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Cisco ushers in “next-generation internet”, routing platform scales up to 332 Tbps/s [Video]

Paul Fang, Mar 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

After a momentous announcement yesterday that it would unveil something today that would "forever change the internet", Cisco has introduced its internet changer, the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System. Let's just say that it won't quite change your world, but it'll deliver your slice of the internet quite a bit faster. Read The Full Story

FlipShare TV gets official: reasonably straightforward streaming

Chris Davies, Dec 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Having been prematurely outed by the FCC a little over a month ago, Cisco and Flip Video have officially launched the FlipShare TV, their new media streamer system. Consisting of a USB transmitter for your PC/Mac, a set-top box and a remote control, the FlipShare TV uses a proprietary wireless standard and accompanying software - which is preloaded onto the USB transmitter itself - to beam content to your big-screen TV. Read The Full Story

Flip WiFi camcorder with sliding screen coming 1H 2010

Chris Davies, Nov 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

Point-and-shoot camcorder manufacturers Flip are apparently preparing to launch a model with integrated WiFi, according to Pocket-lint's sources. A spokesperson at Cisco - who bought out Flip earlier this year - has told the site that not only will the new model feature wireless connectivity, presumably to automatically offload content to your home network when in range, but "a large screen that slides to reveal the record and menu buttons underneath." Read The Full Story

Cisco FlipShareTV streamer system outed by FCC

Chris Davies, Oct 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

The FCC has kindly outed Cisco's latest device, the FlipShareTV, seemingly a companion media streamer for the company's Flip range of point-and-shoot camcorders. The three-part FlipShareTV consists of a remote control, USB dongle for your computer, and a set-top box, with a basic folder-based browsing structure that can be used to view recorded video that has been transferred from the camcorders. Read The Full Story

Flip MinoHD camcorder with 120-minute capacity debuts

Shane McGlaun, Oct 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Flip popularized the tiny camcorder category with its Mino line of camcorders that were cheap and designed to be carried everywhere you go. The Flip line uploads directly to YouTube making them very popular with the video uploading crowd. We have reviewed the Flip Ultra camcorder before here at SlashGear. Flip has announced a new version of its camcorder called the MinoHD 120 that will ship on November 9 from the Flip website with 120 minutes of recording capacity. Read The Full Story

Cisco launching Flip Video in Germany

Shane McGlaun, Sep 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Cisco purchased the Flip company behind the popular Flip Mini and HD lines of video cameras a while back. The Flip Mino was one of the most popular camcorders on the market for a time and still sells well today. German Flip fans will soon be able to get their own Flip camcorders. Read The Full Story

Cisco buys Flip Video team for $590m

Chris Davies, Mar 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

Value, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder: that's obviously why Cisco have announced plans to buy Pure Digital - the company behind the much-esteemed Flip Video camcorders - for a huge $590m in stock. The announcements comes after recent rumors of a half-billion deal that many dismissed as far-fetched given the current economic climate. Read The Full Story

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CES 2009: Linksys Wireless Home Audio

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

Linksys by Cisco have been demonstrating their new Wireless Home distributed media system at CES 2009, a Sonos-rivalling system that includes the standalone Conductor DMC350 with integrated touchscreen control and CD player, the Director DMC250 media player with integrated 50W-per-channel amp, and the Player DMP100 for connection to an existing amplified setup. Each can access media from across your home network or the internet, together with internet radio.

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40Gbps Internet connection used to dry laundry – grandma’s got a new bag

James Allan Brady, Mar 31st 2008 Discuss [3]

Last year Sigbritt Löthberg was connected to the internet with a 40Gbps line, at the age of 75. Her son, some sort of Internet expert (Read: Cisco Executive Peter Löthberg) , was the one that decided she needed the world’s fastest internet connection, at the time. Read The Full Story

Correction – Cisco won’t be killing off Linksys name

Chris Scott Barr, Jul 30th 2007 Discuss [1]

Apparently a story that we reported on earlier today was not entirely correct. In fact, it was completely inaccurate. We reported earlier that Cisco was planning on ditching the Linksys name in favor of using the Cisco name on all of their products. Read The Full Story

Linksys – You will be missed

Chris Scott Barr, Jul 30th 2007 Discuss [0]

[Update] It's always a sad day when a brand that we've grown to know and love meets its tragic end. This usually happens when a company is acquired by another, then after a period of transition, the name is dropped. Some names like Compaq have stuck around for some time. Linksys, however, is not so lucky. Read The Full Story

Apple and Cisco Settle iPhone Trademark Lawsuit

Vincent Nguyen, Feb 22nd 2007 Discuss [0]

Late last night, Apple and Cisco announced that they have resolved their dispute over the “iPhone” trademark. Under the agreement, Apple and Cisco are free to use the trademark on their products however and where they want. This means that both companies agree to play nice and everything is water under bridge with no further actions regarding the iPhone trademark. In addition, Apple and Cisco have plans for interoperability between their products in the area of security, and consumer and enterprise communications. Everything regarding the agreement was kept confidential. Apple and Cisco come to an accord over ‘iPhone’ trademark [My iPhone]