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Netgear CEO apologizes for Apple comments

Chris Davies, Feb 1st 2011 Discuss [2]

Netgear CEO Patrick Lo has apologized for his choice of words in recent statements regarding Apple and the company's future after Steve Jobs steps down as CEO, which some interpreted as references to the Apple founder's health. In an email statement sent to Macgasm, Lo says that while he stands by the opinions stated on "supporting open standards and environments," he "deeply regrets" the contentious wording. Full statement after the cut Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 31 2011

Chris Burns, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

Start your day with a bit of green as Canalys statistics show Android became the world's leading smartphone platform Q4 of 2010. Next, fall into some drama as Netgear's CEO rants about how he thinks Apple is too closed and Steve Jobs is ego-led. Then seek the truth in an inside tip - iPad 2 uses 1.2GHz dual-core, 30-35% slimmer display - sound reasonable? Get yourself a Full Macworld Roundup including best in show winners. Read a column by Tim Bajarin entitled Technology meets the History of Jazz. Visualize ASRock in the Android game. Take another peek at the LG G-Slate. Cry over Notion Ink Adam touchscreen damage. Get your Android 3.0 Honeycomb on with two full guides: [USER FEATURES] and [DEVELOPER FEATURES], and ask Why Has Honeycomb Disappeared? Then get your ANGRY BIRD on in the next expansion: RIO! Finally, WIN A TELEVISION in SlashGear’s Final Football Matchup Toshiba TV GIVEAWAY! All this and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up! Read The Full Story

Apple too closed and Steve Jobs ego-led rants Netgear CEO

Chris Davies, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [2]

Netgear's CEO and global chairman has heavily criticized Apple for its closed ecosystem, blaming Steve Jobs' ego for certain aspects of company strategy, and suggesting that once the iconic CEO steps down permanently Apple will struggle against Android becoming the de facto standard in consumer electronics. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, CEO Patrick Lo claimed that Steve Jobs' departure is "probably not far away" and that Apple's closed system is leaving content partners "wary" of the company's control. Read The Full Story

Netgear debuts cool WNHDB3004 3DHD wireless home theater networking kit

Shane McGlaun, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

I think most of us would rather go wireless with all of our gear than have to fight wires and cables assuming the wireless gear offered the same performance as our wired gear. Netgear is big in the home networking realm with all manner of gear for wired and wireless products. The company has unveiled a new line of gear that is specifically designed to allow for high-speed streaming of jitter-free 1080p HD video throughout the home wirelessly. Read The Full Story

NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra 2 and Plus Series Announced, DLNA Certification in Tow

Evan Selleck, Nov 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

If getting a multi-site backup software application wasn't enough, NETGEAR is continuing with their Friday announcement by unveiling new devices for their Ultra series of media streaming devices. The new devices are labeled as the world's fastest home media servers, and come packed with features that will make streaming media in your home easier, and more enjoyable. Read The Full Story

NETGEAR ReadyNAS Replicate Simplifies Multi-Site Backup, Available Now

Evan Selleck, Nov 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

NETGEAR took some time out of their busy Friday mid-morning, and announced quite a few things. The first of which is the brand new NETGEAR ReadyNAS Replicate application software, which is designed specifically to help those in business and enterprise situations. As more and more data is transmitted every day, NETGEAR knew that there had to be a better solution for protecting it, backing it up, and having a way to recover important information when its needed. That's where the ReadyNAS Replicate comes in. Read The Full Story

Netgear Roku XD Player official for $89.99

Chris Davies, Oct 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Netgear already has its own range of media players, but the company has decided to take the easy route for Netflix support and rebadge one of Roku's well-esteemed models. The Netgear Roku XD Player is, unsurprisingly, the Roku XD with some new labels, which means you get Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand support (with select 1080p HD content), integrated WiFi b/g/n and a straightforward remote control. Read The Full Story

Netgear NeoTV 550 HD network media player outed

Chris Davies, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [1]

Netgear has outed their latest HD-capable home media player, the Netgear NeoTV 550, together with a range of new HomePlug AV compliant Powerline adapters delivering up to (a theoretical) 500Mbps connection speeds. The NeoTV 550 (NTV550) has HDMI, component and composite video outputs (together with analog and S/PDIF digital audio outputs) and can play local 1080p HD files on attached USB, eSATA or SD storage or stream from UPnP, DLNA or WMP11 network sources. Meanwhile a second version, the NeoTV 350, swaps the eSATA for another USB port and has a more basic remote. Read The Full Story

Panasonic chooses Netgear to provide web access for Viera HDTVs

Shane McGlaun, Aug 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

Netgear and Panasonic have teamed up to provide owners of compatible Panasonic TVs access to online content wirelessly. Panasonic has named the Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter the only third-party brand to support Viera TVs. Read The Full Story

Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 4 and Ultra 6: TiVo streaming, RAID and more

Chris Davies, Jul 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Netgear has outed a pair of new NAS boxes, the ReadyNAS Ultra 4 and ReadyNAS Ultra 6, packing up to 12TB of storage together with TiVo and Orb compatibility. The new media functionality means that TiVo owners will be able to use the new ReadyNAS Ultra units to stream content stored on the mini-server, together with Orb and DLNA compliant kit. Read The Full Story

Netgear HD Home Theater Adapter & Ethernet Gaming adapter pack WiFi-N

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Netgear have outed two new wireless home networking products at CeBIT 2010 today, the High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Adapter (WNHDB3004) shown here, and the Ethernet to Wireless Adapter (WNCE2001) for easily bridging wired devices to a wireless network. The Home Theater Adapter is apparently capable of supporting multiple simultaneous Full HD 1080p streams, and comes with pre-configured security settings so that, after a single button push, the two towers are linked. Read The Full Story

Netgear offers new ProSecure UTM 5 threat management system

Shane McGlaun, Feb 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Network security is an important thing for small businesses and large businesses. Telecommuters that work from home and access corporate networks also need to be very security conscious. Most business level security and threat management appliances are very expensive putting them out of the reach of many people and companies. Netgear has unveiled a new device for network security called the ProSecure UTM 5 that is affordable. Read The Full Story