Netgear Debuts First Powerline Wireless N Extender

Home networking is almost always a bitch. But Netgear's new (and first of its kind) wireless N and powerline networking combo might simplify the process, adding a high-throughput Wi-Fi bubble, riding along your home wiring, to any free electrical outlet.

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D-Link's Pocket Wireless N Router and Rush, a Really Fast Router

D-Link's little wireless N router can create a Wi-Fi point, or add one to a wired network. The dual-band Rush uses a 4x4 antenna design to push stuff at 600Mbps, supposedly with the best range of any D-Link router.

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Xbox 360 Wireless N Adapter Resurfaces for a Little Less

Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on 11/3 for $100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $88 with a November 10th ship date...right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]

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Atheros Wireless N for Smartphones Actually Uses Less Power Than…

Wireless N in cellphones, it's happening next year: Atheros's AR6003 802.11n/Bluetooth chip for cellphones is tiny, has serious range and uses less power than their current wireless G chip, which is in the Zune HD. It'll hit phones around the second half of next year. Such a long wait. [PC Mag]

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Did You Know 802.11n Isn't a Final Spec?

Given that wireless N routers have been around for two years now, you'd be forgiven for thinking the 802.11n standard was set in stone a longass time ago. Not true! It'll be finalized by September, according to the chairman of the IEEE 802.15 working group on Personal Area Networks. Which doesn't mean a whole lot…

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