able to make the connection and transfer data at a rate of 3 megabits per second.

A few other factors aside from special equipment attributed to the long distance achieved in this record connection. The two points were both on mountain tops so there were no trees or buildings to obstruct the signal. Also, the equipment that was used employed “directed” signals to transfer that data instead of sending it in all directions like a conventional home Wi-Fi transmitter, which helps increase the distance.

The report did not state exactly what type of data was being transferred from one …

For those of us looking to provide a low cost solution for wireless internet access, either for our own personal usage or for your family and friends, Meraki’s new Outdoor Repeater and Solar Accessory Kit is probably what you are looking for.

For $99 you get the Repeater which will transmit the signal up to 700 feet, perfect for downloading files while you’re at the park across the road or on the other side of the neighborhood. The Solar Accessory Kit lets the Repeater broadcast its signal without any electrical connection and it can distribute the power consumption to make sure that it’s powered up and ready during peak usage times.

Our thinking is that this kind of solution would be great for a small office, school, students living in a dorm or wherever. The hardware also comes with Meraki’s Dashboard …

StarTech has brought another Wi-Fi detector to the market which appears to have some competitive features and price at $75, adding to the many Wi-Fi detectors out there. The Wi-Fi Detective is a small device (3.58 inches long) featuring a LED display and a USB connection. Devices like these are great when your in a downtown area or at an airport looking for an internet connection.

The device is able to detect Wi-Fi networks and display information such as the signal strength, SSID, the type of network (b or g), whether it’s an infrastructure or adhoc mode, the channel and how many access points are being picked up.

The USB connection on the Wi-Fi Detective is compliant with both USB 1.1 and 2.0, and when connected to your computer will act as a wireless LAN adapter at 54Mbps making …

According to a recent report from DigiTimes, Apple has plans to launch a WiFi enabled iPod that could be available to ship by Q3 of this year.

The report states that as soon as this month Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) will be shipping the components that will make the WiFi capabilities possible to Foxconn, who will then assemble the new device. Foxconn would then have enough of the devices assembled and ready to go by the 3rd quarter of this year, which would mean that these new WiFi iPods would be ready to go in plenty of time for the holiday rush.

This seems to makes sense for Apple to do in order to stay competitive with the Zune and its WiFi capabilities. There has also been rumors that Sony and Samsung are preparing a WiFi enabled DAP, and Sandisk has already shown offer a similar device. One …

It’s the perfect product for people that can’t figure out how to set up their own personal encrypted network. EM-SEC Technologies has the solution to those technically-challenged folk: just paint your home with the EM-SEC Coating System and your wireless network is secure. People inside can still access the network but anyone attempting to access it from outside won’t be able to because of what’s on your walls.

The EM-SEC paint works like this: the paint uses a series of water-based shielding products that restrict the passage of airborne RF signals, thus blocking the transmission of the frequency from your hub or modem. Naturally this kind of technological breakthrough was at first designed to shield government and military centers and protect their sensitive data streams but now private business and non-geek home owners can get in on the …

A recent and interesting study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has shown that 34% of people that surf the internet in the US have logged in using a wireless connection at one point or another. This percentage includes people using WiFi or cell phone networks at home or at work along with anywhere else, through a PC, laptop or any handheld device.

Of these wireless users, 27% of them have connected wirelessly from somewhere other than home or work, possibly implying that there is a high level of trust in these wireless users that either public networks are safe or that their computer is secure. 19% of them have a wireless network at home and 13% have some type of PDA or smart device.

The study goes even further to investigate what these wireless …

BLU:sens is unveiling an MP3 player called the G14 which has some significant features that should bring it a little attention in the PMP world. What makes this player extra special is that the attention is not due to them copying someone else’s design.

The BLU:sens G14 supports WiFi and has no DRM. Individually these two items have their own significance, but combined they equate to wireless sharing of MP3 files between players without restrictions. This will no doubt catch the eye of the Microsoft Zune team, where the Zune only allows the sharing of approved record labels.

The overall look and additional features of the G14 aren’t too shabby either, as it supports Bluetooth along with the WiFi, as well as DivX, MP3, WMA and OGG and it sports a 2 inch 256K color display. …

Buffalo is a worldwide company that provides network solutions for home and work, including wireless networking and storage to memory and multimedia devices.

The company recently released a wireless LAN adapter to improve WiFi signals for your PC. The wireless adapter is designed for use by PC’s that do not currently have WiFi built in, or in situations where the wireless signal is poor due to distance.

The WiFi adapter from Buffalo connects to a PC via USB 2.0 and states that in improve signals up to 210% of the average WiFi adapter at distances up to 170 meters (about 1/10th of a mile). This adapter could be a good solution for working with a notebook outside your home, or in a motel or conference center in places with weak WiFi signals.

The downside is that the non-direction antenna is not very small…or particularly attractive. …

SpectraLink is giving enterprises more options with the release of the NetLink 8000 Series Wireless Telephones. The 8000 series consists of two next-generation Wi-Fi telephony handsets that support the IEEE 802.11a, b and g radio standards. The previous Wireless Telephones from SpectraLink supported only IEEE 802.11b

The two new models in the 8000 series are the basic NetLink 8020 and the enhanced NetLink 8030. Weighing less than four ounces (depending on battery configuration), the handsets feature a simplified user interface with four-way navigation and four programmable softkeys. Other enhancements include an integrated speakerphone and multiple interchangeable battery options depending on your usage requirements. The 8030 supports integrated push-to-talk (PTT) functionality for workgroup communication.

Support for IEEE 802.11a/b/g gives businesses the choice of the most appropriate Wi-Fi implementation for their enterprise. With the NetLink 8000 Series, SpectraLink is anticipating that “VoFi (voice over …

Autonet Mobile has announced that it is going to launch a product to provide broadband internet connections through a WiFi hotspot in vehicles. Autonet is planning on unveiling the mobile WiFi product at the CES International in Las Vegas on January 8th. They are also expected to make an agreement this week with Avis Car rental to provide the WiFi system in their rental cars by March of this year for an additional $10.95 a day.

The rolling WiFi hotspot is expected to cost around $399 initially along with a $49/month service fee. Since Autonet takes the service fee, they are also acting as the internet service provider with the 3G back-end connection. This is slightly different from most hardware sales for WiFi where consumers would have to purchase the hardware and internet service plan separately. “Our goal was to deliver …