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Asus currently builds the best consumer-oriented 802.11n router—the RT-N66U Dual-Band Wireless N900, which I used as a reference device to compare new 802.11ac routers against. After testing the company's $200 RT-AC66U, I believe that Asus also markets the best 802.11ac router currently available, too, though the offerings from several other manufacturers come close.The new RT-AC66U and the older RT-N66U look almost identical: Bucking the... full story
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Deal Nerd Today: $639 HP ENVY dv6t Core i7 laptop, $33 Router, Surveillance System, more
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OS X code reveals superfast Wi-Fi is coming to Macs
Some devs playing around with the beta OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4 have come across code that hints at the future of Apple's Mac range.According to 9to5mac, this code references 802.11ac Wi-Fi - superfast Wi-Fi capable of 1.3 gigabits per second - a receiver for which is something that isn't present in the current OS X 10.8.3.Talk of Apple doing a deal with Broadcom for its...
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