Netgear WN1000RP WiFi Booster for Mobile

Netgear introduces its new compact WN1000RP WiFi Booster for Mobile, designed to amplify WiFi coverage in the home. The device strengthens and extends an existing WiFi signal, allowing users to enjoy improved wireless experience on their tablets or smartphones throughout the home.

Netgear’s WiFi Booster is compact in size that is easy to carry. With a small wall-plug design, you simply plug the unit directly into a power outlet and press the Push n Connect (WPS) button, and it starts to do its job. The WN1000RP repeats 2.4GHz WiFi signal from your wireless router or gateway to improve WiFi coverage and signal, eliminating WiFi dead zones. It supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi standards and WPA /WPA2-PSK and WEP security.

Netgear’s WiFi Booster for Mobile will be available in Summer for $39.99.

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Edifier Spinnaker E30 Bluetooth Speaker System

Edifier launches in the US the Spinnaker E30 Bluetooth speaker system. Equipped with a total of six separate amplifiers to drive two silk domed tweeters, two 2 3/4-inch mid-range and two downward firing 4-inch bass drivers, the Spinnaker delivers 90 watts of RMS output power. The system includes digital sound processing technology (DSP) to deliver clean and clear sound. It stands over 16-inch tall and features abstract shape that, according to Edifier, is designed to project sound towards the end user with front facing tweeter and mid-range drivers.

The Spinnaker supports Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and AVRCA profiles, and is compatible with virtually all Bluetooth-enabled devices such as smartphones, notebooks, tablets. It also has AUX and optical audio inputs for use with other audio sources, including gaming consoles, MP3 players. There is also separate bass expansion output for adding external subwoofer.

Edifier’s Spinnaker E30 comes with a dome-shaped multi-functional wireless remote for track navigation, play-mute and volume adjustment. The system comes in black and burgundy colors and is priced at $349.99.

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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D review

Hitachi has been swallowed up by Western Digital, but part of the agreement means it’ll have to remain an independent firm for at least two years. That means some healthy competition in the hard disk market and, crucially, that drives like the Deskstar 7K1000.D will keep appearing on the market.

Our 1TB sample has a SATA 6Gbit/sec connection, runs at 7,200rpm, and includes 32MB of cache – half the amount used by the majority of high-end hard disks.

That didn’t seem to matter in our tests, though. A large file write speed of 333.2MB/sec is the best we’ve seen from any hard disk, with the Samsung Spinpoint F3 scoring a result of 302.5MB/sec. A large file read speed of 161.6MB/sec is excellent – only one other drive, Seagate’s Barracuda XT, has run through that benchmark faster.

In our small file tests, the Hitachi’s write score of 158.4MB/sec was middling – the Samsung’s 165.2MB/sec score is the best we’ve seen - but a read pace of 30.6MB/sec was faster than every other drive we’ve tested.

Our final benchmark, the third-party AS SSD tool, also saw the Hitachi return good results. The Hitachi’s 186.6MB/sec sequential write speed is the best we’ve seen, outpacing the Samsung by more than 40MB/sec. Its 187.6MB/sec score in the sequential read benchmark is, again, the quickest we’ve recorded.

You might expect to pay a little more to net this kind of performance, but fortunately that’s not the case: for 1TB of super-fast hard disk storage you’ll have to cough up £65, which works out at 6.9p per gigabyte. That’s comparable with the Samsung, which costs £62.

In short, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D is a superb all-rounder. Let’s just hope that, once that two year period is up, Western Digital lets Hitachi keep making drives like this.

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