Hitachi isn’t a name you hear as often in the consumer electronics realm as Sony or Samsung. Despite that, Hitachi makes some fantastic home theater and AV products. I own one of their plasma TVs and it is by far the best set I have tested. Hitachi is branching into the professional market with its latest AV projector.

The projector is called the CP-X10000 and offers a whopping 7,500 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of 2500:1. The projector offers ultra-wide range lens shift and a 10-bit full digital video processor along with a 10,000-hour filter.

I hear ya. The Wii and DS already have Wi-Fi. True, but this device is a Wi-Fi router/bridge for those who don’t have wireless networks. Even when you do have a wireless network, it can be a pain to get your Wii set up depending on your provider. The device will be available in Japan on September 18th for $53.

Obviously it resembles one of those Wii knockoff jobs from China, but it’s the real deal. The adapter has a switch for three modes on back: “Router”, “Bridge” and “Auto”. “Router” is self-explanatory, while “Bridge” connects to another router and then communicates with the Nintendo DS and Wii. “Auto” will switch the household’s network over automatically.

Today we got a chance to go hands-on with the DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media Player that D-Link debuted last month. This media player is a handy piece of wireless-capable hardware that bridges the gap between your computer and your TV bringing your downloaded digital media into the living room at up to 720p, and in our tests it did so with ease.

Netgear is bundling a few of its  wireless 802.11n products together so one can add 5GHz wireless n speed to an existing network. This bundle is called the Netgear Wireless-N Upgrade Kit (WNEB3100) and pricing is set around $150.

The Netgear Wireless-N Upgrade Kit (WNEB3100) consists of Netgear’s 5GHz Wireless-N HD Access Point (WNHDE111) and RangeMax Dual-Band Wireless-N Adapter (WNDA3100). Netgear says this kit lets you quickly get 802.1n 5Ghz wireless up and running by plugging the WNHDE111 into an existing router or gateway. Adding it to an existing 802.11b/g network will, in effect, give you a dual-band network.

We’ve seen Sci-Fi and gadget inspired cakes before. But a star Trek cake? That’s a new one to us. Check out this awesome cake replica of the original enterprise bridge, complete with crew. The creator runs a bakery in Baltimore and of course, is a Star Trek fan. He’s obviously good since the Food Network airs a reality show called “The Ace of Cakes” that focused on his bakery.

The show sometimes shows off specialty cakes and this one will be featured in an upcoming episode. It’s got Spock, Uhura, Chekov,Kirk and a thin looking Scotty not at his post. That is some amazing detail. It would be a pleasure to eat. As far as nerd cake goes, this is pretty awesome.

Sonos, a developer of wireless multi-room music systems, unveiled today a new device to help simplify setting up one of the company’s music networks in a home. The Sonos ZoneBridge is priced at $99.

The Sonos ZoneBridge is designed to be hooked to a router. One presses a button on the bridge device and it reportedly will “instantly” connect the SonosNet, Sonos’ wireless mesh network. Sonos says the ZoneBridge can also be used as a wireless extender by placing one between the remote music zone and the rest of the Sonos system.

Canadian business mobility company Talkster recently announced their new VoIP service which allows consumers to place calls from mobile phones to traditional and next generation voice services. The Talkster network currently allows people to place free calls from their mobile phones to instant messaging services such as MSN, Google Talk and Gizmo Project.

This new service is the foundation to the company’s enterprise communications service which will connect mobile phones to VoIP networks and devices without phone numbers, such as IP-PBX office phones within a corporate network. Planned for release in spring of 2007, …

The MaxStream XBee XTender Wireless Bridge extends the range of ZigBee and 802.15.4 networks up to 40 miles. This will provide a viable solution to those customers who want to monitor locations beyond the range of ZigBee networks.

MaxStream has combined the capabilities of the XBee and XTend devices into the XBee XTender. This new wireless bridge permits networks operating under the ZigBee or 802.15.4 wireless standards to communicate data up to 40 miles away via the 900 MHz 1-Watt XTend RF modem.

“As a ZigBee market leader, MaxStream has

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