While there are still a few question marks over the Asus Qube’s price and availability, Netgear has announced that the NeoTV Prime is available now for $130, which is about middle ground for current TV boxes.

Some features which we like about the NeoTV PRIME are the inclusion of Google Chrome with flash support, Google Play store (so you can download great apps such as VLC) plus support for all your favorite video streaming service and sites.

Another killer feature is the pre-installed aVia app with DLNA support meaning you can stream content from almost any device connected to the same Wi-Fi connection. There is also an app available for Android and iOS to control the device just in case you don’t like the included dual sided remote which comes bundled with it.

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As you know, WPS can work two different ways. First, there is that button. You push the WPS button on your router, push the WPS button your wireless device (printer, laptop, etc.) and they automagically recognize each other to give you network access. There isn’t any problem with this method.

The security flaw that has now been revealed has to do with the second method: PIN. The PIN for WPS is supposed to be an eight-digit random number that is predefined by the manufacturer. As such, there are 100 million variations. A brute force attack would just take too long.

However, there is a flaw in how the PIN is addressed. When you enter an incorrect PIN on the wireless device, the router sends a reply saying it’s wrong. But that’s not all the reply indicates. It also tells you whether the first or second halves of the PIN are correct. What’s more, the final digit is a checksum of the other seven digits. Working this all out, a brute force attack can take only 11,000 attempts. That’s a 9000-fold difference. In effect, a brute force PIN attack on a WPS router can take less than four hours.

This apparently affects a wide range of router manufacturers, including such big names as Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin, and ZyXEL. I’m not saying you need to put on your tinfoil hats and put your home on lockdown, but if you are worried about these brute force attacks, the only way to prevent them is to disable WPS on your router.

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The Netgear N300 wireless router (WNXR2000) is special in that it combines a conventional router with a wired powerline connection. No need to fumble with two different devices to get that kind of functionality. If you happen to have the older-gen Xbox 360, for example, this could prove to be very useful. No one wants lag and jitteriness when they’re pwning n00bs in Call of Duty.

The powerline part of the equation offers 200Mbps of speed and you can expand that with however many powerline adapters you want to have. This can be useful for, say, web-connected Blu-ray players and that kind of thing too.

On a related note, Netgear also announced its universal WiFi range extender. It just plugs into the wall, connects to your WiFi network, and becomes another wireless hotspot for you. No CD, no ethernet cable. They certainly aren’t the first to offer this kind of functionality, but the ease of setup has to be appealing.

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