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Cisco promised us a significant announcement this morning, one that would “forever change the Internet and its impact on consumers, businesses and governments,” so we had to tune in to the company’s webcast to find out what it was all about. We were instantly bowled over with the shocking news that video is the killer app of the future internet, before getting it drilled into our heads that we really need, like and want more bandwidth. No kidding — so what, Cisco, what is your revolutionary next step

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Cisco promises the ‘next generation internet,’ delivers markedly less

We haven’t been shy about expressing our undying love for the MiFi , and now Novatel is playing catchup with the Sierra Wireless-built Sprint Overdrive and bringing WiMAX into the fold. Novatel has completed and tested a WiMAX MiFi prototype, achieving 18Mbps throughput in testing.

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Novatel prepping WiMAX-based MiFi, signs up for Qualcomm’s Wearable Mobile Device modules

It’s been done before , and in many ways , but Cablevision’s new plan for slinging what’s on your PC to your TV might be one of the most interesting tries yet.

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Cablevision’s new ‘PC to TV Media Relay’ slings PC media to your cable box, fuzzy on the details

Never mind keeping track of how many gold medals Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Monaco rack up during the Winter Olympics ; the real nerds are watching to see exactly how many tweets are being pushed out per minute from a smattering of cities around the world. CASA’s Tweet-O-Meter has been running on a webpage for awhile now, but frankly, the novelty tends to wear quickly.

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Analog Tweet-O-Meter shows city-specific Twitter activity the old fashioned way

You might think that if only Verizon’s FiOS service was available in your area, then life would be nearly perfect. And although FiOS offers some of the fatest internet in the US as well as some of the highest quality HD and a fantastic selection, it isn’t all rosy over there

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Verizon to double ETFs on FiOS TV contracts

Looks like Netgear isn’t the only one bringing its Powerline data-over-power line devices to Las Vegas this week! Our fine friends at GDGT have just hepped us to a couple new D-Link devices, including the DIG-1320, the company’s first Powerline router — with 802.11n WiFi to boot!. If using the ominous power of electricity to watch The Fall Guy on Hulu seems a bit much, the company has also unveiled DIR-632, its first consumer draft-n router with (count ‘em!) 8 Ethernet ports

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D-Link’s DIG-1320 Powerline router eyed at CES

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 4×4 antenna design to push stuff at 600Mbps, supposedly with the best range of any D-Link router.

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D-Link’s Pocket Wireless N Router and Rush, a Really Fast Router [Routers]

Ever wish your wireless router was more than just a router? So have the folks at Qisda, apparently, who have come up with this wild concoction of a device that certainly does many things and may or may not actually do any of them well. Sort of like a less huggable, less rollable mash-up of a Chumby and a Rolly , this touchscreen-equipped, speaker-packing “router” will let you view YouTube vidoes, tune into internet radio stations (or FM radio, for that matter), access media stored on its internal memory (but not your local network, it seems), and even double as a clock radio, to name a few features.

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Qisda-sourced ‘multimedia router’ hits the FCC

PC Perspective put the $1,500, 8-bay Drobo Pro through all the paces, and they found that, yes, it’s wonderful, and yes, it lacks eSATA. But if you need/want eSATA, there’s always the 5-bay Drobo S . [ PC Perspective ]

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8-Bay Drobo Pro Reviewed, Approved [Nas]